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When asked about the DOJ decision, a spokesperson for California attorney general Rob Bonta reiterated that "the merger of Warner Bros and Paramount remains under investigation by the California Department of Justice."

DOJ says Paramount-Warner merger will improve competition “across the media and entertainment ecosystem, with benefits for American consumers and workers.” wsj.com/business/media/justi…

Two quotes from The Wire sum up the Sports Broadcasting Act hearing. "The thing about the old days is... they're the old days" -- Slim Charles "There ain't no 'back in the day,' Ain't no nostalgia to this shit here. There's just the street, and the game, and what happen here today." — Cheese Of course we know what happens to Cheese after that declaration.

In a nutshell, it seem some want the NFL to adapt a college football-like model and sell rights to Sunday games to many outlets so that all games are available in all markets (blowing out the need for Sunday Ticket).

House hearing on Sports Broadcasting Act also includes plenty of vitriol on Paramount-Warner and Nexstar-Tegna deals.

What's second prize?

Does this mean if I don’t consent i can work from home?

Thanks for your critique, Janet. We actually tried a couple of episodes where House (Hugh Laurie) (please put the brackets in the right place) gets it right first time, but they were only 6 minutes long. NBC weren’t happy. Then we tried some where House never gets it right and the patient dies. The audience wasn’t happy. One could apply your trenchant analysis to other art forms: JS Bach wrote 30 Goldberg variations on the same chord structure; Frida Kahlo painted 50 portraits of herself; Henry Moore, what?? The point is, or was, variations on a theme; if all you see is hospital, medical blah blah, then it wasn’t meant for you. Nonetheless, I look forward to your first novel!

"Free Palestine" and round of applause at anti-Warner-Par deal event. There is a subtle and not-so-subtle anti-Israel undertone to some comments at Main Street vs The Merger event aimed at rallying the industry and adjacent businesses to block the Paramount - Warner merger.

Actor Leon Acord tells SAG-AFTRA head Sean Astin to "grow a pair and do your job" and speak out against Paramount-Warner deal.

These studios will be pickleball courts in a few years, says agent Mark Scroggs at Main Street vs The (WBD-Par) Merger.

Doc exec at Block Par-WBD merger event warns of demise of docs as a result of increased consolidation and that if Paramount owns HBO it will "probably be impossible" to sell any docs critical of Trump or critical of Israel."

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez says Paramount being owned indirectly 49% owned by Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds is a threat to speech. Content, she warns, can be influenced Saudi Arabia, which is responsible for death of Washington Post contributor. She is at block merger event.

"Warner Bros. alone has been involved in numerous failed mergers," says WGA West President Michele Mulroney, and this will be another mess.