Rob Bonta defended the antitrust settlement that allows Paramount to merge with Warner Bros. on Monday, saying in a 45-minute press conference that the deal includes independent monitoring and will result in more jobs in Hollywood. But the deal does not include the three words — robust structural remedies — that California’s attorney general had […]
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