WGA, Unions Push FTC to Contest Amazon-MGM Done Deal – CB

WGA, Unions Push FTC to Contest Amazon-MGM Done Deal – CB

ByPapaga Bless

The Writers’ Guild of America West and a coalition of unions launched one other salvo in opposition to Amazon-MGM, urging antitrust watchdog, the Federal Commerce Fee, to contest the deal though it formally closed final week. Their letter to the FTC at the moment targeted partly on Amazon’s buying MGM-owned Epix, taking out a producer…

Amazon-MGM Town Hall Scheduled For Tomorrow; Mike Hopkins Presages Upcoming Mesh – CB

Amazon-MGM Town Hall Scheduled For Tomorrow; Mike Hopkins Presages Upcoming Mesh – CB

ByPapaga Bless

EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Amazon Studios and Prime Video SVP Mike Hopkins despatched a heat, welcoming electronic mail to MGM staffers this morning concerning the streamer’s acquisition of the near-century previous studio, telling them that “we stay up for working with you as we create the following section of MGM’s wealthy historical past collectively.” Whereas…