Rethinking Antitrust

#38: Antitrust Issues in the Fight for Warner Bros.?

Episode Summary

Note: This conversation was recorded before Netflix officially withdrew from its attempt to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming assets. On a new episode of Rethinking Antitrust, Bilal is joined by John M. Yun, Professor of Law at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, and Jay Ezrielev, former economic advisor to Joseph Simons, to discuss whether there are insurmountable antitrust issues in Netflix’s and Paramount’s competing bids for Warner Brothers.  

Episode Notes

Note: This conversation was recorded before Netflix officially withdrew from its attempt to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming assets.

On a new episode of Rethinking Antitrust, Bilal is joined by John M. Yun, Professor of Law at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, and Jay Ezrielev, former economic advisor to Joseph Simons, to discuss whether there are insurmountable antitrust issues in Netflix’s and Paramount’s competing bids for Warner Brothers.   

Links:

John Yun bio page

John Yun Written Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee

Jay Ezrielev bio page

Jay Ezrielev Written Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee