Paramount settles lawsuit with US states, helping clear way for $110bn merger with Warner Bros

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Paramount has reached a settlement with the US states in a lawsuit challenging its $110bn merger with Warner Bros

In a statement, David Ellison, Paramount's CEO, hailed the settlement, saying: "Our shared purpose was an result that champion serves consumers, workers and - astir importantly -the originative assemblage truthful captious to the creation of ocular storytelling."

Paramount Skydance has settled a suit with dozens of US states, removing a large hurdle to its $110bn (£82.8bn) merger with Warner Bros Discovery.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta told a quality league that authorities officials agreed to presumption aft securing commitments to support contention crossed movie and television, and broadcasting.

Still, "the colony is not a ballot of enactment for this merger," Bonta said. "It is not a blessing of the broader merger."

"Having present addressed the State AGs' and WGA's concerns, we person implicit clearance for this merger and look guardant to putting these commitments into action," helium said, referring to the union, Writers Guild of America.

David Ellison, the company's chief, has threatened to determination workplace operations retired of California.

The colony volition assistance boost movie accumulation successful the US, Bonta said.

Under the agreement, Paramount indispensable merchandise astatine slightest 30 films each year, helium added.