The Pitt star Noah Wyle will be among those testifying at a hearing led by Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) on Friday, touching on Paramount‘s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, as well as the the push for a federal tax incentive.
The hearing, called “Lights, Camera, Competition”: Promoting American Film Production,” will be in Burbank, and is called a “spotlight hearing,” which lawmakers hold to focus on a particular issue.
Also scheduled to testify will be IATSE President Matthew Loeb; Jax Deluca, executive director of the Future Film Coalition and research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy; and Jim Acosta, the independent journalist and former CNN host and correspondent. Other speakers are expected to be announced.
Schiff said in a statement, “There are many pressures facing the entertainment industry workforce – from generous tax incentives offered by other countries, to the potential merger of two
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