Newsom takes Paramount's threat to leave California seriously amid settlement talks

California Governor Gavin Newsom publicly weighed in for the first time on Paramount's $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and the antitrust lawsuit filed by a coalition of state attorneys general. Newsom said he takes seriously Paramount's threat to leave California. He indicated that settlement talks between Paramount representatives and attorneys general offices are currently ongoing.

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