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Cory Booker: “We've already seen when Skydance bought Paramount, they lost…”

Featuring: Cory Booker, Democratic | U.S. Senate, New Jersey

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Published April 22, 2026 | Video Starts at 03:44

Oh we're not going to do that. And then after the merger, that big corporation turns around and does exactly what they said they wouldn't do. We've already seen when Skydance bought Paramount, they lost thousands of jobs in that merger. Warner Brothers has about 35,000 employees. Paramount has about 17. How many thousands of jobs will disappear in this merger as well? (03:44–03:51)

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Asserts that the Skydance-Paramount merger resulted in thousands of job losses.

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“Warner Brothers has about 35,000 employees. Paramount has about 17,000. How many thousands of jobs will disappear in this merger as well?”
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