{"id":7042362,"date":"2026-08-20T03:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T03:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/la-county-warns-that-paramount-warner-merger-could-erase-thousands-jobs\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T03:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T03:17:15","slug":"la-county-warns-that-paramount-warner-merger-could-erase-thousands-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7042362","title":{"rendered":"LA County warns that Paramount-Warner merger could erase thousands jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-element=\"story-body\" data-subscriber-content=\"\">\n<p>Paramount Skydance\u2019s proposed $111-billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery could result in 4,500 jobs eliminated in Los Angeles over a three-year period, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles County supervisors earlier this year wanted to explore the potential economic impact of <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-04-23\/warner-bros-shareholders-vote-paramount-takeover\">David Ellison\u2019s proposed union<\/a> of two historic Hollywood studios. The report, completed this week by CVL Economics, paints a sobering picture of the potential aftermath of the debt-laden deal, including the prospect of an estimated $1.26 billion in <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/newsletter\/2026-03-03\/wide-shot-warner-bros-discovery-paramount-jobs\">lost wages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLos Angeles County\u2019s film and television economy is already undergoing a significant structural contraction,\u201d the report said. \u201cThe proposed merger of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance introduces an additional source of risk into that already changing market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>California Atty. General Rob Bonta is leading a coalition of 12 states<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-07-13\/states-sue-to-block-paramounts-111-billion-warner-bros-takeover\"> attempting to block the merger<\/a> on antitrust grounds. A trial has been set for March. Paramount and other groups, including cinema chain owners and some Hollywood unions, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-08-12\/inside-david-ellisons-desperate-fight-for-warner-bros\">have agitated for a settlement<\/a> to curtail months of uncertainty over whether <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-02-26\/amid-multibillion-dollar-battle-for-warner-bros-company-loses-252-million\">the deal will go through<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed merger <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-08-13\/dga-iatse-want-paramount-warner-merger-settlement\">has been controversial in Hollywood<\/a> due to <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-04-13\/hollywood-stars-line-up-against-paramounts-proposed-warner-bros-acquisition\">fears of widespread layoffs<\/a>. The Writers Guild of America has brought its own <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-07-14\/wga-sues-paramount-claiming-warner-bros-acquisition-would-take-away-jobs\">lawsuit to thwart the deal.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The goal of the county\u2019s report was to provide \u201ca comprehensive assessment of the merger\u2019s production workforce implications,\u201d amid the ongoing decline of L.A. based film and television production work. Los Angeles has witnessed the elimination of more than 50,000 entertainment jobs since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The 120-page report, from the county\u2019s Department of Economic Opportunity and Film Office and requested by Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, found that more than 15,000 corporate <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/newsletter\/2026-03-03\/wide-shot-warner-bros-discovery-paramount-jobs\">roles would be at risk<\/a>, including an estimated 2,495 jobs based in Los Angeles County. <\/p>\n<p>The two companies would have an overlapping workforce within its linear cable channel divisions, film and television studios, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-03-02\/hbo-max-paramount-combining-warner-bros-merger\">streaming operations<\/a> and corporate functions, including marketing, technology and advertising sales.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEffects on crews, crafts, post-production personnel, vendors, and production-serving small businesses,\u201d could also be substantial, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount, in a statement, said the report <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-03-20\/california-lawmakers-aim-to-apply-film-tv-tax-credit-nationally\">highlighted the industry\u2019s troubles<\/a> and made a case for the merger. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLA County\u2019s own economic report underscores what we have been saying all along: our industry is in decline, production is down and jobs are being lost \u2014 and lost for good if we don\u2019t act,\u201d Paramount said. \u201cOur plan to invest $30 billion annually in production and release at least 30 films a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That commitment, Paramount said, would lead to \u201cmore jobs over time, and ultimately, a stronger, more durable entertainment industry for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paramount has received clearances <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-06-12\/paramount-warner-bros-wins-doj-approval\">from the U.S. Justice Department<\/a> and 65 other regulators around the globe to complete the merger. <\/p>\n<p>For now, Bonta\u2019s lawsuit is <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-08-12\/inside-david-ellisons-desperate-fight-for-warner-bros\">standing in the way<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount has promised investors the deal would lead to at least $6 billion in cost savings through the consolidation of operations. The company has said the merger would ultimately be good for consumers and workers because a combined Paramount-Warner Bros. would have greater resources to compete with tech giants that are investing heavily in entertainment. <\/p>\n<p>But the report pointed to <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-03-03\/paramount-credit-downgraded-to-junk-status\">the high level of debt<\/a> that Paramount would have to take on \u2014 nearly $82 billion \u2014 to buy the stock of Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders to finalize the takeover. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf revenues underperform or planned savings prove more difficult to achieve, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-03-03\/paramount-credit-downgraded-to-junk-status\">pressure to identify additional cost reductions<\/a> could increase,\u201d the report said. \u201cDebt and interest obligations limit the amount of cash available across the business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two companies already are carrying substantial interest costs due to their existing debt structures. \u201cIn the quarter ended June 30, 2026, the two companies reported a combined $712 million in operating income and $737 million in net interest expense,\u201d the report said, meaning that the companies were producing less profit than what was needed to support their debt obligations.