>https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1969066061958910082WELL ANOTHER ONE IS SUMMING UP TO THE LIST
Tencent should buy them just for the lolz
anyone anyone BUT disney
>>150448673>lost money to a credit card company>lost money to a video game company>lost money to a news publication>lost money to an internet provider>lost money to a news publication (again)>lost money to a cable providerSomebody just put them out of their misery
know what? yeah. I dig it
>>150448673>warner bros takes down netflix with themplease happen
Oh god please no
>>150448720This. So much THIS!
>>150448673At least it can't get worse than it already is... Right?
>>150448673>it's based cause it's a middle finger to the Ellison family>but it's also cringe cause they might deprioritize theatrical releases
>>150448673Why doesn't Disney try to buy Warner? That way they can have Superman and Batman and have them crossover in the MCU, win/win
>>150448673I hope Netflix does, I’d love to see the HBO library shift to my Netflix account without having to use a vpn.
THE CURSED CHALICE SHALL STRIKE DOWN THE RED DEMON
>>150448965obvious monopoly that not even someone as corrupt as the orange man can look past
Warner Bros. is eternally cursed by Jack Warner's brothers after he betrayed them, every company that buys them will fall down with it
>>150449033This. Discovery was blinded by greed, and spent every year after acquiring WB trying and failing to escape the massive amount of debt that WB brought with it.WB has to be allowed to collapse entirely and for its IP's to enter the public domain. Trying to buy it up because you see their IP catalog as a gold mine doesn't help you. It ignores that WB collapsed DESPITE having those valuable IP, the IP are not valuable enough to save them from their own financial collapse and they won't save you either.
>>150448673Netflix PresentsAn HBO MAX ProductionFrom the minds at DC STUDIOS
>>150448673God no please no, anyone but Netflix
They will finally turn Superman black
>>150449008>monopolyComic books and animation: Image comics and other indipendent publishing exist as well as the entire asian shit. Sony, Netflix whoever the fucks that still make animations.Games : Nobody caresMovies and Streaming : Netflix and Amazon existWhatever the fuck sports etc division : Can be sold off or left independent like when Disney bought Fox.No. Disney buying WB-Discover does not make it a monopoly. Fucking stupid zoomers keep parroting shit they do not know.
>>150448673Is this why Warner was desperate selling Superman as a bigger success than it actually was?
>WB is currently in the process of being acquired by either Paramount or Netflix>If Paramount buys them, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be introduced as a mainstay in the DC Universe and I guess Garfield is there too>If Netflix buys them, Nemesis, Kingsman, Kick-Ass, Hit-Girl and all the other Millarworld assets will merge with DC's universeConsidering that these are the only two companies that have bid so far, we're most likely to see another cross-company event again in the form of some Crisis that reboots all of DC's continuity but this time with either Hit-Girl or TMNT in the mix just like what happened with Wildstorm and the New 52/Flashpoint
>>150449450>90's kino with funni fat cat sunday strips vs 2000's edgeslopHmmmm... tough choice.
Everyone.It is time to thank God for doing all he can to destroy these shit ass nigger companies through non stop consolidation mergers and eating each other only to still lose money bomb after bomb.It's time to pray further that he finish them off, so that Disney, Warner, Paramount, Discovery, all go bankrupt by 2100.Amen.
Oh boy a Big Mouth Adventure Time crossover!!!!!
>>150449306under the supervision of the reverse vampires
>>150449532>Netflix to its customer base
>>150449330Might be kino
>>150449379Comic books and animation are the least relevant mediums out of everything you mentioned despite saying "who cares" about everything else
>>150449330>finallyHavn't there been at least two Black Supermen already?
>>150448720Why? Wouldn't it be cool if Batman and Spider-Man were in the same universe?
>>150448673Can't wait for DC/KPop Demon Hunters to happen
>>150449651They should buy Discovery too so they can put The Learning Channel shows on netflix
>>150448809You have no idea how much worse it can be
>>150449389Yes. They were hoping it would increase the bids.
>>150448948So we’re basically going back to the WarnerMedia eraaight
>>150448673Do companies not realize how cursed WB is? That everyone who buys/merges with WB ends up regretting it?
