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  "id": 166541,
  "title": "Paramount CEO says politics fueling Warner Bros. merger battle",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/paramount-ceo-says-politics-fueling-warner-bros-merger-battle",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-05T06:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2026/08/05/paramount-ceo-says-politics-fueling-warner-bros-merger-battle_6756171_19.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In a combative op-ed published in The New York Times, David Ellison argued that 'the issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of Warner's CNN. There has been speculation about my politics, my loyalties, my intentions.'",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Ellison defends Paramount merger, argues he can 'be trusted as a steward of CNN’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/ellison-defends-paramount-merger-argues-he-can-be-trusted-as-a",
        "published": "2026-08-04T13:54:32.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}