California leads lawsuit to block Paramount Warner Bros mega merger

Bonta claimed it "would lead to higher prices, lower quality, and less content for film and television, harming movie theaters, basic cable distributors, and ultimately, audiences on every sofa and movie theater seat in the US".

California Attorney General Rob Bonta claimed the merger would end up harming "audiences on every sofa and movie theater seat in the US".

US news website Semafor reported that David Ellison, the controlling owner and chief executive of Paramount Skydance and son of tech billionaire Larry Ellison, has been urged by advisers to move the company's operations out of California.