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Block the Merger coalition files legal request opposing Paramount–Warner Bros. deal

Variety reports that the coalition filed an emergency motion in California seeking to oppose the deal.

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A coalition of groups called Block the Merger has filed an emergency motion in California to oppose the Paramount–Warner Bros. deal, Variety reports.

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Variety@VarietyBlock the Merger Coalition File Legal Request to Oppose Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal https://variety.com/2026/film/global/block-the-merger-emergency-motion-paramount-warner-bros-1236874138/16d
zerohedge@zerohedgePanic At CNN As Paramount Seeks Elon Musk Equity Investment https://www.zerohedge.com/political/panic-cnn-paramount-seeks-elon-musk-equity-investment16d
TheWrap@TheWrapThe fight over Paramount’s $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger is moving back to court. The Block the Merger coalition is asking a federal judge to reject what it calls a “weak and unenforceable” settlement, warning it fails to protect consumers, independent filmmakers, diverse storytelling and press freedom. Read more: https://mrf.lu/2m1lt16d
Deadline@DEADLINEBlock The Merger Coalition Asks Judge To Give Them Time To Formally Oppose Settlement Of Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Lawsuit https://deadline.com/2026/09/block-the-merger-paramount-warner-bros-settlement-1237112453/16d
Russell Brand@rustyrocketsThis is big.16d
Trish Regan@trish_reganElon Musk BUYING CNN?! A new report says Elon is being asked by the Ellisons to join a group of equity investors in the $110 B Paramount - Warner Brothers Discovery deal… It makes all the sense in the world. Remember: Elon has helped nurture & pioneer the “citizen journalism” genre. Just imagine how he could remake CNN… CNN is working off a 1980s model with costly bureaus all around the world… news has changed. News is faster, more accessible, more global, more transparently opinionated, and more engaging. And we haven’t even started talking about VR! There WILL come a day in which the citizen journalist can “transport” you to the front lines of any news story…anywhere in the world. CNN has outdated infrastructure. By injecting cutting edge technology (and some actual entrepreneurship!) into CNN — the network could actually become a competitive news product. And this terrifies the establishment. WATCH:16d
Alex Jones@RealAlexJones- @Grok What should Elon Musk rename CNN if he takes it over? Or what would CNN stand for if it had Elon Musk flair to it?16d
Eriq Gardner ✍️@eriqgardnerSen. Cory Booker files a letter urging the judge to tightly scrutinize the Paramount-WBD merger settlement. He writes the decrees must remedy the harms pleaded and expresses skepticism the decree addresses the core of the case. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28680662-cory-booker-warnermount/16d
The Moonlight Warrior 🌙@BlackMajikMan90A US Federal Judge has SUSPENDED the Paramount/WB deal.16d
ToonHive@ToonHiveA sign-off for the settlement of the controversial Paramount-Warner Bros. merger has been delayed as the federal court has allowed a briefing for the Block The Merger Coalition groups, who recently asked the judge to give them time to oppose the settlement. The coalitions are expected to file a brief by tomorrow. If granted, the merger deal may receive an expensive delay.15d
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    Variety@VarietyBlock the Merger Coalition File Legal Request to Oppose Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal https://variety.com/2026/film/global/block-the-merger-emergency-motion-paramount-warner-bros-1236874138/16d
    zerohedge@zerohedgePanic At CNN As Paramount Seeks Elon Musk Equity Investment https://www.zerohedge.com/political/panic-cnn-paramount-seeks-elon-musk-equity-investment16d
    TheWrap@TheWrapThe fight over Paramount’s $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger is moving back to court. The Block the Merger coalition is asking a federal judge to reject what it calls a “weak and unenforceable” settlement, warning it fails to protect consumers, independent filmmakers, diverse storytelling and press freedom. Read more: https://mrf.lu/2m1lt16d
    Deadline@DEADLINEBlock The Merger Coalition Asks Judge To Give Them Time To Formally Oppose Settlement Of Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Lawsuit https://deadline.com/2026/09/block-the-merger-paramount-warner-bros-settlement-1237112453/16d
    Russell Brand@rustyrocketsThis is big.16d
    Trish Regan@trish_reganElon Musk BUYING CNN?! A new report says Elon is being asked by the Ellisons to join a group of equity investors in the $110 B Paramount - Warner Brothers Discovery deal… It makes all the sense in the world. Remember: Elon has helped nurture & pioneer the “citizen journalism” genre. Just imagine how he could remake CNN… CNN is working off a 1980s model with costly bureaus all around the world… news has changed. News is faster, more accessible, more global, more transparently opinionated, and more engaging. And we haven’t even started talking about VR! There WILL come a day in which the citizen journalist can “transport” you to the front lines of any news story…anywhere in the world. CNN has outdated infrastructure. By injecting cutting edge technology (and some actual entrepreneurship!) into CNN — the network could actually become a competitive news product. And this terrifies the establishment. WATCH:16d
    Alex Jones@RealAlexJones- @Grok What should Elon Musk rename CNN if he takes it over? Or what would CNN stand for if it had Elon Musk flair to it?16d
    Eriq Gardner ✍️@eriqgardnerSen. Cory Booker files a letter urging the judge to tightly scrutinize the Paramount-WBD merger settlement. He writes the decrees must remedy the harms pleaded and expresses skepticism the decree addresses the core of the case. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28680662-cory-booker-warnermount/16d
    The Moonlight Warrior 🌙@BlackMajikMan90A US Federal Judge has SUSPENDED the Paramount/WB deal.16d
    ToonHive@ToonHiveA sign-off for the settlement of the controversial Paramount-Warner Bros. merger has been delayed as the federal court has allowed a briefing for the Block The Merger Coalition groups, who recently asked the judge to give them time to oppose the settlement. The coalitions are expected to file a brief by tomorrow. If granted, the merger deal may receive an expensive delay.15d
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