Dan Walters

Deal Allowing Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger May Not Cure Hollywood’s Troubles

Annie Leonard, the co-founder of Committee for the First Amendment, voices her concerns about Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery in front of the California Attorney General’s Office in Oakland on Sept. 20, 2026. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters In sheer economic terms, Southern California’s movie and television production industry is not terribly important, generating scarce...

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