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Paramount settles with US states in step towards merger with Warner Bros

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Earlier reports and follow-ups on the same developing story.
- Paramount settles lawsuits with 12 US states, clearing way for Warner merger
- Paramount settles lawsuit blocking $110 billion Warner Bros. merger
- WGA Settles Antitrust Lawsuit With Paramount Over Warner Bros. Discovery Merger
- Paramount settles lawsuit with US states, clearing way for $110bn merger with Warner Bros
- ‘Wonder Woman’ Director Patty Jenkins Says Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is ‘Such Chaos’: ‘The Studio System Is in Bad Shape’
- Block the Merger Coalition Files Legal Request to Oppose Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal
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