LA County Joins States to Block Paramount-Warner Merger | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews Los Angeles County is joining twelve states in a fierce legal battle to block the $81 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger, warning that the deal could slash 2,500 local entertainment jobs—with up to 6,000 globally—and cripple Hollywood’s economy. County supervisors unanimously filed a friend-of-the-court brief backed by a commissioned report, as a district judge has paused the merger for 14 days, offering a critical window to stop it. While Paramount argues the merger will create a stronger rival to tech giants and the DOJ has already greenlit it, L.A. County insists the future of Southern California’s film industry—and the livelihoods of tens of thousands—hangs in the balance. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/4ad00eccf811517f