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This isn't just about saving the entertainment industry -- it's about fighting fascists and oligarchs. Corporate consolidation and democracy are now intrinsically linked. Take 1 MIN to sign this. Please and thank you. xo #BlockTheMerger #NoConcessions noparamountconcessions.com
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Twelve state attorneys general sued to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Concessions don’t protect workers, consumers or creators. Tell the AGs to hold strong and take it to trial. SIGN THE P...
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Playing games...Grasping At Straws...Manipulating People To Support/Defend the PSKY-WBD Merger And Trying To Pick A Fight w/an actor like Mark Ruffalo that called out their illegal merger...Those among other things that says a lot about David Ellison & his PR Team. #BlockTheMerger #NoConcessions
The Ellisons and those people that support their merger & attacking Mark Ruffalo don't realize they could awaken a floodgates of actors & probably SAG standing up against them. #BlockTheMerger
Cinephilia & Beyond@cinephiliabeyond.org · 3d agoMarisa Tomei stands with Mark Ruffalo against the false antisemitism allegations. #WeStandWithMark
Hayden...Dolly...Tim,Now him? What Is Going On This Week?!
ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social · 3d agoLegendary voice actor Peter Cullen, best known as the iconic voice of Optimus Prime in the ‘Transformers’ franchise, has sadly passed away at the age of 85. (via TMZ) 🕊️
🎉Join us for a special event: “WARNING SIGNS: Massive Debt & Foreign Cash Are Keys to The Ellisons' Takeover Attempt of Warner Bros” With an extraordinary panel: @bedoyausa.bsky.social and Profs Pete Johnson and Deborah Jaramillo. Sign up link: tiny.cc/parabros 🗓️ Thurs Sept 10, 1pm ET via Zoom
WARNING SIGNS: Massive Debt & Foreign Cash Are Keys to The Ellisons' Takeover Attempt of Warner Bros · The Media and Democracy Project
Democracy is under siege. Oligarchs Larry and David Ellison are consolidating their personal control of information, and media. TikTokUS, CBS News are under their control and they are attempting to use massive debt and foreign cash to take over Warner Bros Discovery (HBO, CNN and many cable channels and media properties). This is not an ordinary merger. This is a debt time-bomb and would mean harmful hyper-consolidation of the media and entertainment industry under the control of one family - while saddling a merged company with $80+ billion dollars in debt. Join us and learn from a distinguished panel of experts about the largest attempted leveraged buyout in history - and why that matters to the American media landscape, national security, press freedom, workers, consumers and democracy. Why does the massive debt used to finance the takeover matter? What would the 39%+ foreign ownership by 3 petro-state (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar) sovereign wealth funds mean for Americans? Past mega-mergers have failed consumers, employees, shareholders - could this be different? How do Data Centers, AI and Larry Ellison's personal finances impact the deal and stability of a possible merged entity? Panelists: - [**Alvaro Bedoya**](https://www.economicliberties.us/alvaro-bedoya/) Senior advisor at the American Economic Liberties Project and served as a Federal Trade Commissioner from 2022 to 2025. - [**Pete Johnson**](https://gallatin.nyu.edu/academics/faculty/pete-johnson.html) Visiting Assistant Professor at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. He specializes in US film and television industry history, media finance and economics, and the role of narrative in shaping business outcomes. - [**Deborah Jaramillo**](https://www.bu.edu/com/profile/deborah-l-jaramillo/) Professor of Film and Television Studies, and Director of Graduate Studies for the American Studies Program at Boston, University Twelve state Attorneys General have filed a lawsuit to #BlockTheMerger on the grounds it violates anti-consolidation laws, but have not emphasized the hazards of debt and financing - and national security and press freedom. Jaramillo and Johnson are co-authors of the insightful and powerful analysis that demonstrates the harms of the attempted-takeover: [**"The Costs of Consolidation: Arguments and Evidence for Blocking the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger"**](https://macrolab.ucsd.edu/paramount-warner-merger/)
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One,I rather go with blocking & terminating the deal. Two,Ellison needs to be fucked so bad he'll tap out of the deal because his spoiled greedy nepo baby ass too stubborn & incompetent to give stuff up. #BlockTheMerger
Ultra-Shounen-Kai-Z@mvlakai.bsky.social · 3d agoWe should just staple this fact & truth on those people heads that think the merger would be good...Not! #BlockTheMerger
These AG dumbasses don't act so smart if they read the constitution to know this, These GOP AGs are really weak minded angry fools. #BlockTheMerger
Ultra-Shounen-Kai-Z@mvlakai.bsky.social · 3d agoTweet by Rich Greenfield about Iowa AG taking California to the Supreme Court about Paramount-Warner Bros. merger. Source: x.com/RichLightShe... #BlocktheMerger
The words anti-union is being sense here, Ellison think those unions especially @wgawest.bsky.social @wgaeast.bsky.social won't figure that out,Just an empty smoke screen promise to get people to support the merger. #BlockTheMerger
ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social · 3d agoParamount is reportedly considering a pledge for 30% of its annual theatrical slate to come from indie film acquisitions following its proposed Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Analysts say DC Studios & New Line Cinema would be key to reaching its goal of 30 films per year. (via TheWrap)
Dolly Parton yesterday,Now Tim Curry?! 2026 going after the wrong people at this point.
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 4d agoBritish character actor Tim Curry, known for "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "Clue," among many colorful roles, has died at the age of 80. Curry died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. He had been in a wheelchair since suffering a major stroke in 2012.
