言论自由和媒体倡导团体敦促法官阻止加利福尼亚州与派拉蒙天舞（Paramount Skydance）达成的一项和解协议，该协议将允许该公司最终完成其与华纳兄弟探索公司（Warner Bros. Discovery）价值 1110 亿美元的合并。
Free speech and media advocacy groups urged a judge to block a California settlement with Paramount Skydance that would let the company finalize its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
由加州领导的十二个州于 7 月起诉阻止该交易，并在美国地区法官阿拉塞利·马丁内斯-奥尔金（Araceli Martínez-Olguín）裁定派拉蒙与华纳兄弟的合并可能会大幅减少竞争并违反反垄断法时，成功延缓了该交易。尽管取得了最初的胜利，加州总检察长罗布·邦塔（Rob Bonta）本周早些时候宣布与派拉蒙达成和解，参与诉讼的其他州也签署了该协议。
Twelve states led by California sued to block the deal in July and were able to delay it when US District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín ruled that Paramount combining with Warner Bros. would likely reduce competition substantially and violate antitrust laws. Despite that initial victory, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement with Paramount earlier this week and the other states involved in the lawsuit signed on to the deal.
马丁内斯-奥尔金必须决定是否批准该和解协议。一个由言论自由和媒体倡导团体组成的联盟在昨天提交给法官的文件中表示，该交易将给起诉派拉蒙的各州居民带来“几乎为零”的好处。该文件由第一修正案委员会（Committee for the First Amendment）、自由报刊（Free Press）、新闻自由基金会（Freedom of the Press Foundation）、未来电影联盟（Future Film Coalition）和国际纪录片协会（International Documentary Association）共同提交。
Martínez-Olguín must decide whether to approve the settlement. A coalition of free speech and media advocacy groups told the judge in a filing yesterday that the deal will give residents of the states that sued Paramount "virtually nothing." The filing was submitted by the Committee for the First Amendment, Free Press, Freedom of the Press Foundation, Future Film Coalition, and International Documentary Association.