News Summary

• The $111 billion Paramount and Warner Brothers merger is terrible for labor, creatives, consumers, and markets.
• Recent desperate moves by the company include accusing all deal critics of being “antisemitic,” threatening to take Paramount out of California if states attempt to enforce u.s. antitrust laws.
• Paramount’s also been caught using an “astroturf” — or fake grass roots organization — to try and make it appear that the giant merger has more public support than it does.