{
  "id": 9149681,
  "title": "California Vowed to Stop Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger. Why Did It Fold?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/california-vowed-to-stop-paramount-warner-bros-merger-why-did-it-fold",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-22T13:16:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hollywood Reporter",
    "slug": "the-hollywood-reporter",
    "url": "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/california-paramount-warner-bros-settle-why-fold-1236707326/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Political pressure, a dice roll of an antitrust trial and competing factions within the alliance of states and the Writers Guild of America all played a part in the states' decision to settle.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}