TMZ posted an exclusive stating Paramount will leave California, citing the L.A. Mayor's office and the state Attorney General. Multiple accounts shared the report and added commentary blaming Governor Newsom, warning of up to 58,000 jobs and $21 billion in yearly output lost. Some posts connected the move to a blocked Warner Bros. Discovery merger and noted prior studio exits to Georgia. One reply called the claim a bluff aimed at pressuring officials. The linked TMZ article remains the primary source cited in the posts.