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States Settle Paramount-Warner Merger, Clearing Path

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  • U.S. entrepreneur Elon Musk joins the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, prompting free-press concerns.
  • Larry Ellison invested $1 billion in Musk’s 2022 bid to acquire Twitter, now called X.
  • Critics fear the Ellisons could influence CNN should they acquire the network.
  • Under editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, CBS cut its flagship shows CBS Evening News and 60 Minutes.
  • States settled lawsuits against the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger this week, clearing its path.