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  "id": 7853549,
  "title": "Paramount Sets California Exit Plans Over Antitrust Battle With Blue States & Stymied $111B WBD Merger",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/paramount-sets-california-exit-plans-over-antitrust-battle-with-blue",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-16T19:14:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/paramount-leaving-california-merger-lawsuit-1237105417/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Leaks the past few months out of David Ellison’s inner circle said the CEO would take his Paramount ball and leave California if state Attorneys General didn’t back off on their antitrust suit to stop the $111 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery. And now it looks like the ball really is in play. After […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Paramount Preps California Exit Amid State AGs’ Warner Bros. Merger Battle",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/paramount-preps-california-exit-amid-state-ags-warner-bros-merger",
        "published": "2026-09-16T19:43:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}