California settles lawsuit against Paramount/Warner merger, angering advocates
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加州与派拉蒙天舞达成和解，允许其完成与华纳兄弟探索的1110亿美元合并。该和解引发民主党人和媒体倡导者批评。前联邦贸易委员会主席莉娜·汗称合并表面违法，各州接受行为补救措施令人不安，此类补救往往失败。彭博社报道称，此前反对的四个州在周末让步后，和解谈判取得成果。
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 announced later today, drew condemnation from Democrats and media advocates.
"The Paramount/Warner Brothers merger seems facially illegal, and the state AG lawsuit challenging it is very strong," Lina Khan, who chaired the Federal Trade Commission during the Biden administration, wrote yesterday. "It’s troubling to hear that the states may now settle for behavioral remedies, allowing the deal to go through subject to various promises from the firms. Behavioral remedies routinely fail, and the stakes here are particularly high given that a strong democracy requires open markets for sound journalism and creative expression."
After news of advanced settlement talks was reported over the weekend, Bloomberg reported today that Paramount reached an agreement with California and other states that sued to block the merger. "Settlement talks came to fruition over the weekend after four states that had opposed terms of a deal outlined with California conceded," Bloomberg wrote, citing a person familiar with the matter.
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