Like All of Us, the WGA Dislikes Another Warner Bros. Merger

Just when we all get used to it (and tired) Warner Bros.’ Merger with Discovery, we learned of the company Open to other owners. News of another potential merger has caused a lot of negative reaction, and now the Writers Guild of America has taken its own stance on the matter. Spoiler: They don’t like it.

In a joint statement from its eastern and western branches, the WGA said a merger of Warner Bros. with a major studio “would be a disaster for writers, for consumers and for competition. Post-merger mergers in the media industry have harmed workers, reduced competition and free speech, and wasted hundreds of billions of dollars that would have been better invested in organic growth.”

To date, Paramount has been the most surprising studio to acquire Warner Bros. It was first hinted at Back in 2023And that desire has only grown now Transformer The studio left and merged with Skydance, owned by David Ellison, a son of Larry Ellison, head of Oracle and one of Donald Trump’s strongest supporters. In September, reports indicated that Ellison was developing a drama for all of WB, including its cable network and movie studio.

Outside of Paramount, other potential candidates to take on Warner Bros. include streamers Amazon, Netflix and Apple. Any studio making a real play to achieve it, the two WGA branches vowed to “work with regulators to block the merger.”

[via Variety]

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