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As Paramount Settlement Talks With States Progress, Some AGs Are Pushing for Stronger Restrictions
22+ min ago (236+ words) On Sunday, settlement talks between Paramount and the state attorneys general that sued to block its Warner Bros. Discovery deal continued — but there was no resolution by the end of the day. But while California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who…...
CNN’s Brian Stelter Reports Letitia James ‘Resisting’ Deal to Close Paramount-Warner Bros Merger
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (378+ words) The Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery merger has hit another roadblock, with New York Attorney General Letitia James and other “blue state” officials said to be “resisting” a settlement deal that would allow the merger to move forward, CNN…...
The Safety-Coordination-as-Cartel Theory and the Regulatory Framework It Threatens
15+ hour, 44+ min ago (336+ words) A consumer lawsuit accusing four AI giants of illegal coordination exposes a structural fragility in US AI governance: the entire model assumes companies will work together on safety, but existing antitrust law may forbid exactly that. On September 18, the Northern…...
CA Attorney General Seeks 'Independent Content Monitoring of CNN' Under Paramount Merger
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (366+ words) Twelve states, including California, have filed suit to stop the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. Liberals are upset because Paramount's CEO is David Ellison, the son of Oracle founder Larry Ellison and a donor to President Donald Trump's…...
Elizabeth Warren Blasts Paramount Merger Settlement Talks: ‘Massive Mistake to Cave’
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (324+ words) The senator cites CNN's ban from the White House in saying the merger would create a "Trump-controlled media conglomerate" The post Elizabeth Warren Blasts Paramount Merger Settlement Talks: ‘Massive Mistake to Cave’ appeared first on TheWrap. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) issued…...
Elizabeth Warren Says it Would be a ‘Massive Mistake’ for Rob Bonta to Settle Lawsuit With Paramount as Trump Bans CNN from White House: ‘This Is a Dangerous Merger’
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (369+ words) Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on Saturday morning issued a warning that President Donald Trump’s recent banning of CNN from the White House is a sign of things to come if Paramount Skydance settles with the states and is…...
Opinion | Another own goal: The E.U. just made Google less useful for Europeans
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (83+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Google Search just got a whole lot worse in the European Union…...
Rob Bonta on Paramount’s Threat to Leave California: “They Own It. It Lies at Their Feet”
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (423+ words) The California AG spoke on a panel at The Atlantic Festival Thursday, where he addressed the current status of the Paramount antitrust suit. Paramount‘s threat to leave California if the group of state attorneys general don’t come to terms…...
"Regulatory capture" may be winning the Overton Window — LessWrong
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (407+ words) Democrats and Republicans agree about regulatory capture, but disagree on whether to regulate at all: Ted Cruz, R-TX and Josh Hawley, R-MO: Please notice this for a moment: agreeing about all the premise, and none of the conclusion. Firstly, Ted…...
Paramount is getting an assist from a key California pol as it defends its Warner merger against AG Rob Bonta
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (656+ words) Paramount Skydance has a strategy for getting its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery approved by Rob Bonta – and it involves making the California AG a pariah in his party while getting an assist from the mayor of Los Angeles, On…...