>>150448948>mightthere's no "might" about it. Better hope Paramount or a new party like Universal comes in
>>150448673Lionsgate to buys WB perhaps?
>>15044948590s had just as much edge as 2000s, you moron
>>150448673Has any of these mergers ended well for the company being bought? Like, ever?I guess arguably Marvel? Arguably?
>>150448673what ifAmazon MGM to buy WB?
>>150449450The other option is that WBD actually follows through with the original plan of spinning off WB as its own company again.
>>150448673How many companies does Warner need to merge with before it finally dies? What's the body count going to be at the end of this?
>>150450484Jesus christ how horrifying
>>150449008Capeshit isn’t important enough to have anti-trust acts apply to them
>>150450551Anon, you understand that Disney and WB are in fact more than just their capeshit divisions right?
>>150450455Lionsgate can't afford WBthe options are Amazon, Netflix, Universal, Sony, Paramount Skydance, or Apple
>>150450530this was always the plan. the spinoff was to sell it without having to worry about legal issues over the networks
>>150450564of course not. just like how people didn't know that Fox had more than X-men and Fantastic Fournow we have an endless stream of shit alien and predator content
>>150450606Yes, but if they actually spin it off to sell it like they were going to do, you may see more bidders who just weren't willing to buy all of the debt that comes with the full WBD purchase.
I wish something like pornhub would buy them out instead
>>150448673Breaking news /co/, I, Anon, am considering placing a bid to buy Warner Bros
>>150449033>>150449271>every company that buys them will fall down with itMore like that every company that tries to adquire them came with previous systemic problems and holes on their reveneu bussiness.
>>150450700Another way of saying the only companies that have been willing to purchase them were the ones run by retards
>>150448720Disney's fixing to loose money very very soon.>>150448965Disney just got done buying Hulu, and that was more expensive and time consuming than just buying out Fox.>>150449450Looking to that Mark Millar take on Kpop Demon Hunters.>>150450666Mr. President, you can't own a media company.
>>150449033>Warner Bros. is eternally cursed by Jack Warner's brothers after he betrayed them, every company that buys them will fall down with itdon't forget his own son, he screwed him over too
>>150450730>Disney's fixing to loose money very very soon.The Kimmel thing will blow over the absolute moment Disney releases a new Princess movie or a new Star Wars.
>>150450756>The Kimmel thing will blow overIt already has. Everyone already knows it's another distraction to ignore/overlook Schindler's List.>the absolute moment Disney releases a new Princess movie or a new Star WarsNeither one is coming out soon, so back to the list then.
>>150450730>Disney just got done buying Hulu, and that was more expensive and time consuming than just buying out Fox.you're an idiot
>>150449450Okay how the fuck would DC even merge fucking Garfield into their universeIt's fucking Garfield for crying out loud
>>150450933Either make the Pet Force comics canon or make Garf an orange lantern.
>>150450592>AmazonThey could, but they care more about their current assets with MGM and they already have Invincible and The Boys to fulfill their capeshit quota.>NetflixWell, they did bid for it, but it's more likely to put a stop to Paramount's attempt to buy them outright. They'd definitely try and merge them with Millarworld though.>SonyThey also could, but I don't see it happening when they've own the film rights to Spider-Man; too much contrast in both brand synergies.>ParamountThey'd have the most to gain from all of this so of course it makes sense. They'd be able to merge TMNT and Garfield with DC to make the brand even more lucrative.>AppleThose cheapskates would probably buy them but they're definitely saving up all that cash-on-hand for the inevitable Disney acquisition.
>>150448724>the history of Warner Bros has been one failure of a merger after another since the 60sJesus christ how the fuck are they still alive?
>>150450933>Okay how the fuck would DC even merge fucking Garfield into their universeThey could have Garfield's cartoon shenanigans take place entirely in the 5th Dimension or put it all in Captain Carrot's world.
>>150451025they're not. it's just a corpse at this point
>>150448673Sony should probably buy WB
>youre an idiotBot post.
