When news broke that Netflix had clinched an $83 billion deal to buy Warner Bros. , the Writers Guild of America was among the first organizations to say the merger “ must be blocked ,” as did other unions that denounced the latest Hollywood mega-merger. Since that initial statement, the ground has shifted again, with the David Ellison–led Paramount launching a hostile takeover bid for the company — and the WGA is coming out against that possibility as well, Vulture has learned. “The problem is the acquisition and pending consolidation of two media giants, not who the buyer is,” a WGA representative told Vulture. “These companies should be focused on investing in their own businesses rather than wasting tens of billions to buy up the competition.”

The guild and other unions are just

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