Archival Producer Warns Paramount-WBD Merger Could Restrict Access to CBS and CNN News Archives
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Matthew Carey
Summary
Archival producer Rochelle Widdowson raises concerns at the Bentonville Film Festival about the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger, warning that it would give Skydance Media control over both the CBS News and CNN archives. She argues this consolidation threatens public access to historically significant news footage, calling the potential loss of access to these archives "heartbreaking" and warning it could restrict the "nation's memory" for future documentary filmmakers and historians.
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· 2 pulledIt's heartbreaking.
The proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger is being assailed by archival producers who argue it could restrict access to 'nation's memory.'
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