The WGA's Antitrust Gambit: Can Writers Block Netflix-WBD?
WGA Files Antitrust Opposition to Netflix-WBD Merger — Can Hollywood Writers Block the Deal? The Writers Guild of America has filed formal comments with the Department of Justice opposing Netflix's $72 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. It's the first time a major Hollywood union has tried to kill a media deal on antitrust grounds—and it signals a new era of labor involvement in entertainment M&A. In this episode: Why the WGA is fighting the Netflix-Warner Bros Discovery merger What unions can and cannot do in the DOJ antitrust review process The labor market concentration theory…
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