{
  "id": 2225945,
  "title": "WGA Rips L.A. Mayor Karen Bass For Supporting “False Choice” In Paramount-WBD Merger Tangle",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/wga-rips-l-a-mayor-karen-bass-for-supporting-false-choice-in",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-20T20:55:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/wga-rips-la-mayor-karen-bass-paramount-wbd-merger-1237046818/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Writers Guild of America fired back at Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Thursday after she expressed support for a settlement in the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger lawsuit. Bass joined other Democratic officials, including Gov. Gavin Newsom and his likely successor, Xavier Becerra, in urging negotiations in the antitrust lawsuit seeking to foil the […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Weighs In on Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger, Urges California AG Rob Bonta to Settle Antitrust Case: ‘This Is Not About Taking Sides’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/l-a-mayor-karen-bass-weighs-in-on-paramount-warner-bros-merger-urges",
        "published": "2026-08-20T20:42:30.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}