Calif.'s Blizzard rejects resource explanation for Paramount–Warner settlement
By Flavia Fortes ( October 23, 2026, 13:37 GMT | Insight) -- California’s settlement over Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery wasn’t driven by resource constraints, state antitrust official Paula Blizzard said, rejecting a suggestion she attributed to US Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson and warning that companies should expect more independent state merger challenges.California’s settlement over Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery wasn’t driven by resource constraints, state antitrust official Paula Blizzard said, rejecting a suggestion she attributed to US Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson and warning that companies should expect more independent state merger challenges....
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