Paramount settles lawsuit with US states, helping clear way for $110bn merger with Warner Bros
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A coalition of states led by California had challenged the deal, raising concerns over competition across film and television.
以加利福尼亚州为首的各州联盟对该协议提出了质疑，引发了人们对电影和电视领域竞争的担忧。
Paramount Skydance has settled a lawsuit with dozens of US states, removing a major hurdle to its $110bn (£82.8bn) merger with Warner Bros Discovery.
派拉蒙 Skydance 已与美国数十个州达成和解，消除了其与华纳兄弟探索公司 1100 亿美元（828 亿英镑）合并的主要障碍。
California Attorney General Rob Bonta told a news conference that state officials agreed to terms after securing commitments to protect competition across film and television, and broadcasting.
加州总检察长罗布·邦塔 (Rob Bonta) 在新闻发布会上表示，州政府官员在获得保护电影、电视和广播行业竞争的承诺后同意了相关条款。
Still, "the settlement is not a vote of support for this merger," Bonta said. "I don't think these two companies should merge."
不过，邦塔表示，“和解协议并不是对此次合并的支持”。 “我认为这两家公司不应该合并。”
Paramount chief executive David Ellison hailed the resolution, saying: "Our shared aim was an outcome that best serves consumers, workers and - most importantly -the creative community so vital to the art of visual storytelling."
派拉蒙首席执行官大卫·埃里森对这一决议表示欢迎，他说：“我们的共同目标是为消费者、工人以及最重要的是对视觉叙事艺术至关重要的创意社区提供最好的服务。”
In a statement, Ellison said that now the state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) concerns had been addressed, "we have complete clearance for this merger and look forward to putting these commitments into action".
埃里森在一份声明中表示，现在州总检察长和美国作家协会（WGA）的担忧已经得到解决，“我们已经完全批准了这次合并，并期待将这些承诺付诸行动”。
Ellison had previously threatened to move studio operations out of California.
埃里森此前曾威胁要将工作室业务迁出加州。
However, the WGA said it continues to believe the deal "will cause damage to writers and the industry at large".
然而，WGA 表示，它仍然相信该交易“将对作家和整个行业造成损害”。
The guild said it was forced to settle its own lawsuit because, as a non-profit, it could not afford to fight the merger alone without government support.
该协会表示，它被迫自己解决诉讼，因为作为一个非营利组织，如果没有政府的支持，它无法独自应对合并。
The studio is set to pay $17.5m into the WGA health fund, cover legal fees, and prohibit writer layoffs at CBS News Broadcast for five years.
该工作室将向 WGA 健康基金支付 1750 万美元，支付法律费用，并在五年内禁止哥伦比亚广播公司新闻广播 (CBS News Broadcast) 裁员。
Bonta said the settlement will help boost film production in the US. Under the agreement, Paramount must release at least 30 films each year.
邦塔表示，和解协议将有助于促进美国的电影制作。 根据协议，派拉蒙每年必须发行至少 30 部电影。
To prevent the studio from fulfilling its annual quota with low-budget or automated content, Bonta said there were strict guardrails against "AI-generated" films.
邦塔表示，为了防止工作室用低预算或自动化内容完成年度配额，对“人工智能生成”的电影有严格的限制。
Officials wanted to guarantee "real, robust movies" that generate economic activity and put people back to work, he added.
他补充说，官员们希望保证“真实、强劲的电影”能够促进经济活动并让人们重返工作岗位。
Though Ellison previously indicated the merged company would keep its headquarters in California for the foreseeable future, Bonta clarified that this commitment was not written into the legal agreement.
尽管埃里森此前表示，合并后的公司在可预见的未来将把总部保留在加利福尼亚州，但邦塔澄清说，这一承诺并未写入法律协议中。
"It's not part of the deal," Bonta said.
“这不是交易的一部分，”邦塔说。
To ensure remaining terms are enforced, Paramount has agreed to the appointment of an independent monitor to oversee ongoing compliance with the settlement.
为了确保剩余条款得到执行，派拉蒙同意任命一名独立监察员来监督和解协议的持续遵守情况。
California led the legal push alongside a coalition of state attorneys general from Arizona, Colorado, and New Jersey.
加利福尼亚州与亚利桑那州、科罗拉多州和新泽西州总检察长联盟一起领导了这项法律行动。
Under the deal's initial terms, Paramount must ensure 20% of all film production takes place in the US for the first two years, rising over 30% over the following three years.
根据协议的初步条款，派拉蒙必须确保前两年所有电影制作的 20% 在美国进行，并在接下来的三年内增加 30% 以上。
While mergers typically lead to corporate overlap and redundancies, Bonta maintained that it would be a "job creator" that will put people back to work across the industry.
虽然合并通常会导致公司重叠和裁员，但邦塔坚持认为，它将成为“就业创造者”，让整个行业的人们重返工作岗位。
Thanks to the deal, Bonta said that economic activity would be "$300m to $1.5bn more, at minimum, for film and TV production right here in our country".
Bonta 表示，得益于这笔交易，“我们国家的电影和电视制作的经济活动将至少增加 3 亿至 15 亿美元”。
"Importantly, that is the baseline. That is the minimum," Bonta said, noting that production commitments could surge by up to 700% if Congress passes a federal film tax credit.
“重要的是，这是底线。 这是最低限度，”邦塔说，并指出如果国会通过联邦电影税收抵免，制作承诺可能会增加高达 700%。
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