‘Main Street vs The Merger’: Hollywood workers rally against $110 bn Paramount-Warner deal

As he spoke at a gathering on Saturday to protest Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, stand-up comedian Adam Conover framed the ongoing media consolidation as an existential threat to an industry that made the United States a cultural power.

“It’s about to die, and that’s why I feel so passionately about this issue,” he said.