SAG-AFTRA Demands Safeguards Before Paramount-Warner Merger Goes Forward
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.