The Paramount-WBD merger: bad news for Hollywood, great news for Tennessee? | Dave Schilling

Yet more consolidation means one less studio, inevitable redundancies and a blow to this city’s cultural heritage There are simply too many companies in the world. Apple, Google, Amazon, Ryanair. I’m probably forgetting some. How could I not? There are so...

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What happened: Yet more consolidation means one less studio, inevitable redundancies and a blow to this city’s cultural heritage There are simply too many companies in the world. Apple, Google, Amazon, Ryanair. I’m probably forgetting some. How could I not? There are so...

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Source attribution: The Guardian Business via theguardian.com. Original report: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/18/paramount-wbd-merger-workers