Everybody seems fairly wary of Disney buying up a bunch of 21st Century Fox’s assets—specifically its movie and TV studios—since it seems like a big step toward letting the mouse people take over all media, but the Writers Guild Of America West is particularly frustrated with this deal. As reported by Variety, the WGA West has released what it calls a “blistering attack” on Disney’s deal to buy the Fox properties, saying that it will end up coming “at the expense of the creators who power their television and film operations.” The group also says it now intends to fight the merger by working “to ensure our nation’s antitrust laws are enforced,” because it believes the antitrust risks here are “obvious and significant.”
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