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Paramount predicting cost savings and reduction in debt over time, \u201cthose savings will take several years to fully realize,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"enhancement\" data-click=\"enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<figure class=\"figure m-0\"> <picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/358eddb\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4277x2851+0+0\/resize\/320x213!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F32%2F90%2F0fa3a22442e2bffe355034f38f5a%2Fgettyimages-2239552050.jpg 320w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/2a5ddbb\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4277x2851+0+0\/resize\/568x379!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F32%2F90%2F0fa3a22442e2bffe355034f38f5a%2Fgettyimages-2239552050.jpg 568w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/ea6a798\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4277x2851+0+0\/resize\/768x512!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F32%2F90%2F0fa3a22442e2bffe355034f38f5a%2Fgettyimages-2239552050.jpg 768w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/3c11943\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4277x2851+0+0\/resize\/1024x683!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F32%2F90%2F0fa3a22442e2bffe355034f38f5a%2Fgettyimages-2239552050.jpg 1024w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/bc81f91\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4277x2851+0+0\/resize\/1200x800!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F32%2F90%2F0fa3a22442e2bffe355034f38f5a%2Fgettyimages-2239552050.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><img class=\"image\" alt=\"Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison.  (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON\/AFP via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/766fbef\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4277x2851+0+0\/resize\/320x213!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F32%2F90%2F0fa3a22442e2bffe355034f38f5a%2Fgettyimages-2239552050.jpg 320w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/0a43887\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4277x2851+0+0\/resize\/568x379!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F32%2F90%2F0fa3a22442e2bffe355034f38f5a%2Fgettyimages-2239552050.jpg 568w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/8bec879\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4277x2851+0+0\/resize\/768x512!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F32%2F90%2F0fa3a22442e2bffe355034f38f5a%2Fgettyimages-2239552050.jpg 768w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/28ed8d3\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4277x2851+0+0\/resize\/1024x683!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F32%2F90%2F0fa3a22442e2bffe355034f38f5a%2Fgettyimages-2239552050.jpg 1024w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/ed2b044\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4277x2851+0+0\/resize\/1200x800!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F32%2F90%2F0fa3a22442e2bffe355034f38f5a%2Fgettyimages-2239552050.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/ed2b044\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4277x2851+0+0\/resize\/1200x800!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F32%2F90%2F0fa3a22442e2bffe355034f38f5a%2Fgettyimages-2239552050.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/picture>\n<div class=\"figure-content\">\n<p>David Ellison was hoping to wrap up his $111-billion merger with Warner Bros. by September. <\/p>\n<p>(PATRICK T. FALLON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Television production in Los Angeles could be especially vulnerable, in large part, because Paramount and Warner Bros. already have moved most of their feature film projects outside of L.A. High levels of TV production <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-06-25\/hbo-the-pitt-noah-wyle-revive-la-tv-production-business\">continues at Warner Bros. complex in Burbank <\/a>and Paramount\u2019s and CBS\u2019 soundstages in Hollywood and Santa Clarita. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe economic impact extends well beyond employment,\u201d with an expected elimination of $547 million in tax revenue, including $78.6 million in local taxes, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>It noted that Warner Bros. and Paramount films were \u201cparticularly employment-intensive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir theatrical releases carry 2.74 times as many screen credits as the average theatrical release, while their streaming films carry twice as many,\u201d the report found.<\/p>\n<p>The document also highlighted a pre-existing pull-back in production at the two studios in recent years \u2014 something that Ellison plans to correct. <\/p>\n<p>Paramount was struggling to remain solvent prior to the Ellison family\u2019s purchase of the media company last year. Warner Bros. had scaled back offerings following Discovery\u2019s $43-billion takeover of WarnerMedia in 2022 as it struggled to contain the debt from that deal. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetween 2019 and 2025, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount accounted for a net reduction of approximately 195 major U.S. releases,\u201d the report said. At the same time, other major distributors combined \u201cadded about 67 projects.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Ellison is looking to finalize his <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-04-23\/warner-bros-shareholders-vote-paramount-takeover\">massive Hollywood deal<\/a> \u2014 folding CNN, HBO, TBS, Food Network and the Warner Bros. film and television studios under Paramount \u2014 as quickly as possible. He must hold together Paramount\u2019s coalition of financiers and manage rising expenses, primarily legal fees and escalating obligations to Warner shareholders.<\/p>\n<p>The state attorneys general, including from Colorado, Oregon, Nevada, Washington and New York have argued that the blockbuster merger \u2014 the largest in Hollywood in decades \u2014 would violate the century-old Clayton Antitrust Act.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount hoped the trial over Bonta\u2019s lawsuit would begin in November but U.S. District <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-07-15\/paramount-prevails-in-bid-for-new-judge-in-federal-antitrust-case\">Judge Araceli Mart\u00ednez-Olgu\u00edn<\/a> set the trial for March 2.<\/p>\n<p>If the deal goes forward, just four studios \u2014 a post-merger Paramount-Warner, Disney, NBCUniversal and Sony Pictures \u2014 would control 86% of movies that are widely released (in more than 3,000 <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-04-23\/warner-bros-shareholders-vote-paramount-takeover\">movie theaters<\/a>), according to the attorneys general lawsuit. Paramount has argued that projects from Amazon MGM, Netflix and Apple should be included because they compete with the traditional companies for talent and audiences.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount-Warner Bros. would also own more than 50 cable channels, including HGTV, Animal Planet, BET, MTV and Comedy Central.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paramount Skydance\u2019s proposed $111-billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery could result in 4,500 jobs eliminated in Los Angeles over a three-year period, according to a new report. Los Angeles County supervisors earlier this year wanted to explore the potential economic impact of David Ellison\u2019s proposed union of two historic Hollywood studios. 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