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.