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  "id": 3345742,
  "title": "Paramount's Warner Bros. bid barrels toward antitrust trial: What to know",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/paramounts-warner-bros-bid-barrels-toward-antitrust-trial-what-to-know",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-25T20:29:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/media/6050281-paramount-warner-bros-merger-antitrust-lawsuit-rob-bonta/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Paramount's bid to acquire fellow entertainment giant Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has been mired in controversy and drew a lawsuit from critics who argue the deal is bad for the movie-making and media business. As David Ellison, the company's top executive and an ally of President Trump, wages a public relations and legal defense campaign advocating for...",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "California cancels talks with Paramount over Warner Bros deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/california-cancels-talks-with-paramount-over-warner-bros-deal",
        "published": "2026-08-24T16:48:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "California cancels talks with Paramount over Warner Bros deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/california-cancels-talks-with-paramount-over-warner-bros-deal-3077839",
        "published": "2026-08-24T18:12:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "#Showbiz: California cancels talks with Paramount over Warner Bros deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/showbiz-california-cancels-talks-with-paramount-over-warner-bros-deal",
        "published": "2026-08-24T23:35:30.000Z"
      }
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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."
}