WGA sues Paramount, claiming Warner Bros. acquisition would take away jobs [View all]

Source: Yahoo! News/Los Angeles Times

ue, July 14, 2026 at 4:53 PM EDT 3 min read


The Writers Guild of America sued Paramount Skydance on Tuesday, alleging that the company's planned $111-billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery violates federal antitrust law. The union said that with fewer competitors, the merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery business would be able to lower costs by reducing writers' wages and work.

"Writers will be paid less and have fewer employment opportunities," the WGA said in its lawsuit.

The move comes a day after California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta led a coalition of 12 Democratic state attorneys general who filed a federal lawsuit to block Paramount Skydance's $111-billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.

Bonta has separately asked a judge in San Francisco for a temporary restraining order to hold up the deal while his case is pending in court. "We feel we have a very strong case," Bonta said Tuesday during a town hall meeting. "This proposed merger will raise prices. It will lower quality. It will reduce output. It will hurt the American people, and it'll hurt the economy and competition."

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