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Booker warns Paramount-Warner merger; DOJ probes NFL fees

4/23/2026

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Sen. Cory Booker warned the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger would harm the public, urging competition, not politics, decide it, said Consumer Institute Tirzah Duren.
The Justice Department opened a probe of the National Football League (NFL) over fees as Netflix raised its price by 125% since 2014, increase among streamers.
AMC CEO Adam Aron, director James Cameron, and CEO David Ellison backed the merger, saying it would spur innovation, broaden distribution.

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Sen. Cory Booker warned the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger would harm the public, urging competition, not politics, decide it, said Consumer Institute Tirzah Duren.
The Justice Department opened a probe of the National Football League (NFL) over fees as Netflix raised its price by 125% since 2014, increase among streamers.
AMC CEO Adam Aron, director James Cameron, and CEO David Ellison backed the merger, saying it would spur innovation, broaden distribution.