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Rob Bonta Says No Paramount-WBD Settlement Talks Scheduled After He Canceled Monday Session - Deadline

Business August 26, 2026

UPDATED: California Attorney General Rob Bonta told reporters that β€œwe don’t have anything scheduled” with Paramount to negotiate a potential settlement of the antitrust challenge to the propose...

Judge Sets Paramount-WBD Merger Antitrust Trial For March - Deadline

Business August 5, 2026

UPDATED, with Paramount comment: A federal judge has set the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger trial for next March. The date is much closer to the timeline sought by state attorneys general aοΏ½...

Paramount Pitches Judge On November Start Of WBD Merger Antitrust Trial, While State AGs & WGA Propose April - Deadline

Business August 1, 2026

Paramount wants a trial to start in November in the antitrust lawsuit brought by a dozen state attorneys general and the Writers Guild America. Not surprisingly, the state AGs and the guild want an AοΏ½...

Oregon AG Drops Demand For Records & Motion To Delay Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger, Company Says - Deadline

Business July 12, 2026

UPDATED, with comment from AG: Oregonβ€˜s attorney general has dropped a civil investigative demand for Paramount to turn over records related to its efforts to secure federal approval for its merger ...

What Comcast-NBC Universal Split Faces In D.C.’s Trump-Influenced Regulatory Road - Deadline

Business July 1, 2026

Comcast’s plan to split from NBCUniversal isn’t expected to draw much in the way of antitrust scrutiny. After all, the companies are essentially de-consolidating. But after Monday’s news of the...

Donald Trump And Dana White Make Entrance To UFC Event At White House; Weather Concerns Remain - Deadline

Sports June 16, 2026

UPDATE, 6:50 p.m. PT: Paramount CEO David Ellison and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg are among those attending the UFC event at the White House, a guest list that also includes Vice President JD Vance and οΏ½...

Trump's Financial Form Shows Purchases Of Paramount, WBD And Netflix - Deadline

Business May 16, 2026

President Donald Trumpβ€˜s first quarter financial disclosure report showed thousands of transactions that include purchases and sales of securities across big tech and major media companies. The fil...

Trump’s Super Bowl Pre-Game Interview: POTUS Declines To Predict Winner, Tells NBC’s Tom Llamas He Owns Economy And Is β€œVery Proud Of It” - Deadline

Sports February 10, 2026

An eight-minute excerpt of NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamasβ€˜ interview aired during the network’s Super Bowl pre-game, continuing a tradition of presidents doing sit downs with the host broadcas...

Sen. Adam Schiff And Rep. Laura Friedman Call For Netflix And Paramount To Commit To Preserving Film And TV Jobs In A Warner Bros. Acquisition - Deadline

Business February 8, 2026

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Rep. Laura Friedman (D-CA) are calling on Netflix and Paramount to make β€œconcrete commitments” to preserve film and TV jobs with an acquisition of Warner Bros. The two...

Sheriff Says β€œWe Believe Nancy Is Still Out There,” But Have No Suspects In Disappearance Of Savannah Guthrie’s Mother

Crypto February 6, 2026

The sheriff of Pima County, AZ told reporters that they β€œbelieve Nancy is still out there,” but he said that there are no suspects or persons of interest since the disappearance of the mother of T...