{"podcast":{"title":"The Fox News Rundown","slug":"the-fox-news-rundown-59449","podcast_index_feed_id":59449,"rss_url":"https://feeds.feedburner.com/FromWashington","website_url":"https://radio.foxnews.com/podcast/fox-news-rundown/","image_url":"https://radio.foxnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/COVER_FROM_WASHINGTON.jpg","author":"FOX News Radio (podcast@foxnewsradio.com)","episode_count":1200,"summary":"A weekly podcast taking a closer look at the groundbreaking news stories coming out of our nation's capital. Including interviews with lawmakers, newsmakers, and political insiders.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T02:18:36.367898+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fox-news-rundown-59449"},"episode":{"title":"Evening Edition: Paramount+ Legal Counsel Confident Warner Bros. Merger Will Go Through","slug":"evening-edition-paramount-legal-counsel-confident-warner-bros-merger-will-go-through","published_at":"2026-07-18T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fox-news-rundown-59449/evening-edition-paramount-legal-counsel-confident-warner-bros-merger-will-go-through","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fox-news-rundown-59449","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOXM8105845402.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOXM8105845402.mp3","summary":"Earlier this week, twelve states filed a lawsuit trying to block Paramount's proposed $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. The lawsuit is trying to argue the merger would eliminate competition in Hollywood and reduce choices for all consumers nationwide. A Paramount-Warner combo would bring together two of Hollywood's last five legacy studios. Paramount says the lawsuit \"distorts settled antitrust law\" and maintains that a merger would instead create a \"stronger competitor against dominant streaming and technology platforms.' FOX’s Krystin Goodwin speaks with Jon Leibowitz, antitrust legal counsel to 'Paramount+' and former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), who says he is confident the merger will boost competition and will offer much more content to viewers. Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Earlier this week, twelve states filed a lawsuit trying to block Paramount's proposed $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. The lawsuit is trying to ar…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1383,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-fox-news-rundown-59449/episodes/evening-edition-paramount-legal-counsel-confident-warner-bros-merger-will-go-through/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fox-news-rundown-59449/evening-edition-paramount-legal-counsel-confident-warner-bros-merger-will-go-through.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}