Why Gavin Newsom has stayed deafeningly silent over California AG’s lawsuit to block Paramount-Warner Bros. deal

Everyone in Hollywood — and beyond — has weighed in on Paramount’s planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Gavin Newsom, and insiders say it’s all by design.
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Everyone in Hollywood — and beyond — has weighed in on Paramount’s planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Gavin Newsom, and insiders say it’s all by design. Despite watching his attorney general Rob Bonta lead a coalition of states in a lawsuit filed earlier this month that has effectively paused the merger — at least for now — Governor Newsom has not issued a statement laying out his position on the deal, which many within Hollywood view as an extinction-level event for the state’s signature industry. Sources close to the Governor’s office say this is partly by design.
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- Everyone in Hollywood — and beyond — has weighed in on Paramount’s planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Gavin Newsom, and insiders say it’s all by design.
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Why Gavin Newsom has stayed deafeningly silent over California AG’s lawsuit to block Paramount-Warner Bros. deal
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