Attorneys General Secure Months-Long Halt to Paramount-Warner Bros $110 Billion Merger

SEATTLE—Washington Attorney General Nick Brown, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and a coalition of 9 other attorneys general today secured a months-long halt to Paramount Skydance Corp.’s (Paramount) $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (Warner Bros.). On July 13, Attorney General Brown and the coalition sued Paramount and Warner […]
Cantwell warns of dangers of AI and politically driven media consolidation to independent journalism

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, warned that the rapid deployment of AI combined with politically-driven consolidation of major media and technology companies poses a serious threat to the first amendment and to freedom of the press at today’s hearing on government […]