CNN, MSNOW, and Politico Sue Trump Over White House Ban
How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.
OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN
HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 6 HEADLINES
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2026-09-21
Paramount Settles Antitrust Lawsuit, Clearing Path for Warner Bros. Discovery Merger
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2026-09-22
Paramount settles antitrust lawsuit, allowing Warner Bros. merger to proceed
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2026-09-22
Paramount settles antitrust lawsuit, clearing path for Warner Bros. merger
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2026-09-22
Paramount settles antitrust lawsuit over Warner Bros. Discovery merger
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2026-09-23
Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger nears resolution after legal challenges
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2026-09-23
CNN, MSNOW, and Politico Sue Trump Over White House Ban
WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER
From the first reports to the latest
- Warner Bros · 9 outlets
- Rob Bonta · 6 outlets
- David Ellison · 6 outlets
- Paramount Skydance · 5 outlets
- $110 billion merger · 3 outlets
- $50 million · 2 outlets
- $110 billion acquisition · 2 outlets
- Miramax Studios · 2 outlets
Entered the story later
- Nothing new took hold after the first third.
Figures reported with different numbers
- films year: 32 (3 from 21 Sep 17:59) → 30 (2 from 21 Sep 21:30)
- films annually: 30 (1 from 22 Sep 22:26) → 32 (1 from 22 Sep 22:26) → 15 (1 from 22 Sep 22:26)
Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.