Personal Digest: How a $111B merger could upend LA jobs
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$111 billion takeover — Paramount‑Skydance's proposed $111 billion bid for Warner Bros. threatens roughly 4,500 Los Angeles entertainment jobs and could instantly reshape the city's creative labor market.
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