Paramount/WBD merger conditions give the public "virtually nothing," judge is told
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自由言论与媒体倡导团体敦促法官否决加州与派拉蒙天舞达成的和解协议，该协议将允许其完成与华纳兄弟探索公司价值1110亿美元的合并。以加州为首的十二州曾于七月起诉阻止交易，法官裁定合并可能大幅削弱竞争并违反反垄断法。但加州总检察长本周宣布和解，其他州亦签署。团体在提交文件中指出，该协议给起诉各州居民“几乎什么也没带来”。法官需决定是否批准和解。
Free speech and media advocacy groups urged a judge to block a California settlement with Paramount Skydance that would let the company finalize its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
Twelve states led by California sued to block the deal in July and were able to delay it when US District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín ruled that Paramount combining with Warner Bros. would likely reduce competition substantially and violate antitrust laws. Despite that initial victory, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement with Paramount earlier this week and the other states involved in the lawsuit signed on to the deal.
Martínez-Olguín must decide whether to approve the settlement. A coalition of free speech and media advocacy groups told the judge in a filing yesterday that the deal will give residents of the states that sued Paramount "virtually nothing." The filing was submitted by the Committee for the First Amendment, Free Press, Freedom of the Press Foundation, Future Film Coalition, and International Documentary Association.
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