Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Cumming, Benedict Wong Pen Op-Ed Urging U.K. to Block “Dangerous” Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
merger, arguing that the deal threatens to inflict “immense harm on the British public.” Among a host of issues, they cite concerns over the livelihoods...
Key points
- merger, arguing that the deal threatens to inflict “immense harm on the British public.” Among a host of issues, they cite concerns over the livelihoods of British film and TV crews, independent film financing, and losing public service broadcaster Channel 5 to Hollywood ownership: “One owner controlling this much of the news, and the truth, endangers the public in a way no ordinary consolidation does.” Related Stories The U.K.
- “As actors and public figures who have spent our careers in the arts in Britain — working with British crews, on British stages and sets — we have a responsibility to the public who support, enjoy and consume the art we make,” wrote the famed Marvel actors (Cumberbatch and Wong), as well as Cummng (The Traitors), on Monday in a piece titled “A TV and cinema calamity could be disastrous for what you watch and what you know.
- is being threatened by a media merger that would harm our workers, our culture and the public — but we can stop it.” They mention that they are encouraged by Nandy’s statements that she wants to investigate the threat to public interest, and acknowledge that she is not acting alone.
- “The U.K.’s public interest, our public service broadcasting, our news plurality, the plurality of voices British audiences hear, can only be defended here, by our own secretary of state and the Competition and Markets Authority.” “The fight against this merger now runs on two fronts, and Nandy commands one of them.
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merger, arguing that the deal threatens to inflict “immense harm on the British public.” Among a host of issues, they cite concerns over the livelihoods of British film and TV crews, independent film financing, and losing public service broadcaster Channel 5 to Hollywood ownership: “One owner controlling this much of the news, and the truth, endangers the public in a way no ordinary consolidation does.” Related Stories The U.K. “As actors and public figures who have spent our careers in the arts in Britain — working with British crews, on British stages and sets — we have a responsibility to the public who support, enjoy and consume the art we make,” wrote the famed Marvel actors (Cumberbatch and Wong), as well as Cummng (The Traitors), on Monday in a piece titled “A TV and cinema calamity could be disastrous for what you watch and what you know. is being threatened by a media merger that would harm our workers, our culture and the public — but we can stop it.” They mention that they are encouraged by Nandy’s statements that she wants to investigate the threat to public interest, and acknowledge that she is not acting alone. “The U.K.’s public interest, our public service...
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