DOJ cleared Paramount-Warner Bros. merger over staff objections

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Reports differ across sources; according to arstechnica.com, slater’s replacement, Acting Assistant Attorney General Omeed Assefi, insisted in an interview with Reuters in March that the Paramount/Warner deal will not be fast-tracked for approval because of political factors.

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