>>150450592>Lionsgate can't afford WBDisappointing. I would've expected>WB goes for the shadow realm and Lionsgate buys them from Zaslav for billions>Starz becomes a part of HBO>both Keanu Reeves action movies Matrix and John Wick are officially canon>Saw ends up being in the same universe as Mortal Kombat, Final Destination and Nightmare on Elm Street (and also Jigsaw teams with the Impractical Jokers)>Harry Potter crossover with both Hunger Games and Twilight becomes a reality>Lionsgate now owns the entirety of Looney Tunes, as well as DC Universe, HB (including Tom & Jerry), LotR and even Six Flags
>>150448673>reportedly>citing sources>anonymous sourcesSee I know it wouldn't be made public but I have such a low opinion of modern journalism that those words are a major red flag
>>150451025>>150451068The business history of Warner Bros. is interesting. If we're counting "bad mergers" I would personally move the goal posts to 1990, or at the latest the AOL merger, until Time they had a surprisingly good recordOne could make the argument WB hasn't been truly prosperous since the late 40s, although I feel that discounts the Warner Communications era under the brilliant leadership of Steve RossI think it's very interesting but whenever I mention it on /co/ it's like someone drugged the entire board
WB has nothing worth buying>batmannothing worth buying
>>150452142Harry Potter, The Matrix, an entire backlog of classics like Wizard of Oz, Cool Hand Luke, Rebel without a Cause. Not to mention Hanna-Barbera and Looney TunesYou people need to learn these studios have way more than just comic book properties
>>150452181I hope they won't have money for more bastardization of Matrix.
>>150452181>Harry Potterthe audience left when the terf started>The Matrixit's not 2000 anymore>an entire backlog of classics like Wizard of Oz, Cool Hand Luke, Rebel without a Cause.only the dead care about this shit>Not to mention Hanna-Barbera and Looney Tunesyou mean the coyote movie that's set to flop next year? LMAONOTHING WORTH BUYING
>>150448673Where the FTC because i thought they stop things like this
>>150449729Yes but I would worry that Disney might pull what they do with Peter to Bruce.
>>150448673Fuck it, what if Nexstar tries for a bid?
>>150452336Very funny
>>150452310The backlog has a lot of good stuff they could bring back. They used to put out 4-5 movies a month instead of one movie per year. Even in the 90s it was 2-3 per month.
>>150452383I'm not joking because i thought they exist to monopolies
>>150452365make Batman black. make him an actual vigilante rather than some bored nepo baby.oh and don't just turn Bruce black. we don't need the same terrible character but black.
>>150452310>the audience left when the terf startedlmao, not even close to true. Shit still makes bank, most people don't give a single shit about tranny crap one way or the other.
>>150448701kek, at this point why fucking not right?
>>150452310>the audience left when the terf startedThe audience was already gone before Magical Beasts ended.>>150452484Only the terminally online cared about JK being a terf and supporting efforts against Hogwarts Legacy. Support for Harry Potter will come roaring back when the HBO series premieres next year.>>150452426One of the functions of the FTC is to protect consumers from predatory business practices.
>>150452046>or at the latest the AOL mergergod I'll never forget that shit
>>150452372The CW dies and The WB comes back
>>150452426You're missing a key partAnyone can bid for anybodyThat doesn't mean anything because they have to approve itThe FTC also doesn't rule on bids that might not even happen
>>150452807What happened with the AOL merger? I only remember that some shows had the "an AOL Time Warner company" in the end
>>150452947between December 2000 to mid-2003 AOL merged with Time Warner to keep up with the dot com bubble, and it turned out it aged as well as polio did
>>150452870you wish
That now two major corporations within a week have thrown their bid makes me think it's really happening this time. Nothing's stopping other major corporations from getting involved in the next couple days too.
>>150452993>WB merges with AOL right after the dot-com bubble burstedWhat were they thinking?
>>150448701Looking at how well the Chinese treated Rivals, that wouldn’t be the worst idea. Say what you want about bugs, but they dont touch canon unless it’s to give the girls big tits.>>150450592Anyone BUT Netflix and Disney.
