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  "id": 8950159,
  "title": "Paramount Reaches Settlement to End States’ Lawsuit, Paving Way for Merger with Warner Bros. Discovery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/paramount-reaches-settlement-to-end-states-lawsuit-paving-way-for",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-21T15:38:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IndieWire",
    "slug": "indiewire",
    "url": "https://www.indiewire.com/news/business/paramount-settlement-states-lawsuit-merger-1235217975/"
  },
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  "summary": "Paramount agreed to a number of concessions, including an investment of $1.5 billion in production spending in California over the next five years.",
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      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "It’s a Deal: Paramount and States Settle Warner Bros. Merger Lawsuit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/its-a-deal-paramount-and-states-settle-warner-bros-merger-lawsuit",
        "published": "2026-09-21T14:58:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "Paramount to Resolve Antitrust Lawsuit, Clearing the Way for Warner Bros. Acquisition",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/paramount-to-resolve-antitrust-lawsuit-clearing-the-way-for-warner",
        "published": "2026-09-21T15:03:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Paramount and state AGs will settle lawsuit, allowing Warner Bros. merger to proceed, reports say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/paramount-and-state-ags-will-settle-lawsuit-allowing-warner-bros",
        "published": "2026-09-21T15:18:41.000Z"
      }
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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."
}