A potential mega-merger with Warner Bros. is reportedly moving forward after Paramount settled a key antitrust lawsuit, sparking concern among industry workers about consolidation.
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[comment u/OilInternational2566] Five mega-studios controlling everything.. Yeah, this is gonna work out just fine for all the film & TV folks.
“Five mega-studios controlling everything.. Yeah, this is gonna work out just fine for all the film & TV folks. Not.”
u/OilInternational256696 points · Sep 21, 2026View
“Workers got sold out again. A federal tax incentive would be nice, but our industry will continue to shed jobs until our state and federal legislations start passing and enforcing new anti-trust rules that break up these mega-corporations, stop them from self-dealing, and reinvigorate a healthy independent studio and producer ecosystem. Until then, anything lawmakers do to help the industry is l”
u/exsisto77 points · Sep 21, 2026View
“Well. Shit. Glad Paramount is staying in LA, but at what cost. Feels like local workers are once again caught in the crosshairs of a lose-lose situation.”
u/chipotlesoulmate52 points · Sep 21, 2026View
“What a fucking joke of a country we live in. Thanks maga.”
u/QuestionNAnswer48 points · Sep 21, 2026View
“Newsom, Bass, and every other politician looking for higher office sold us out.”
u/KonstantineAnthony33 points · Sep 21, 2026View
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