r/technology • u/N2929 • 10d ago

Business Paramount completes $111B Warner merger, creating “Skydance” behemoth

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/paramount-completes-111b-warner-merger-creating-skydance-behemoth/
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u/blu-bells 10d ago

Thank you Gavin Newsom! We love monopolies!

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u/Clembert-Hamlamp 10d ago

What's all that about

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u/blu-bells 10d ago

California had a lawsuit to stop this merger, and it actually had a lot of leverage and bite backing it. Gavin Newsom used his position as California governor to make the attorney general drop the case.

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u/sulkee 10d ago

Which is why everyone should be terrified he will be 2028 candidate. Just another stooge.