The president should not be involved with these mergers. Media just presents it as normal behavior.
December 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The president should not be involved with these mergers. Media just presents it as normal behavior.
If only there was a federal agency that could stop monopolizing media mergers.
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez on Paramount-Warner Bros merger:
“This settlement appears to pave the way for yet another massive media consolidation deal that could raise prices for consumers, reduce content diversity, and weaken editorial independence”
“This settlement appears to pave the way for yet another massive media consolidation deal that could raise prices for consumers, reduce content diversity, and weaken editorial independence”
September 21, 2026 at 9:46 PM
If only there was a federal agency that could stop monopolizing media mergers.
All media mergers end up hurting writers, actors, directors, and everyone else who works in the industry. Executives, assistants, caterers, teamsters, everyone. Fewer companies means fewer jobs, period.
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
All media mergers end up hurting writers, actors, directors, and everyone else who works in the industry. Executives, assistants, caterers, teamsters, everyone. Fewer companies means fewer jobs, period.
Tbh, good advice regardless of mergers and media consolidations. Support the weird, small art made by real people.
The best way to fight back against the Paramount/Warner Brothers merger is to support independent artists, journalists, writers, filmmakers, musicians and everyone else who has been walking a very hard path to putting things out into the world.
September 21, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Tbh, good advice regardless of mergers and media consolidations. Support the weird, small art made by real people.
First Colbert, now Kimmel.
Last-minute settlements, secret side deals, multi-billion dollar mergers pending Donald Trump's approval.
Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy. It sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.
Last-minute settlements, secret side deals, multi-billion dollar mergers pending Donald Trump's approval.
Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy. It sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.
September 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
First Colbert, now Kimmel.
Last-minute settlements, secret side deals, multi-billion dollar mergers pending Donald Trump's approval.
Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy. It sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.
Last-minute settlements, secret side deals, multi-billion dollar mergers pending Donald Trump's approval.
Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy. It sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.
Media mergers 🤝 censorship
September 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Media mergers 🤝 censorship
We need real antitrust law to prevent mergers like this that increasingly conglomerate our media environment.
September 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
We need real antitrust law to prevent mergers like this that increasingly conglomerate our media environment.
We must pressure our State Attorneys General to sue and block these media mergers. You can connect with your State AG and let them know how you feel here: bit.ly/3R85rQD
Our media is controlled by just a handful of billionaires and their corporations. And Trump is making things even worse.
Here's how we stop it.
Here's how we stop it.
May 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
We must pressure our State Attorneys General to sue and block these media mergers. You can connect with your State AG and let them know how you feel here: bit.ly/3R85rQD
Trump owns a streaming business while also deciding which media mergers to block
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Trump owns a streaming business while also deciding which media mergers to block
It's quite clear...... @warren.senate.gov is not a fan of these mega media mergers, including Paramount/Skydance and Warner Brothers Discovery
Just caught up with Sen. Warren
Just caught up with Sen. Warren
July 22, 2026 at 6:09 PM
It's quite clear...... @warren.senate.gov is not a fan of these mega media mergers, including Paramount/Skydance and Warner Brothers Discovery
Just caught up with Sen. Warren
Just caught up with Sen. Warren
Bill Clinton could have stopped all of these media mergers in the 90s and he didn't. We cannot forget the accomplices in the Democratic party who brought us to this horrible media landscape too.
July 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Bill Clinton could have stopped all of these media mergers in the 90s and he didn't. We cannot forget the accomplices in the Democratic party who brought us to this horrible media landscape too.
dems genuinely have no media policy beyond helping Republicans rubber stamp shitty giant media mergers and paying empty lip service to protecting and funding journalism
For 20 years now, I have been saying, "the right is building a giant, explicitly ideological infotainment behemoth, sucking up viewers, sucking up local papers & stations, sucking up radio, sucking up social media, dominating the info environment. Dems aren't. It's gonna be a problem!"
May 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
dems genuinely have no media policy beyond helping Republicans rubber stamp shitty giant media mergers and paying empty lip service to protecting and funding journalism
apocalyptic media mergers are okay but delightful mountain lions are not. whatever, california
September 19, 2026 at 10:09 PM
apocalyptic media mergers are okay but delightful mountain lions are not. whatever, california
If Trump was not President, these media mergers would NEVER happen.
