Paramount Merger Protesters Rally Outside Studio Lot, Rage at Rob Bonta: ‘I Feel Duped’
"I am so disappointed and pissed off with these people who are playing with us like chess pieces," actress Frances Fisher says at Tuesday's Block the Merger event The post Paramount Merger Protesters Rally Outside Studio Lot, Rage at Rob Bonta: ‘I Feel Duped’ appeared first on TheWrap .
Members of the Block the Merger coalition gathered outside Paramount's studio lot, demanding Attorney General Rob Bonta reconsider the settlement that allowed the studio to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery. The protest, scheduled to occur over the weekend, was held on Monday morning as Bonta announced a settlement that lacked the structural remedies he had insisted on and included a provision that CNN and CBS News would be overseen by an independent editorial board appointed by Paramount's board of directors.
Anjuli Kronheim Katz, executive director of Committee for the First Amendment, declared the editorial board's independence nonexistent, as the members would be selected by the Ellisons and answer to them. The settlement also contained behavioral remedies, such as an increase in production spending in the United States by a minimum of $1.5 billion and a promise not to relocate the studio's headquarters outside California.
The coalition members, including SAG-AFTRA national board member Frances Fisher and Jane Fonda, expressed their disappointment and frustration with Bonta, California Democrats, and the Hollywood establishment for their perceived betrayal and perceived lack of concern for the entertainment industry and consumers.
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