>>150453026Corporations are dumb. That's all you need to know
>>150453089>Anyone BUT Netflix and Disney.And definitely not Comcast, Amazon MGM, Sony, Paramount Skydance or Apple
>>150448720I desperately want Universal to buy Warner just so they can put more Warner shit in their parks and tell six flags to eat a dick
>>150448701>>150453089>Tencent buys WB and gives every female character that they own big tits
>>150448673>>150448701>>150448720>>150453089>>150453231>BREAKING: PornHub buys WB for $1 bil
>>150452310>the audience left when the terf startedThe shitlib diehard fans of the franchise couldnt even restrain themselves from buying the shitty game they put out a few years ago. They're screeching about the reboot now but everyone of them will watch it regardless. They're the biggest bunch of suckers there are. Even Star Wars and Capeshit fags have more integrity.
>>150453229Universal already has Harry Potter shit in their parks. It makes the most sense to just eat the rest of WB.
>*ehm* "I will buy Warner Bros."
>>150452310It's crazy how hard they fumbled Matrix, it was a huge franchise but the tranny creators fucked it up and nobody cares about newer stuff
>>150452310>it's not 2000 anymoreI wish we could go back to 2007
>>150453263>muh 0 awards vidyathe potterfag/gamer overlap is nonexistent. fantastic beasts is the proof. that shit flopped.
>created the Loony Tunes and helped bring about the golden age of animation>owned Hanna Barbera when it was at its peak>owned DC Comics when that was at its peak>owns Harry Potter, which despite the controversy still makes bank with the foreign marketHow the fuck did Warner Bros. manage to sink down to being bidded on by Netflix, anyway? How do you manage to fuck all of that up?
>>150453311>2007You mean the era of the Wii, Adobe Flash and Bush?
>>150452310You mentioned a bunch of things worth buying. Netflix could turn any of those movies into miniseries or reboots or sequels or whathaveyou. Of course, this is Netflix so those are going to suck big time.
>>150453229The only man who could buy Looney Tunes, H-B, DC, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and the rest of WB
>>150453345Simpler times, man
>>150453343>How the fuck did Warner Bros. manage to sink down to being bidded on by Netflix, anyway? How do you manage to fuck all of that up?They put a guy who ran a six flags in charge and it's been downhill ever since
https://puck.news/newsletter_content/skybros-deal-math-kimmels-suspension-tiktoks-backroom-deal/This was the source of the news. Netflix isn’t bidding; it was just the author speculating
>>150453229I'll be honest, when I was a kid I thought the spider-man ride was just a repurposed Batman ride because what the fuck is a spidey-signal?It would make sense for Universal to buy WB and make it what I always knew it was plus they already got Harry Potter and who wouldn't live to see Pennywise in the Dark Universe
>>150453022>it's really happening this timeIt was always really happening. Zaslov has wanted to sell this sinking ship since 2022
>>150450455>>150450592>>150451802I'd rather see Universal buy Lionsgate. After all, both have been within good terms with each other, especially in the horror genre, and besides Blumhouse (under the Atomic Monster name) is already buying the Saw franchise from Twisted, so who knows, maybe Universal could buy Lionsgate next
>>150448673Is Warner Bros. so worthless now that even Netflix can possibly buy them?
>>150448724And yet the leftists blame everything bad on David Zaslav when he said he was going to focus on making money instead of propaganda.And not only that, he didn't release a single conservative product and they were all woke. But for them, he's a mega-chud super-Nazi.
>>150452947>>150452993It's a long story that surprisingly hasn't been adapted yetYou have to keep in perspective what was happening at that timeTime Warner was obviously the larger company, but AOL's stock price was overvalued but was seen as unstoppableTech bros (or whatever they were called in 2000) were seen as the future, and it was felt that if Time Warner didn't get on the ball now they'd be left behindThe funny part is even if there was horrid management by people who had no business running an entertainment company, it could have been less gruesome if AOL didn't cheat on their earnings and jumped on broadband and the open-internet sooner than they didIt was also a rushed deal with very little input by other TW shareholders (Levin was infamously secretive and convinced everything he did was right) approved by people who were not as informed about the deal as they should have been, if they even knew what an AOL was (Ted Turner did not and still does not use computers, let alone the internet)Yes it was a bad idea for a number of reasons, but everyone from every persuasion felt it was genius at the time
>>150453426The classic case of fake news that everyone believes. Journalists are pure cancer these days.
What is losing Warner so much money anyways? They could just spam a few reliable franchises to make money quickly
Should Donald Trump buy this company when he leaves office?