April 23, 2026 at 10:47 PM
If Trump was not President, these media mergers would NEVER happen.
massive media mergers —> censorship
February 18, 2026 at 11:54 PM
massive media mergers —> censorship
We absolutely need a president that is downright hostile to M&A. Acquisitions are how private equity ends up buying every good thing and shitting on it. Mergers are how we end up with three huge businesses running everything. It's why all our media is owned by billionaires.
July 21, 2024 at 2:40 AM
We absolutely need a president that is downright hostile to M&A. Acquisitions are how private equity ends up buying every good thing and shitting on it. Mergers are how we end up with three huge businesses running everything. It's why all our media is owned by billionaires.
For everyone who spoke up and said Trump's censorship of Kimmel is wrong, your voice mattered.
This fight isn't over. Trump won't stop corruptly pressuring media companies. CEOs must not bend the knee to secure mergers and regulatory favors.
The First Amendment is not for sale.
This fight isn't over. Trump won't stop corruptly pressuring media companies. CEOs must not bend the knee to secure mergers and regulatory favors.
The First Amendment is not for sale.
September 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
For everyone who spoke up and said Trump's censorship of Kimmel is wrong, your voice mattered.
This fight isn't over. Trump won't stop corruptly pressuring media companies. CEOs must not bend the knee to secure mergers and regulatory favors.
The First Amendment is not for sale.
This fight isn't over. Trump won't stop corruptly pressuring media companies. CEOs must not bend the knee to secure mergers and regulatory favors.
The First Amendment is not for sale.
The Corrupt Relationship Between UFC, Trump, The Ellisons and Hollywood
Trump is desecrating America with a UFC fight on the White House lawn, but behind the scenes, it's the broligarchy that is profiting off of media mergers, shady business deals, & pain.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-corrup...
Trump is desecrating America with a UFC fight on the White House lawn, but behind the scenes, it's the broligarchy that is profiting off of media mergers, shady business deals, & pain.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-corrup...
June 13, 2026 at 4:38 PM
The Corrupt Relationship Between UFC, Trump, The Ellisons and Hollywood
Trump is desecrating America with a UFC fight on the White House lawn, but behind the scenes, it's the broligarchy that is profiting off of media mergers, shady business deals, & pain.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-corrup...
Trump is desecrating America with a UFC fight on the White House lawn, but behind the scenes, it's the broligarchy that is profiting off of media mergers, shady business deals, & pain.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-corrup...
Once the corps and oligarchs 100% took the news mass media it was really game over wasn’t it?
Reagan killed the fairness doctrine. Clinton & Repubs then scrapped rules prohibiting media consolidation. Followed by 25 yrs of mergers, hiring careerists & firing real journalists and here we are.
Reagan killed the fairness doctrine. Clinton & Repubs then scrapped rules prohibiting media consolidation. Followed by 25 yrs of mergers, hiring careerists & firing real journalists and here we are.
February 11, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Once the corps and oligarchs 100% took the news mass media it was really game over wasn’t it?
Reagan killed the fairness doctrine. Clinton & Repubs then scrapped rules prohibiting media consolidation. Followed by 25 yrs of mergers, hiring careerists & firing real journalists and here we are.
Reagan killed the fairness doctrine. Clinton & Repubs then scrapped rules prohibiting media consolidation. Followed by 25 yrs of mergers, hiring careerists & firing real journalists and here we are.
This is outrageous.
Broligarchs owning media is the predictable end of vertical media mergers.
Broligarchs owning media is the predictable end of vertical media mergers.
David Ellison will host an exclusive dinner “honoring” Trump next week.
It comes as he’s waiting for regulatory approval of Paramount’s proposal to buy Warner Bros., which would create a massive pro-Trump media monopoly.
What is he going to promise Trump at this dinner?
Hello???
It comes as he’s waiting for regulatory approval of Paramount’s proposal to buy Warner Bros., which would create a massive pro-Trump media monopoly.
What is he going to promise Trump at this dinner?
Hello???
