Creators Use Open Letters to Fight Mergers

A thousand-plus Hollywood writers, actors and directors signed a public letter arguing that the proposed Paramount–Warner merger would shrink the number of major studios, cut jobs and undermine creative opportunity and free expression. They organized via advocacy groups and publicized the message to support ongoing regulatory probes in California, the U.S., and the U.K. — Celebrity‑led public campaigns reframing corporate mergers as cultural and free‑speech harms can influence antitrust review, public opinion, and the policy frame regulators use when assessing consolidation.