Paramount Skydance is eyeing a prominent hedge fund manager and investor in Warner Bros Discovery to run for a seat on the media company's board to try and scuttle its ⁠proposed tie-up with Netflix.

As a number of mergers have come under her review, some Democrats viewed her as a bulwark against political influence in other areas of the administration. Slater was an aide to JD Vance when he served in the Senate, was a former staff attorney at the Federal Trade Commission and former executive with Fox Corp.

Further consolidation is in the future, too. Disney is on track to fully merge Hulu within the Disney Plus app by the end of this year. Paramount, which has been fighting for months to wrestle Warner Bros. away from Netflix, is also rumored to merge its Paramount Plus streaming service with Peacock.

Ryan Coogler’s comments echo many others within Hollywood who have spoken about Warner Bros. future. There really is no “good option” in the eyes of many, as either option removes Warner Bros. as an independent studio in much the same way Disney’s acquisition of Fox did in 2019.

On the red carpet for the DGA Awards Saturday night, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos addressed the proposed Netflix-Warner Bros. merger and President Donald Trump’s possible role in the deal. Asked by Variety‘s Marc Malkin if it makes him nervous when the President says he’s watching the deal,

Donald Trump’s top antitrust enforcer Gail Slater is leaving the Department of Justice after clashes with allies of attorney-general Pam Bondi in a major shake-up at the DoJ. It