Lawmakers Call for DOJ Review of Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Amid Antitrust Concerns

Four Democrats in Congress, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Joaquin Castro, are calling for the Department of Justice to reassess the Warner Bros. Discovery merger, alleging that it has enabled the company to adopt potentially anticompetitive practices, harm workers, and reduce programming options for consumers. The lawmakers cite layoffs, product cancellations, and reduced competition as evidence of the merger's negative effects. The media industry has seen unprecedented levels of consolidation in the past 12 years, and antitrust agencies maintain that they're allowed to revisit mergers they approved when there's evidence of anticompetitive effects to the relevant markets.