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  "id": 6341958,
  "title": "Paramount Warns CA AG Bonta & WGA Of WBD Merger Fallout & “Financial Consequences If Their Challenge Ultimately Fails”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/paramount-warns-ca-ag-bonta-wga-of-wbd-merger-fallout-financial",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-08T22:25:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/paramount-warns-california-merger-lawsuit-1237071462/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Just weeks before Paramount Skydance starts being on the hook for the much vaunted $7 million a day ticking fee to Warner Bros Discovery shareholders, the David Ellison-run company today pushed hard once again for the Writers Guild of America plus California and 11 other states to pony up a nearly $2 billion bond in […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Paramount Insists AGs and WGA Pay Costs Related to Merger Delay in New Briefs: ‘Must Accept Financial Consequences’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/paramount-insists-ags-and-wga-pay-costs-related-to-merger-delay-in",
        "published": "2026-09-08T21:20:40.000Z"
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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."
}