SAG-AFTRA Demands Safeguards Before Paramount-Warner Merger Goes Forward
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Hollywood’s SAG-AFTRA national board formally opposes the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger unless binding safeguards are put in place to prevent production cuts and ensure more U.S.-produced content; the move follows regulators’ challenge to the $111 billion deal and echoes concerns raised by other unions, with leaders calling for enforceable guarantees rather than promises.
- SAG-AFTRA Comes Out Against Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger The Hollywood Reporter
- Why Paramount Paused Its Blockbuster $111 Billion Deal for Warner Bros. The New York Times
- Some Warner Bros. Execs Are Hoping States’ Antitrust Lawsuit Derails Paramount Deal Variety
- SAG-AFTRA Board Adopts Resolution Opposing Paramount-WBD Deal But Stops Short Of Joining WGA Lawsuit Deadline
- Paramount Wanted to Close Its Warner Deal Quickly. Now It’s in Limbo. WSJ
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