Paramount Skydance has settled a lawsuit with dozens of US states, removing a major hurdle to its $110bn (£82.8bn) merger with Warner Bros Discovery. California Attorney General Rob Bonta told a news conference that state officials agreed to terms after securing commitments to protect competition across film and television, and broadcasting. Still, “the settlement is
David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance has cleared the last major hurdle to closing its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount has settled the lawsuit brought by 12 states, California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Monday. A key part of the settlement: Bonta said Paramount agreed to release 30 movies in theaters each of
JUNEAU, Alaska — Even after the last votes were counted from Alaska’s primary election, the final slate of candidates was far from settled. Late withdrawals shook up the races for governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House, leaving many voters upset with candidates who dropped out after winning a spot in November’s general election or cursing
Study 1 (survey fielded in 2021; YouGov CES) We fielded this extensive survey to N = 3,227 non-Hispanic white people in November 2021 as part of the CES—a widely used source of data in peer-reviewed political science research on US public opinion. The CES’s in-depth Common Content questionnaire and respondent geocodes permit documentation of the demographic and
The U.S. has one of the highest maternal mortality rates among wealthy nations, research shows, so heirs of the multibillion Walmart fortune are working to drastically lower it. On Thursday, Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America (HMHBA) announced an initial $100 million, five-year commitment from Olivia and Tom Walton to accelerate efforts to cut maternal deaths
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