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Paramount-WBD Combo Is “Not A Merger That Serves The Public,” NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Says
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expressing solidarity with New York Attorney General Letitia James and 11 other state attorneys general suing to stop the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. In a statement posted to social media after 12 state AGs filed an antitrust lawsuit Monday seeking to block the $110 billion deal, Mamdani said…
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Solution to Feynman’s reverse sprinkler puzzle also applies to “silly sprinklers”
New study confirms 2024 “momentum flux theory” on how angular momentum of water flows drives rotation.
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States make last-ditch effort to stop the Paramount ‘media behemoth’
A dozen state attorneys general are trying to block the $110 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery they warn would raise movie prices and crush cable TV distributors. The states – California, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Washington – filed suit on Monday, arguing…
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Why I’m Suing to Block the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger (Guest Column)
California Attorney General Rob Bonta explains, in this guest column, why he is leading a coalition of 12 state attorneys general in suing to block the proposed $110 billion merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery. He argues the deal is unlawful and would hand one company excessive control over film and television distribution,…
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Paramount Says States’ Lawsuit Seeking To Block WBD Deal “Will Only Harm Entertainment Workers”
Paramount hit back at an antitrust lawsuit filed Monday by12 states seeking to block the company’s pending $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The suit “reflects a fundamentally flawed application of the antitrust laws and is wrong on both the facts and the law,” a Paramount spokesperson said in a statement. “We will vigorously…
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State AGs sue to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger
A dozen state attorneys general filed an antitrust lawsuit to stop the Paramount / Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
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Mick Jagger reflects on backlash to The Rolling Stones in the 1960s: “We were like freaks to them”
“A hostile environment”. The post Mick Jagger reflects on backlash to The Rolling Stones in the 1960s: “We were like freaks to them” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Two capybara pups born to UK’s only breeding pair
The pups are currently in a purpose-built nursery area, complete with private pool.
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Feature: Nintendo’s Japan-Only ‘bit Generations’ Still Plays Like Little Else 20 Years On
A bit ahead of its time. 20 years ago, Nintendo published some of its most boldly experimental games on the Game Boy Advance – and only in Japan. Released across two waves in July 2006 and developed largely by Skip Ltd., the studio behind Chibi-Robo!, the seven-game bit Generations collection stands out as some of…
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Would David Ellison Really Pull Paramount Out of California if the State Tries to Block Warner Bros. Merger?
Is David Ellison considering a nuclear option of relocating Paramount’s headquarters from California — and potentially diverting billions of production dollars from the Golden State — if California Attorney General Rob Bonta files an expected challenge to the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery deal? That was the suggestion in an anonymously sourced item published by Semafor on…