Antitrust & Big Tech

30+ min ago   (267+ words) The potential ownership of CBS News and CNN under one corporate owner has generated months of fear, anxiety and loathing at both networks, but the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery settlement tries to resolve some of the issues with the establishment…...

1+ hour, 54+ min ago   (314+ words) California Attorney General Rob Bonta said a settlement with the Paramount Skydance company does not mean his office is in favor of its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. "This settlement is not a vote of support for this merger....

2+ hour, 24+ min ago   (317+ words) Washington, DC – Open Markets Institute Executive Director Barry Lynn issued the following statement condemning the settlement by a coalition of attorneys general that sued to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Brothers Discovery. “This settlement serves as a wake up call…...

2+ hour, 9+ min ago   (236+ words) The Stop Corruption Now scorecard identifies key pieces of legislation that address public corruption, preserve the rule of law, and protect free and fair elections. “This isn’t the last we will hear of the Ellisons or the fallout of this…...

2+ hour, 42+ min ago   (275+ words) The primary group mobilizing opposition to the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger condemned the state attorneys general settlement of their antitrust lawsuit to block the transaction. Just minutes before California Attorney General Rob Bonta was to appear at a press…...

2+ hour, 55+ min ago   (802+ words) | Cord Cutters News The 3 Reasons That Forced California To Settle Its Lawsuit With Paramount California and a coalition of other states have agreed to settle their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount Skydance over its planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, clearing…...

2+ hour, 46+ min ago   (490+ words) Progressives are irate with California Attorney General Rob Bonta for allowing the Paramount-Warner Bros. mega-merger to move forward, despite having filed a lawsuit with 11 other blue state AGs to stop it. Bloomberg reported Monday that the states agreed to a…...

3+ hour, 43+ min ago   (281+ words) A protest outside California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s Oakland office caught the attention of some of the biggest names in Hollywood on Sunday. About three dozen demonstrators protested at Bonta’s office with a mission to persuade him to continue his…...

3+ hour, 56+ min ago   (670+ words) State AGs had “very strong” case that merger is illegal, Lina Khan says. California and Paramount Skydance have reportedly reached a settlement allowing the company to complete its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. The settlement, which will reportedly be…...

10+ hour, 27+ min ago   (191+ words) HESPRESS English - Morocco News Ireland’s data protection watchdog, acting on behalf of the European Union, said Monday that it had fined Google 403 million euros ($462 million) for breaching users’ location data. The technology giant infringed the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation…...