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  "id": 8979834,
  "title": "WGA Settles Antitrust Lawsuit With Paramount Over Warner Bros. Discovery Merger",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/wga-settles-antitrust-lawsuit-with-paramount-over-warner-bros",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-21T18:17:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/wga-settles-lawsuit-paramount-skydance-warner-bros-merger-1236871354/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Writers Guild of America East and Writers Guild of America West, jointly the WGA, have settled their lawsuit to block the proposed merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery per a statement released by the organization Monday. The settlement comes following the news that Paramount has reached a deal with 12 state attorneys […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Paramount settles with US states in step towards merger with Warner Bros",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/paramount-settles-with-us-states-in-step-towards-merger-with-warner",
        "published": "2026-09-21T17:42:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Paramount settles with states that sued over Warner Brothers Discovery merger",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/paramount-settles-with-states-that-sued-over-warner-brothers",
        "published": "2026-09-21T18:24:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Paramount settles with US states to clear Warner Bros. mega-merger",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/paramount-settles-with-us-states-to-clear-warner-bros-mega-merger-8994585",
        "published": "2026-09-21T18:45:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Paramount settles with U.S. states over Warner Bros. merger",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/paramount-settles-with-u-s-states-over-warner-bros-merger",
        "published": "2026-09-21T18:55:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Paramount settles with US states to clear Warner Bros. mega-merger",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/paramount-settles-with-us-states-to-clear-warner-bros-mega-merger",
        "published": "2026-09-21T19:12:04.000Z"
      }
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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."
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