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WGA Responds To David Ellison's Threat To Pull Paramount From CA
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Key Points:
- The Writers Guild of America (WGA) criticized Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison's threat to pull the studio out of California if Attorney General Rob Bonta does not settle an antitrust suit blocking the Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
- The WGA stated that Paramount’s threat demonstrates the studio's excessive power and underscores why the merger should be blocked to protect writers and the creative community.
- The WGA has filed its own lawsuit against the $110 billion merger, focusing on specific labor-related antitrust concerns not addressed by the state Attorneys General.
- The state AG Rob Bonta's antitrust case is scheduled for trial in March 2027, and he condemned Ellison’s threat as an attempt to coerce the state into approving an illegal deal.
- Both the WGA and state AG cases are related and assigned to the same judge, but the WGA lawsuit specifically targets the merger’s impact on writers.
