Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said that he still is inviting Paramount CEO David Ellison to testify on the proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, after the lawmaker held a 2 1/2 “spotlight” hearing that warned about the merger’s impact on everything from jobs to free speech.
“We didn’t have to do this hearing at this date and time,” Booker told reporters after the Capitol Hill event, in response to a question from The Guardian. “We should be having a bipartisan hearing with Mr. Ellison. He should come to Congress. If he’s so confident in his merger, he should come and defend it in a hearing like the Netflix CEO did.”
The event was a “spotlight” hearing, not an official hearing designated by a legislative committee. But lawmakers have held them to put more public focus on a particular issue. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Rep. Laura Friedman (D-CA)
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