Statewide View: With Merger, Minnesota Can Better Compete with Hollywood

Statewide View: With merger, Minnesota can better compete with Hollywood

There’s not much politicians agree on these days, but in Minnesota there’s been some welcome bipartisanship. Democrats and Republicans alike understand that investing in film and television production is good for our state’s economy. Now, a merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, approved by Warner Bros. on April 23, is set to make Minnesota even more attractive to Hollywood. The only problem is that some Washington politic…

Sen. Ruben Gallego on how the WBD-Paramount merger will impact jobs in Arizona

WASHINGTON (KYMA) - Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) wrote a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the merger between Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and Paramount Skydance. In the letter, Sen. Gallego is asking the DOJ how the WBD-Paramount merger will impact job losses and workforce reductions in the state of Arizona. "The merger would combine two of the largest vertically integrated film studios with prominent streaming platforms, furt…

Hollywood’s Biggest Merger in Years Just Passed — Now Comes the Trust Problem

You can buy studios, networks, and platforms, but trust isn’t part of the deal.

Arizona senator warns Hollywood’s media merger will kill jobs

In April, shareholders of Warner Bros. Discovery approved a proposed $111 billion merger with Paramount Skydance, combining two of Hollywood’s biggest studios, in a preliminary vote. The deal drew immediate backlash across Hollywood, with hundreds of entertainment figures signing a letter warning the deal could “consolidate an already concentrated media landscape, reducing competition at a moment when our industries—and the audiences we serve—ca…