April 17, 2026 at 7:07 PM
This is outrageous.
Broligarchs owning media is the predictable end of vertical media mergers.
Broligarchs owning media is the predictable end of vertical media mergers.
Media is fragmenting at the bottom (user bases, viewers, subscribers) and consolidating at the top (unprecedented mergers of media megacorporations). Bluesky is a symptom, not a cause.
May 12, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Media is fragmenting at the bottom (user bases, viewers, subscribers) and consolidating at the top (unprecedented mergers of media megacorporations). Bluesky is a symptom, not a cause.
$111 billion (plus perks) really is a lot to pay for a stumbling, mismanaged media giant eroded by four previous pointless and disastrous mergers
BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨
Warner Bros. Discovery on Friday formally signed an agreement to be acquired by Paramount Skydance, the two companies announced, setting the stage for one of the most consequential media mergers in recent history.
www.nbcnews.com/business/med...
Warner Bros. Discovery on Friday formally signed an agreement to be acquired by Paramount Skydance, the two companies announced, setting the stage for one of the most consequential media mergers in recent history.
www.nbcnews.com/business/med...
Warner Bros. Discovery signs merger agreement with Paramount Skydance
The deal was inked just a day after Netflix abruptly announced it was pulling out of the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming assets.
www.nbcnews.com
February 27, 2026 at 10:28 PM
$111 billion (plus perks) really is a lot to pay for a stumbling, mismanaged media giant eroded by four previous pointless and disastrous mergers
It’s darkly funny that the media conglomerates turned on Biden because he blocked mergers for good reasons (antitrust) and now they’re stuck with a guy who blocks mergers for bad reasons (bribery).
The Paramount/Skydance merger hasn't moved ahead due to a lawsuit from a certain US President... More on that story here:
filmstories.co.uk/news/paramou...
filmstories.co.uk/news/paramou...
Paramount merger still stuck, unless Donald Trump’s ring is kissed
The Paramount/Skydance merger remains in limbo, unless Donald Trump's $20bn lawsuit over a TV interview is settled in his favour.
filmstories.co.uk
May 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
It’s darkly funny that the media conglomerates turned on Biden because he blocked mergers for good reasons (antitrust) and now they’re stuck with a guy who blocks mergers for bad reasons (bribery).
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Today is World #PressFreedom Day.
Media mega-mergers degrade press freedom, journalism and democracy.
The Ellisons have captured CBS and eyeing CNN.
Want to fight back?
Join us for a special event Tuesday 5/5:
"Fight media mega-mergers + SCREENING: "Democracy Under Siege"
Tiny.cc/undersiege
Today is World #PressFreedom Day.
Media mega-mergers degrade press freedom, journalism and democracy.
The Ellisons have captured CBS and eyeing CNN.
Want to fight back?
Join us for a special event Tuesday 5/5:
"Fight media mega-mergers + SCREENING: "Democracy Under Siege"
Tiny.cc/undersiege
Fight mega-mergers + SCREENING: "Democracy Under Siege" w/Director Laura Nix · The Media and Democracy Project
Join our group screening of "Democracy Under Siege" (2024) followed by discussion of *actions you can take* to fight media consolidation (especially the Ellisons's/Paramount - Warner Brothers mega-mer...
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May 3, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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Today is World #PressFreedom Day.
Media mega-mergers degrade press freedom, journalism and democracy.
The Ellisons have captured CBS and eyeing CNN.
Want to fight back?
Join us for a special event Tuesday 5/5:
"Fight media mega-mergers + SCREENING: "Democracy Under Siege"
Tiny.cc/undersiege
Today is World #PressFreedom Day.
Media mega-mergers degrade press freedom, journalism and democracy.
The Ellisons have captured CBS and eyeing CNN.
Want to fight back?
Join us for a special event Tuesday 5/5:
"Fight media mega-mergers + SCREENING: "Democracy Under Siege"
Tiny.cc/undersiege
i really hope media companies aren't all consolidated by mega corporations none or these mergers are a good thing and they should be trust busted.
December 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
i really hope media companies aren't all consolidated by mega corporations none or these mergers are a good thing and they should be trust busted.