Rob Bonta
The Public Record
This proposed $110 billion merger, the largest in Hollywood history, would extinguish competition between Paramount and Warner Bros. and inflict substantial harm on movie theatres, basic cable distributors, and, ultimately, audiences…
Antitrust enforcement is a check on billionaires currying favor with the president so he'll do their bidding and hand-pick winners and losers.
It’s not the government’s job to tell studios what films to make, how to make them, or how many to make.
The entertainment industry doesn't exist simply to hawk movies and TV shows like they're any other commodity.
We have antitrust laws and merger controls for a reason, because competition is the lifeblood of a healthy and vibrant economy. Competition pushes companies to produce their best work, to innovate, and to offer fair and reasonable prices.
The unlawful merger of these two entertainment behemoths would lead to higher prices, lower quality, and less content for film and television, harming movie theaters, basic cable distributors and, ultimately, audiences on every sofa and…
California’s film and entertainment industry touches the lives of Americans daily — it comes into the living rooms of families, has a starring role in many young people’s first dates, and is a point of immense pride and employment for…
Consolidation here not only leads to higher prices — it also leads to fewer opportunities for important stories to come to life, and fewer ways for audiences to encounter stories, ideas, and perspectives beyond their own experiences.
Audiences on every sofa and in every movie (theater) seat would feel the impact of this unlawful merger.





