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  "id": 912740,
  "title": "Paramount Seeks Settlement With 12 States Blocking Its Merger With Warner Bros.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/paramount-seeks-settlement-with-12-states-blocking-its-merger-with",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-14T21:30:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Forbes",
    "slug": "forbes",
    "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2026/08/14/paramount-seeks-settlement-with-12-states-blocking-its-merger-with-warner-bros/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Paramount accused attorneys general from 12 states of inflicting “harm without benefit to their own constituents.”",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Beneficiary of $21.7 Million Stock Sale as Paramount Merger Is Stuck on Hold",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/warner-bros-discovery-ceo-david-zaslav-beneficiary-of-21-7-million",
        "published": "2026-08-13T21:21:07.000Z"
      }
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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."
}