( September 21, 2026, 21:24 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The settlement between Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery and US attorneys general is a "disastrous outcome," US Senator Elizabeth Warren said. "After the Trump administration ran an apparently corrupt antitrust review process to wave through a blatantly illegal merger, this settlement greenlights an anti-monopoly disaster that will result in higher prices and fewer jobs, and enables a handful of billionaires to call the shots in the American media," Warren said. "Corporate executives for aspiring monopolies are always quick to offer unenforceable promises to close a deal, but it is workers and consumers who ultimately pay the price. The new Paramount behemoth is a clear candidate for antitrust scrutiny in a future pro-competition Administration.”Statement follows below:...
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