Why Gavin Newsom has stayed deafeningly silent over California AG’s lawsuit to block Paramount-Warner Bros. deal
Page Six Hollywood Why Gavin Newsom has stayed deafeningly silent over California AG’s lawsuit to block Paramount-Warner Bros. deal Published July 28, 2026, 10:12 a.m. ET Gavin Newsom has preferred to sit on the sidelines of the Paramount-Warner Bros debate. Getty Images Everyone in Hollywood — and beyond — has weighed in on Paramount’s planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.
- ▪Page Six Hollywood Why Gavin Newsom has stayed deafeningly silent over California AG’s lawsuit to block Paramount-Warner Bros. deal Published July 28, 2026, 10:12 a.m.
- ▪ET Gavin Newsom has preferred to sit on the sidelines of the Paramount-Warner Bros debate.
- ▪Getty Images Everyone in Hollywood — and beyond — has weighed in on Paramount’s planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.
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Page Six Hollywood Why Gavin Newsom has stayed deafeningly silent over California AG’s lawsuit to block Paramount-Warner Bros. deal Published July 28, 2026, 10:12 a.m. ET Gavin Newsom has preferred to sit on the sidelines of the Paramount-Warner Bros debate. Getty Images Everyone in Hollywood — and beyond — has weighed in on Paramount’s planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. But not Gov. Gavin Newsom, and insiders say it’s all by design. Despite watching his attorney general Rob Bonta lead a coalition of states in a lawsuit filed earlier this month that has effectively paused the merger — at least for now — Governor Newsom has not issued a statement laying out his position on the deal, which many within Hollywood view as an extinction-level event for the state’s…
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