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Bonta’s settlement clears Paramount–Warner merger; critics call concessions hollow

Doctorow condemns Bonta's settlement as a surrender

Cory Doctorow published "Bonta sold us out to Trump's oligarchs" on Pluralistic, calling the settlement a capitulation that hands Warners, Paramount and TikTok to the Ellisons and betrays the Hollywood unions who had secured the injunction stalling the merger.

“California Attorney General Rob Bonta just surrendered to the Trump-aligned Ellison billionaires who want to take over and destroy Warners, merging it with the chudded out husk they've made of Paramount”

Cory Doctorow

Rob BontaRob Bonta California Attorney GeneralDavid Ellison Head of Skydance/ParamountMatt StollerMatt Stoller Antitrust writerAlvaro Bedoya Former FTC CommissionerCory DoctorowCory Doctorow Author, Pluralistic newsletter

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