Bonta Settles Paramount-WBD Antitrust Suit With 0 Structural Changes
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Updated · New York Post · Sep 27
Bonta Settles Paramount-WBD Antitrust Suit With 0 Structural Changes
3 articles · Updated · New York Post · Sep 27
Summary
California Attorney General Rob Bonta agreed to settle his antitrust challenge to Paramount’s purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery without winning any of the structural remedies he had sought.
The report says pressure mounted after David Ellison threatened to move 50,000 jobs out of California, while Democratic figures and Hollywood donors pushed Bonta to end the case.
Mark Ruffalo’s public support for the lawsuit and later comments linking Larry Ellison to Gaza also became a political liability, with Jewish groups condemning the remarks and pro-Israel Hollywood figures complaining privately.
The settlement leaves Bonta with a truce rather than a substantive antitrust victory, undercutting a case the report portrays as politically driven and potentially damaging to his future gubernatorial ambitions.