California and 11 other states filed an antitrust lawsuit on July 13 against the Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery merger, asking the court to permanently block the $110 billion deal. California Attorney General Rob Bonta claims that the acquisition would extinguish competition, drive up prices, lower content quality, and result in fewer movies and television shows. “[Paramount Skydance CEO] David Ellison may think this is an offer we can’t refuse,” Bonta told reporters while standing in Griffith Park, with the iconic Hollywood sign behind him. “But I’m here to say, he’s wrong.” A coalition of Democratic attorneys general joined the lawsuit from Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Washington state....