Looks like Netflix/Warner Bros. is happening. (or maybe not.)

[meStevo]

https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-welcomes-wbd-board-recommendation

 

[b4pjoe]

Starz Offers to Buy CNN, HGTV, & More For $25 Billion From Warner Bros. Discovery

 

[meStevo]

Not very well written / misleading, should say offered, not offers, as they were just in the mix during the bidding in November and were never a real consideration and not in the mix now.

 

[jwhalerfan]

Guys, all these parent companies are controlled by majority shareholders BlackRock & Vanguard, and Vanguard controls BlackRock. The media monopoly has been in place for over a decade. They're all essentially the same company. Don't take my word for it.... search for yourself. Search "who owns NBC". The answer is Comcast. You'll also see all the other media owned by them. Then search "who controls majority shares of Comcast". The answer is BlackRock & Vanguard. They control all the networks. They are the answer for every channel (except Fox, although they are trying), every app (Netflix, Amazon, etc), every movie studio, every silicon valley monster (Meta, Alphabet, etc.), every pharmaceutical company, food giant, insurance company, etc... Don't be fooled by the headlines. It's the same multi-trillion dollar companies in control of (almost) all of it. They are the actual "oligarchy" Look into it... it'll piss you off lol.

 

[meStevo]

Guys, all these parent companies are controlled by majority shareholders BlackRock & Vanguard, and Vanguard controls BlackRock. The media monopoly has been in place for over a decade. They're all essentially the same company. Don't take my word for it.... search for yourself. Search "who owns NBC". The answer is Comcast. You'll also see all the other media owned by them. Then search "who controls majority shares of Comcast". The answer is BlackRock & Vanguard. They control all the networks. They are the answer for every channel (except Fox, although they are trying), every app (Netflix, Amazon, etc), every movie studio, every silicon valley monster (Meta, Alphabet, etc.), every pharmaceutical company, food giant, insurance company, etc... Don't be fooled by the headlines. It's the same multi-trillion dollar companies in control of (almost) all of it. They are the actual "oligarchy" Look into it... it'll piss you off lol.

This conflates asset management with ownership and influence with control. BlackRock and Vanguard manage shares on behalf of millions of investors and generally hold minority stakes well below controlling thresholds. Being a large shareholder does not mean they control corporate operations or media content. What you are asserting relies on a common but incorrect leap that index-fund ubiquity equals centralized ownership - which is false.

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[meStevo]

NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros. Discovery has determined that Paramount's latest takeover offer is superior to the streaming and studio agreement it struck with Netflix, marking a stark shift in momentum in the fight for the storied Hollywood giant.

Warner Bros. Discovery Deems Paramount's Takeover Bid Superior To Netflix Deal

That could mean the start of a fresh bidding war over Warner.

www.huffpost.com

And then:


View: https://x.com/CesarDemetrio16/status/2027156000877203955?s=20

 

[zippyfrog]

Wow! Maybe someone knows more than me on this, but after this bid for WBD, how in the world will CBS be able to afford the NFL when we know the NFL will opt out of it's media deal? There are billions up billions of dollars being used up in this deal. Is this the end of the NFL on CBS (when the media deal are over)?

 

[Bruce]

Wow! Maybe someone knows more than me on this, but after this bid for WBD, how in the world will CBS be able to afford the NFL when we know the NFL will opt out of it's media deal? There are billions up billions of dollars being used up in this deal. Is this the end of the NFL on CBS (when the media deal are over)?

It is highly rumored that Netflix will go after the NFL, be it SNF, MNF, TNF or the NFC/AFC on Sundays, no one knows yet.

But the NFL is very positive towards Netflix getting a piece or all of the new deal, so to help expand globally.

 

[Yespage]

This deal should be unapproved with the $50+ billion in debt being acquired to "fund" it.

In 2024, WBD had about $40 billion in revenue and can't keep their head above water. They are going to near double their debt and things are gonna work out?

 

[KAB]

Wow! Maybe someone knows more than me on this, but after this bid for WBD, how in the world will CBS be able to afford the NFL when we know the NFL will opt out of it's media deal? There are billions up billions of dollars being used up in this deal. Is this the end of the NFL on CBS (when the media deal are over)?

The Ellison giant will be in position to fall (or at least fail).

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[Juan]

Wow! Maybe someone knows more than me on this, but after this bid for WBD, how in the world will CBS be able to afford the NFL when we know the NFL will opt out of it's media deal? There are billions up billions of dollars being used up in this deal. Is this the end of the NFL on CBS (when the media deal are over)?

No

 

[savarese04]

This deal should be unapproved with the $50+ billion in debt being acquired to "fund" it.

In 2024, WBD had about $40 billion in revenue and can't keep their head above water. They are going to near double their debt and things are gonna work out?

I am pretty sure the plan will be to spin off the cable channels and the debit into a separate entity and let it die, while the primary company survives (streaming, media assets, studios, etc)

 

[Bruce]

No

Juan, name one thing you have been correct about in the cord cutting section of this forum.

And whatever happened to your friend, the pro bundle guy?

 

[comfortably_numb]

Juan, name one thing you have been correct about in the cord cutting section of this forum.

My dad had a saying, "I'm not always right, but I'm sure."

 

[reubenray]

I wonder how much Paramount will go up now.

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[Foxbat]

Will Paramount+ now include all the Warner Brothers content? Don't suppose we'd be lucky enough that it would include all the HBO content…

 

[Juan]

Juan, name one thing you have been correct about in the cord cutting section of this forum.

And whatever happened to your friend, the pro bundle guy?

If you really think this is the end of the NFL on CBS...I have a bridge to sell you

 

[Bruce]

If you really think this is the end of the NFL on CBS...I have a bridge to sell you

You once posted that Doctor Who would never leave BBC America.

 

[Yespage]

Juan, name one thing you have been correct about in the cord cutting section of this forum.

And whatever happened to your friend, the pro bundle guy?

Bundle? Isn't that what we are seeing at the corporate level? The companies are bundling now, somewhat permanently.

 

[savarese04]

Will Paramount+ now include all the Warner Brothers content? Don't suppose we'd be lucky enough that it would include all the HBO content…

I'm sure eventually there will be a super bundle or they will go the Disney+-Hulu route where P+ is one price and then HBO Max is an add-on (or something)

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