To State Attorneys General:

The proposed merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery would result in unprecedented control of media companies in the United States, endangering thousands of people’s jobs and our democracy. Allowing more mergers in these already highly concentrated media markets would mean huge job losses, fewer choices, and less opportunity and diversity in Hollywood.

The Ellisons already own CBS and TikTok and cannot be allowed to control CNN as well. They have already promised Trump that they’ll make sweeping changes to CNN given the chance, and we know what that means: firing journalists, killing important stories and replacing the news with propaganda. The only reason the merger isn’t dead on arrival is that the Ellisons are making deals with a corrupt president who wants to control what we see and hear.

Protect consumers and workers. Block the Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery merger.

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    Block the Paramount/WBD Merger

    Tell State Attorneys General: Block the Paramount/WBD Merger

    Thank you for attending Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment! We hope this evening of solidarity and song has brought you the strength and encouragement you need to keep fighting for our First Amendment freedoms.

    Right now, we need all hands on deck to oppose Paramount Skydance’s proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.

    When power is concentrated in fewer hands, we’re more likely to see propaganda — and less likely to see stories that represent diverse communities and viewpoints. Giving the Trump-friendly Ellison family the keys to CNN has the potential for catastrophic consequences given how they’ve already gutted independent journalism at CBS to suit the president’s wishes.

    Despite the forces aligned against us, this is not a done deal.

    Tell state attorneys general to block the Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery merger.