Judge orders Paramount and states into 14-15 October settlement talks over Warner Bros. Discovery deal

Magistrate Judge Thomas S. Hixson ordered Paramount and 12 state attorneys general into settlement talks on 14-15 October in San Francisco over Paramount's Warner Bros. Discovery takeover, as reported by Deadline. Deadline also reported settlement statements due 7 October and attendee lists 12 October, with trial in the states' antitrust case set for early March.