Lucas Manfredi
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Paramount's Makan Delrahim, California AG Rob Bonta Get Candid on Warner Bros. Merger Settlement (opens the original)
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The seemingly endless twists and turns in the Paramount-Warner Bros. saga finally came to an end on Wednesday when a federal judge signed off on its settlement with a dozen state attorneys general, clearing the way for the $110 billion merger. Just in time for California AG Rob Bonta and Paramount Chief Legal Officer Makan Delrahim, the two key figures on each side, to unpack the resolution at TheWrap’s annual business conference TheGrill. Both Bonta and Delrahim appeared on stage (albeit in sep
Paramount's Makan Delrahim Says Threat to Move Out of California 'Was Not a Bluff' (opens the original)
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As Paramount Skydance sought to quash an antitrust lawsuit from 12 state attorneys general, CEO David Ellison made a major threat: If the two sides couldn’t reach a settlement clearing the path for the $110 billion deal by Oct. 1, he would move the Hollywood studio’s operations out of California, impacting thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in annual economic output. When asked about it during TheWrap’s 2026 TheGrill conference on Wednesday, Ellison’s Chief Legal Officer Makan Delrahim to
Judge Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Settlement (opens the original)
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Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin has signed off on Paramount’s legal settlement with 12 state attorneys general, clearing the final hurdle for its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. “The proposed consent decree reflects a settlement between the partiesthat is a fair, reasonable, and good faith approach to address the competitive harms alleged in the Complaint, and does not violate the law or public policy,” Olguin wrote in her order on Wednesday. Under the terms of the settlement, Par
Rob Bonta 'Vehemently and Respectfully Disagrees' That He 'Caved' on Warner Bros.-Paramount Suit (opens the original)
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta defended himself over claims that he and 11 other state AGs caved on their settlement resolving antitrust litigation against the $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. “I appreciate and understand the diversity of perspectives on this proposed settlement. I will certainly vehemently, respectfully, disagree with with those positions,” Bonta told Sharon Waxman during TheWrap’s 2026 TheGrill conference on Wednesday. “We set out to solve an antitr
Paramount-Warner Bros. Recruits Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz (opens the original)
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Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz is exiting the toymaker to join David Ellison’s Paramount as it merges with Warner Bros. Discovery. On Wednesday, Mattel revealed that Kreiz was leaving for another senior leadership position at an undisclosed public company, effective Friday, and that he would be succeeded by Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch. Kreiz’s role in the combined company could not immediately be learned. A spokesperson for Mattel declined to comment. Representatives for Paramount did not immediately retu
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