SAG-AFTRA Backs WGA, State AG Opposition to Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

SAG-AFTRA has joined the growing opposition in Hollywood to the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger as the actors guild's national board voted to formally oppose it over the weekend. "The resolution affirms our strong support for the attorneys general from a dozen states and the Writers Guild of America, who have filed anti-trust lawsuits to block the massive leveraged buyout," SAG-AFTRA president Sean Astin and national executive director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland wrote in a statement on Monday. "Today's board resolution officially puts on record our demand that the . . .