and by "everyone" they mean the feckless politicians and assorted organizations pressured by paramount (like Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass) a settlement and conditions simply do not address the long-term consumer and labor harms of consolidation Block the thing. Destroy it. Burn it with fire.
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hollywoodreporter.comEveryone Wants a Paramount Settlement. First, Look Under the HoodThe acquisition's financing depends on savings that the protections everyone wants would prohibit. That's a difficult problem to solve.
I have seen more telecom and media mergers than I can count in my 25 years of being a consumer rights reporter and I can say with absolute confidence that pre-merger promises are utterly meaningless and conditions simply aren't a substitute for tough antitrust enforcement and simply BLOCKING DEALS
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Newsom and Bass are sellouts. They represent the @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social division of the party.