{"id":67555,"date":"2026-02-27T16:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/not-a-done-deal-california-vows-vigorous-review-of-paramount-warner-bros-takeover\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:57:15","slug":"not-a-done-deal-california-vows-vigorous-review-of-paramount-warner-bros-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/not-a-done-deal-california-vows-vigorous-review-of-paramount-warner-bros-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Not a done deal\u2019: California vows \u2018vigorous\u2019 review of Paramount-Warner Bros takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney general says $111bn deal will be investigated amid concerns over monopoly power and job losses<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rob Bonta, California\u2019s attorney general, said his office will investigate a possible merger between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/paramount-plus\">Paramount Skydance<\/a> and Warner Bros Discovery, hours after Netflix backed away from a planned takeover.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParamount\/Warner Bros is not a done deal,\u201d Bonta <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AGRobBonta\/status\/2027220360433946983\">said in a post on X<\/a>. \u201cThese two Hollywood titans have not cleared regulatory scrutiny \u2014 the California Department of Justice has an open investigation, and we intend to be vigorous in our review.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/27\/california-paramount-warner-bros\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney general says $111bn deal will be investigated amid concerns over monopoly power and job losses Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Rob Bonta, California\u2019s attorney general, said his office will investigate a possible merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery, hours after Netflix backed &#8230; <a title=\"\u2018Not a done deal\u2019: California vows \u2018vigorous\u2019 review of Paramount-Warner Bros takeover\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/not-a-done-deal-california-vows-vigorous-review-of-paramount-warner-bros-takeover\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u2018Not a done deal\u2019: California vows \u2018vigorous\u2019 review of Paramount-Warner Bros takeover\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}