U.S. Senate “Spotlight Hearing” on Paramount-Skydance’s Proposed Merger with Warner Bros. Discovery

Описание: The Senate Democrats are holding a “Spotlight Hearing" on Wednesday, April 15, at 3pm ET with the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the proposed merger of Paramount-Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery. This forum will examine how this consolidation will affect journalistic integrity, content creation, and the entertainment industry’s workforce.

Witnesses slated to testify include Michael Isaac (Director of Legal Services, Writers Guild of America East, AFL-CIO), David Borenstein (Filmmaker, Mr. Nobody Against Putin), Katie Phang (Lawyer, Legal Analysist and Journalist with the MeidasTouch Network) and Mara Verheyden-Hilliard (Co-founder and Executive Director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund & Steering Committee Member of the Committee for the First Amendment),

Tune in to learn more about the dangers of this potential merger and what it means for the film, television and news media landscape.