{
  "id": 13420,
  "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paramount-state-ags-warner-bros-battle-1236820702",
  "title": "Paramount Faces Drawn-Out Battle With State AGs: ‘They Saw the Writing on the Wall’",
  "summary": "Only a few days ago, the states’ antitrust challenge to the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger still looked like a speed bump. Now, it looks more like siege warfare — as Paramount has agreed to put the $111 million deal on hold for at least several months. In doing so, Paramount’s lawyers have effectively conceded that they […]",
  "authors": "Todd Spangler",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "military-security",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-25T00:54:31.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-25T05:10:48.796Z",
  "source_slug": "x-variety-ai",
  "source_name": "Variety (AI)",
  "source_homepage": "https://variety.com/t/artificial-intelligence/",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13420",
  "original_url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paramount-state-ags-warner-bros-battle-1236820702",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
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