{
  "id": 8993628,
  "title": "Rob Bonta, Facing Skeptics, Defends ‘Very Strong’ Paramount Deal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/rob-bonta-facing-skeptics-defends-very-strong-paramount-deal",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-21T19:37:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/rob-bonta-defends-paramount-settlement-1236871365/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rob Bonta defended the antitrust settlement that allows Paramount to merge with Warner Bros. on Monday, saying in a 45-minute press conference that the deal includes independent monitoring and will result in more jobs in Hollywood. But the deal does not include the three words — robust structural remedies — that California’s attorney general had […]",
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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."
}