Four Democrats Seek DOJ Probe of Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

Four Democratic members of Congress on Friday asked the Department of Justice to investigate Warner Bros. Discovery over alleged anticompetitive practices a year after the company’s merger.

The merger appeared to allow the company to adopt practices “that reduce consumer choice and harm workers,” Representatives Joaquin Castro, David Cicilline and Pramila Jayapal and Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote in a letter timed to the one-year anniversary the merger was finalized.

The lawmakers, who had voiced concern about the merger before it went through last April 8, cited hundreds of job cuts at CNN including the canceling of CNN+ as well ...