"The fix is not complicated, nor is it radical It's restoring fairness and accountability so that our economy works for everyone —not just the most powerful corporations."
— ESCA’s teriolle.bsky.social on the COMPETE Act
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Paramount calls real people’s experiences of past mergers and a lived understanding of how our business works “fear-mongering”. What it actually is? Reality. Nobody knows better than those of us who have been doing it for our lifetimes and livelihoods. Corporate lawyers lie and spin #blockthemerger
"Paramount owns Nickelodeon. Warner Bros. owns Cartoon Network. Those two sharing a roof, what's that going to look like for animators?"
If Paramount and Warner Bros. merge, animators will continue to see opportunities disappear.
It's time to #BlockTheMerger
Screenwriter and WGA member on how fewer buyers in the market impact what stories get written: "You have to censor your ideas to be more mainstream or broad."