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Nandy Wades Into $111bn Hollywood Megamerger to Safeguard British Media Plurality

The Culture Secretary has issued a formal intervention notice over the proposed union of Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery, ordering Ofcom and the CMA to scrutinise a deal that would fold HBO, CNN and Paramount+ into a single global behemoth. The move comes after thousands of creative workers warned of cultural homogenisation and UK job losses.