States settle Paramount-Warner merger with US-film quotas and AI safeguards
Paramount Skydance reached a settlement with California and about a dozen other state attorneys general over its $110bn merger with Warner Bros Discovery. The deal imposes at least 30 film releases per year with increasing US production share, or Paramount could be forced to divest its 49% Miramax stake; adds guardrails against AI-generated content; appoints an independent monitor; and includes a $17.5m payment to the Writers Guild health fund plus legal-fee coverage. California and others say the settlement isn’t an endorsement of the merger, but supporters argue it could boost US film production and economic activity, potentially boosted further by federal tax credits. The WGA remains wary of the merger’s impact on writers.
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