UPDATED 8:03 AM: Iowa and Montana are going to the Supreme Court to put a halt on antitrust efforts to prevent the $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery. This case is about the legal limits on politicized antitrust enforcement by a small handful of states seeking to…

There will be no settlement talks meeting Monday between Paramount and a coalition of state attorneys general after all. “My office was scheduled to meet with Paramount on Monday, August 24th,” California AG Rob Bonta said late late Sunday. “I have pulled down this meeting.” Bonta…

EXCLUSIVE: A meeting Monday between Paramount brass and state attorneys general over sussing out settlement talks between the parties in David Ellison’s contested $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery has turned into a “game of PR chicken,” an industry insider says. “Ellison and…

(Updated with California Attorney General statement) After weeks of speculation about Gavin Newsom’s true position on Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery and the antitrust suit filed a coalition of state attorneys general, the outgoing governor of California finally weighed…

UPDATED with Paramount’s response: As Mayor Karen Bass shows her support for the Paramount-Warner Bros merger, Mark Ruffalo is continuing to fight the acquisition. On Friday, the 4x Oscar nominee called out the Ellisons ties to Oracle, sharing a video of the tech company’s executive vice chair…

Paramount’s pending acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery has evoked a range of emotion in Hollywood, mainly fear among creatives at the planned merger of two more major studios. But now that uncertainty is tinged with panic after CEO David Ellison threatened to relocate his Los Angeles-based company…

The results of a court hearing in Oakland on Wednesday might be a little to close for comfort for Paramount and David Ellison. Additionally, the findings of a report submitted to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors might prove very scary in terms of potential job losses and more if the $111 bi…

UPDATED with California Attorney General statement: Paramount finally is getting serious in its standoff with blue state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America over the antitrust action aimed at shattering David Ellison’s $111 billion deal to meld Warner Bros Discovery with the home of The…

In case you didn’t already know, Paramount CEO David Ellison really wants to make sure this afternoon that everybody is clear those pesky state attorneys general and their antitrust lawsuit are ruining a really good $111 billion thing — and now even Mexico agrees with him. “Paramount and WBD…

The DGA and IATSE may want to play footsie with Paramount over the state attorneys general antitrust lawsuit and hopes for a settlement. However, as the WGA has joined the charge against David Ellison’s currently stalled $111 billion purchase of Warner Bros Discovery, a very strong arm of Hollywood…

This week has been dominated by headlines about Paramount’s threat to leave California, by unions and other officials urging a settlement and by Capitol Hill Democrats warning of investigations. But on Thursday, attorneys completed the rather routine step of proposing key dates and deadlines in…

Two of Hollywood’s most powerful unions have a message for California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison: Work it out ASAP, whether in court or otherwise. The DGA and IATSE sent a joint letter to the pair on Wednesday to “raise concerns about the potential for a…