{"id":2265733,"date":"2026-02-04T01:43:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T01:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2265733"},"modified":"2026-02-04T01:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T01:43:18","slug":"hollywood-guilds-raise-concerns-with-senate-antitrust-subcommittee-over-warner-bros-sale-amid-netflix-congressional-hearings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hollywood-guilds-raise-concerns-with-senate-antitrust-subcommittee-over-warner-bros-sale-amid-netflix-congressional-hearings\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Guilds Raise Concerns With Senate Antitrust Subcommittee Over Warner Bros. Sale Amid Netflix Congressional Hearings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">As <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1848253\/\">Ted Sarandos<\/a> endured hours of questioning from the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0144901\/\">Netflix<\/a>\u2019s pending acquisition of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0026840\/\">Warner Bros.<\/a>, several of the Hollywood guilds raised concerns again with lawmakers regarding any potential sale of the storied studio.<\/p>\n<p>The Directors Guild of America, Producers Guild of America and Writers Guild of America all weighed in on the issue via prepared statements submitted to the subcommittee ahead of Tuesday\u2019s hearing, where Sarandos was grilled on everything from the streamer\u2019s dominance in media to the co-ceo\u2019s recent meeting with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0874339\/\">President Donald Trump<\/a>. As one might\u2019ve guessed from their initial reactions to the deal announcement in December, none were a glowing endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth proposed transactions raise significant issues that impact stakeholders across the media sector, including our members,\u201d the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0404886\/\">DGA<\/a>\u2019s statement read. As the union\u2019s president <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0634240\/\">Christopher Nolan<\/a> confirmed to Deadline and other media recently, the&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Ted Sarandos endured hours of questioning from the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee about Netflix\u2019s pending acquisition of Warner Bros., several of the Hollywood guilds raised concerns again with lawmakers regarding any potential sale of the storied studio. 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