Warner Bros. Discovery
The Warner Bros. Discovery Bidding War Shows Antitrust Enforcement Still Works
Antitrust agencies were right to suspect that Netflix’s bid for Warner Bros. Discovery would have harmed consumers, content creators, and rival streaming platforms. They needed the consumer welfare standard to show how, writes Sean D. Reyes.
Netflix Appears To Face Greater Antitrust Barriers To Acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery Than Paramount
Richard Wolfram explores the regulatory concerns of Netflix and Paramount’s competing merger proposals for Warner Bros. Discovery. Based on current antitrust doctrine and guidelines, Paramount would appear to face comparatively fewer barriers to the transaction, but the analysis is hardly black-and-white.
