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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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“It streams more than double any other track we have weekly, yet a portion of the fanbase acts like it was a failure.” How Avenged Sevenfold’s “funny little experiment” with Hail to the King yielded extraordinary results
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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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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…
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Paramount-WBD Merger Is Competition Killer, State Attorneys General Allege In Proposed Blockbuster Antitrust Action
From Sacramento to Albany and several state capitals in between, regional attorneys general are steeled to stop Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery in an antitrust lawsuit that could hit the courts Monday. Coming as barbed threats circulate that the David Ellison-owned PSKY could exit the Golden State in retaliation, the long…
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Trump officials accused of stacking top chemical safety board with industry ‘mouthpieces’
Public health advocacy groups have accused the Trump administration of filling the Environmental Protection Agency’s science advisory committee on chemicals with scientists they say are closely aligned with industry and have potential conflicts of interest. Critics argue this matters because the committee helps review the science behind federal decisions on toxic chemicals, and they fear…
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Apple and Google suppressed negative Graham Platner stories for months on their news platform, study finds
A Fox News report says a study found Apple News and Google News did not surface negative stories about Graham Platner for months, even as scandals around him grew. The article argues this matters because both platforms are major gateways to news, so decisions about what is shown or omitted can shape public understanding of…
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How Indian scientists are mapping the brain’s last frontier
Scientists at the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, say they have created the world’s most detailed three-dimensional atlas of the human brainstem at cellular resolution. Called Anchor (Atlas of Neurochemical Characterisation of the Human Brainstem with 3D Reconstruction), the digital map allows scientists to move seamlessly from whole-brain MRI…