A union representing Hollywood writers sued Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, becoming the second group to claim the $110 billion acquisition violates federal antitrust laws this week.
The Writers Guild of America (WGA)—representing about 18,000 writers in film, television, news, and digital media nationwide—says the merger would cause specific harm to writers.
“With fewer competitors, the merged Paramount-Warner Bros. entity would have both the incentive and the ability to lower costs by suppressing writers’ wages and reducing output,” the WGA said in a July 14 statement. “Writers will be paid less and have fewer employment opportunities.”
The union also claims the merger threatens the economic and creative health of the American entertainment industry….