WGA Files Antitrust Suit to Block Paramount-WBD Mega Merger
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The Writers Guild of America East and West filed a joint antitrust lawsuit in the Northern District of California to block Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger, arguing the deal would reduce opportunities for writers, lower wages, and worsen working conditions by reducing competition. The action follows a related move by 12 state attorneys general to halt the deal; Paramount says the market should be viewed broadly to include tech giants and disputes the antitrust basis, while the WGA emphasizes labor impacts of the proposed sale.
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