{
  "id": 2990895,
  "title": "California Attorney General Cancels Paramount Settlement Talks Over $111 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery Deal, Says He’ll Meet When They ‘Stop Playing Games’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/california-attorney-general-cancels-paramount-settlement-talks-over",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-24T09:32:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/global/california-ag-bonta-cancels-paramount-settlement-talks-1236841379/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "California Attorney General Rob Bonta has canceled planned settlement talks with Paramount over the state’s lawsuit seeking to block David Ellison’s proposed $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, accusing Paramount of acting in bad faith, according to The New York Times. Bonta is leading a coalition of 12 states in challenging the proposed merger and asking […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "California Cancels Talks With Paramount Over Warner Bros. Merger",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/california-cancels-talks-with-paramount-over-warner-bros-merger",
        "published": "2026-08-24T07:16:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IndieWire",
        "title": "California Attorney General Rob Bonta Cancels Planned Paramount Merger Meeting Over ‘Lack of Good Faith’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/california-attorney-general-rob-bonta-cancels-planned-paramount",
        "published": "2026-08-24T14:30:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}