{
  "id": 576378,
  "title": "David Ellison Told Top Execs Paramount Will Exit California If AG Refuses To Negotiate Settlement In WBD Merger Suit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/david-ellison-told-top-execs-paramount-will-exit-california-if-ag",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-11T14:31:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/david-ellison-told-top-execs-paramount-will-exit-california-if-ag-refuses-to-negotiate-settlement-in-wbd-merger-suit-1237031004/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Paramount CEO David Ellison told a group of the company’s top executives that he will start the process of exiting California on Oct. 1 if State Attorney General Rob Bonta will not negotiate to settle an antitrust suit around the planned merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Ellison made the remarks at a meeting last week. […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "David Ellison Threatens to Pull Paramount Out of California Starting Oct. 1 if States Refuse to Negotiate Settlement in Antitrust Suit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/david-ellison-threatens-to-pull-paramount-out-of-california-starting",
        "published": "2026-08-11T13:05:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}