Paramount + WBD Vs. Coalition Of The Unwilling: CA AG Pulling Together Blue States Probe Of Mega-Merger

Source: Deadline

The clock is ticking on the Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery mega-merger, literally, and things could get sticky and expensive if California’s Attorney General has his way.

Tweeting the not-so quiet thing out loud today, Rob Bonta revealed he is in talks with other state (read Blue State) AGs about concerns they have on the absorption of WBD into the corporation owned by Donald Trump‘s “good friends” David Ellison and his Oracle found father Larry Ellison.

I’m in conversation with my AG colleagues about Paramount/Warner Bros,” the Golden State’s top lawman replied to Mark Ruffalo today. “As the epicenter of the entertainment industry, California has a special interest in protecting competition,” Bonta added in response to the progressively inclined Marvel star’s response to a previous February 26 posting by the Attorney General.

Read more: https://deadline.com/2026/02/paramount-warner-bros-california-blue-states-1236739027/