The fight over Paramount's proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery has officially moved into the courtroom.

A coalition of 12 state attorneys general, led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, has filed an antitrust lawsuit seeking to block the $110 billion merger. The legal challenge focuses largely on competition in Hollywood, but it could also determine the future ownership of CNN.

In this episode of Archer's Line, Rob Archer explains what the lawsuit argues, why the courts are likely to focus on market concentration rather than journalism, President Trump's revealing comments about CNN, and what happens next as one of the biggest media mergers in history faces its first major courtroom test.

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