I hope there's a countersuit against those dumbasses because being responsible for 4,500+ jobs when it doesn't affect their state wouldn't want to feel the wrath of the WGA & SAG too.
Pia@cecallihelper.bsky.social · 4d ago"two Republican attorneys general are hoping the Supreme Court will step in to stop the antitrust lawsuit filed by 12 Democratic state AGs seeking to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery." variety.com/2026/film/ne... 🤦 #law GOP are such small-minded angry little people.
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The Media and Democracy Project@mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social · 4d ago#BlockTheMerger Facts Of The Day 1- Larry Ellison owns 1.16 BILLION shares of data center builder Oracle 2- he is using #ORCL stock as collateral to debt-finance the takeover of American media - TikTokUS, Paramount CBS… 3- Larry’s takeover attempt of WB & financial stability are tied to data centers
Do the math,Ellison's promise of 30 films of year is impossible and if proven it would kill that argument with serious bold facts,Because stupid people trying to do his bidding of trying to fight California for something that won't affect them. #BlockTheMerger
Any actor isn't gonna want to work w/Paramount all because of David Ellison's incompetence due to this merger and those attacks on Mark Ruffalo,He's probably gonna have the entire SAG union on his ass along w/the WGA. That domino effect is gonna show Ellison the hard way. #BlockTheMerger
It seems fundamentally wrong that good, decent, kind people die and destructive, evil, rot lives. www.cnn.com/2026/08/25/e...
Live updates: Dolly Parton dead at 80 | CNN
Country music icon Dolly Parton died peacefully in Nashville today, her nephew announced. She was 80 years old.
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A part of me just wants Bonta to just legit block the deal and give Ellison something to think about because he's relentless on giving up on the deal until you have to find the hardest building and just drop it on him. His desperation is making him irrational,vulnerable,& unhinged. #BlockTheMerger
This what I been saying the entire time. He gets it,Bonta gets it,Mark Ruffalo gets it,WGA and everyone else that's is opposing & against this merger gets it! Read The Damn Room to those people bending knee to Trump,MAGA,& Fascism. #BlockTheMerger
Craig Aaron@notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 4d agoI have a new rant up at Pressing Issues about David Ellison, legal fixer Makan Delrahim, and other Paramount mouthpieces who are speed-running through the four stages of greedy corporate grief: abandonment, astroturf, antisemitism and assholery. They are, as the kids say, crashing out.
Gavin,Karen,& Xavier already looking like fools for supporting Ellisons PSKY-WBD merger along with those unions because bending the knee to Trump & Fascism will not end kindly for them. They don't know how karma & the domino effect will strike back. #BlockTheMerger
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 5d agoWeiss and Ellison are bigger threats to the Democratic Party than most Republican politicians. trib.al/2IzsoUo
“Again, we don’t have to theorize any of these outcomes. Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019 put them all on full display.” www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Mike Schur: The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is Existential for Writers
“A market ceases to function when competition disappears. And it’s disappearing,” contends the comedy writer whose credits include 'Saturday Night Live,' 'The Office,' 'Parks and Recreation,' 'Brookly...
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Whether PSKY is aware of it or just don't care,Because l feel Ellison and his dad wants to purposely crash the industry mostly doing Trump's agenda to hurt the entertainment industry and would also hurt unions & jobs to do it,Never underestimate devious people especially oligarchs. #BlockTheMerger
Ultra-Shounen-Kai-Z@mvlakai.bsky.social · 5d agoAlso, I noticed that WB has long history of messy mergers since every company that buys Warner Bros, fails. Paramount should had learned from AOL and AT&T about Warner Bros. Curse.
LBH,This merger needs to be blocked...how many people are opposing the merger vs the ones that are supporting it and pushing for a settlement...Giving the Ellisons/PSKY control over WBD would only benefit them,Trump,MAGA/Trumpworld & everyone else that's backing the merger. #BlockTheMerger
Excellent news. The actual number of people who are enthusiastic supporters of the Ellisons’ attempted takeover can fit in a stretched limo.
Norm Eisen@normeisen.bsky.social · 5d agoBREAKING: Latino community is rising up against the Paramount-Warners merger because it will kill jobs & content for Latinos--& all Americans Kudos @lulacorg.bsky.social & Juan Proano for standing with AG Bonta & 11 other AGs demanding structural remedies @megjames.bsky.social @latimes.com scoop👇
He's Seriously Not Wrong! Billionaires & Oligarchs are not affected by mergers,Just the working class especially those creators,writers,& everyone else will be affected. #BlockTheMerger
The Media and Democracy Project@mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social · 5d ago👆THREAD👇 #BlockTheMerger to #StopTheCorruptTakeover 8/24 Mike Schur on mega-mergers “They’re bad for everyone except those at the very top — the billionaires who saddle the new companies with debt and profit handsomely from the pain the rest of us feel.” www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Trump running & crying to the SCOUTS is gonna end up pushing someone to defy the SCOUTS because when Trump is involved the rule of the law doesn't matter to him,Just corruption.
New piece in @latimes.com from @wgawest.bsky.social @wgaeast.bsky.social on why they are opposing Paramount’s attempt to acquire Warner Bros. #BlocktheMerger #NoConcessions www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Why writers are fighting Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros.
When a major studio buys its competitor, it leads to lower compensation for industry workers and reduced choices and diversity for audiences.
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Looks like the opposition to Paramount-Warner Bros. merger is increasing. #BlocktheMerger
Prominent Latino group blasts Paramount-Warner merger
The group urged California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta to continue his fight to block David Ellison's $111-billion deal, saying it would have a "devastating and unacceptable impact on Latinos."
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