Rob Bonta denies antitrust lawsuit against Paramount-Warner Bros. merger is about politics

Published August 10, 2026 1:36pm ET | Updated August 10, 2026 1:36pm ET



California Attorney General Rob Bonta is fighting Paramount Skydance’s claims that his multistate antitrust lawsuit against the entertainment company’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery is about politics.

In writing an op-ed for Deadline on Monday, the Democratic attorney general is countering a New York Times guest essay penned by Paramount CEO David Ellison last week.

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