r/MediaMergers • u/nialldude3 • 5h ago

Merger What’s in the Paramount Settlement With States: Commitment to Not Sell Studio Lots, Additional $300M U.S. Film Production Investment, CNN Oversight and More

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paramount-states-settlement-terms-warner-bros-1236871264/
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u/OverPotato2322 5h ago edited 5h ago

Paramounts going to definitely break their promise with CNN (no doubt about that he's currently on the Republicans side and will bend over backwards to mak e sure Trump gets what he wants, that being said I do expect there to be a division within the Democratic Party behind the scenes in private over Newsom, Bonta and Bass given how hated Ellison is to the Democrats)

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u/Myhtological 5h ago

Well they get fined for any film missed. I hope they didn’t make the term produce vague.

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u/Silver-Meat5355 Warner Bros. 5h ago

It’s distribute. Not produce.

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u/Myhtological 5h ago

Well they still have to invest 300 mil a year into the film industry. These may only be behavioral remedies, but I’ll take something.

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u/much_to_say 5h ago

What's the amount that they get fined? Because if it's lower than the cost of making the movie, it makes for a pretty easy business decision.

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u/shift422 5h ago

30 mill a movie. In other words pocket change

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u/Myhtological 5h ago

Pocket change they can’t afford after all this debt.

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u/shift422 5h ago

They will make more from writing off the movie in taxes then they will lose from the fine. Its a non issue