{
  "id": 619218,
  "title": "California Democratic Gubernatorial Nominee Xavier Becerra Says He Prefers Settlement Of Paramount-WBD Antitrust Lawsuit: “Conference Room, Not Courtroom”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/california-democratic-gubernatorial-nominee-xavier-becerra-says-he",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T01:23:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/xavier-becerra-paramount-warner-bros-lawsuit-1237031600/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Xavier Becerra, the Democratic nominee to become the next governor of California, recommended that state attorneys general and Paramount reach a settlement and avoid an antitrust trial over the proposed Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Weighing in for the first time on the lawsuit, Becerra said at a Politico conference on Tuesday, “I hope it settles […]",
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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."
}