Elizabeth Warren Slams Netflix-Warner Bros Deal as ‘Anti-Monopoly Nightmare’

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) slammed the impending Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition on Friday after news broke that WBD had accepted the streaming giant’s $82.7 billion bid, arguing that the merger would be an “anti-monopoly nightmare.”

“A Netflix-Warner Bros. would create one massive media giant with control of close to half of the streaming market. It could force you into higher prices, fewer choices over what and how you watch, and may put American workers at risk,” the Senator said on X.

“Under Donald Trump, the antitrust review process has also become a cesspool of political favoritism and corruption,” she continued. “The Justice Department must enforce our nation’s anti-monopoly laws fairly and transparently — not use the Warner Bros. deal review to invite influence-peddling and bribery.”

Warren previously spoke out against Paramount’s attempt to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, calling it “a trap to set higher prices.”

In a joint letter to the Department of Justice in November, Warren, Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) asked the DoJ that any regulatory review be “conducted transparently, independently and in accordance with federal antitrust and anti-corruption laws.”

“Unbiased enforcement of antitrust and telecommunications laws is necessary to promote market growth and economic security for working families,” they wrote. “The DOJ must ensure that review of any potential transaction involving Warner Bros. is grounded in the law, not President Trump’s political favoritism.”

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