Paramount escalates threat to leave California as Dem AG's antitrust lawsuit stalls Warner Bros merger

David Ellison has threatened to move Paramount out of California unless Attorney General Rob Bonta settles an antitrust lawsuit blocking the merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. The Writers Guild of America criticized this move, stating that such behavior demonstrates the danger of the merger's outsized power. The guild argues that Ellison's threat to leave the state proves exactly why the planned merger should be blocked to prevent this type of corporate influence over legal proceedings.