>>150453635The previous owners left WB with huge debts that they had since before they bought the company.
>>150453541>>150453635I know corporations are pathetic, but WB just sucks. Out of all the behemoth media corpos, it doesn't shock me that Zaslav cannot run a dying corpo
>>150449008>orange man >corruptLmao
>>150453565lol, I was right, look at this idiot>>150453753
>>150453447close.... it was actually a repurposed Superman ride, the Batman ride(s) would have been Dueling Coasters, eventually the dueling coaster idea was used for a different ride.
>>150453763He's censoring people who talk bad about him or talk about things he doesn't like. All censorship is corrupt no matter which side is doing it.
>>150453277You jest but at one point it was not entirely impossibleTime Warner was always much larger than TBS ever was, it would have been nigh impossible for such a thing to happenOf course this wouldn't have stopped Ted from trying, he infamously did not care for TW management very much even before the 1996 TBS-TW merger; Time and Warner Communications acquired significant shares in TBS after the MGM merger, and when they combined in 1990 it gave them veto power on the Turner board, which they used to block practically every purchase TBS wanted to make (likely to ensure they would not become a serious competitor to them)In a Press Club speech from 1993 or so Ted compared it to the genital mutilation done in EgyptBy the way Turner Broadcasting turned 55 this year and nobody has said anything about it
>>150453790
>>150453541Something people forget is that if you buy a company you are also buying their debt.
>>150453277It's crazy how many channels this guy helped create, CNN, TBS, TNT, TCM, CN, etc.
>>150453873and also truTV
>>150453379>Making a Lord of the Rings movie that's an allegory for the holocaustOh hell no
>>150453635this thread is full of nonsense.Time Warner was profitable and successful.The AOL merger was a mistake that is no different than Rupert Murdoch paying half a billion for fucking My Space or Verizon paying a billion for Yahoo and Tumblr. The problem with ALL these mergers (which is why business like Boston Market and Red Lobster that were profitable before any merger/buyout happened) is that all those deals are made WITH DEBT.WB's underlying business is successful. Remove the debt and it's a very successful production company and film studio and other assets. The recent debt only happened because of AT&T and they shoved it onto DISCO and now DISCO is spinning it off to the cable companies so if Netflix buys the studio, and used cash and didn't incur debt (or Oracle or Apple or anyone else who has actual CASH and thus doesn't need to go into debt), they would have a profitable and successful business. If they all left WB alone (the production and theatrical half after the breakup), it would be successful and profitable going forward - it's the cable channel half that would likely be left to flounder on the vine over the next 4-8 years.tl;dr all the people making comments that WB is a shitty business to be in business in/with have no clue
>>150453790lol you couldn't reply to me (>>150453846) so it goes to show that you're a leftist tranny who's seething rn
>>150453565No political bias with what I'm about to say, I just think Zaslav's position is interesting. He was made the captain of a sinking ship and he's gotta get it afloat with a bucket. A lot of the executive decisions under his leadership are weird but I always assumed he was just attemping to mass-rebuild WB and restore value in the brand. He just wasn't great at communicating that to the public which lead to poor PR. I think WB is in a better spot now than they were a while ago, but I feel making HBO Max cost-efficient (or shutting it down altogether) is going to be the end-goal of this current run.
>>150453810>he believed the narrativeKek
Why is his name "za slav"
>>150453753>>150453790>>150453846>>150453924
>>150448673This has got to be for DC.Since Neflix needs Superman and Batman to counter Disney's Marvel.Especially after Disney yanked back the Marvel shows Netflix did have.
>150453924Why would anyone want to actually try and care to reply to someone who's a parroting faggot who doesn't know how shit works, though?And no, anon, both of you are incorrect. Yes, Zaslav is NOT the only one responsible for the WBD merger to end up into such a disastrous way, but he's MOSTLY to blame for the fact that a lot of content from WB got cut or fucked over, in exchange for Discovery content to have a good standing... which didn't result in a positive net, btw, so yeah, he fucked up.
>>150453986Fuck you, I'm gonna keep fighting with this pussy niggerfaggot tranny who dared called me a leftist. I'm getting horny from this fucker right now. I wanna fuck him so hard with my massive cock
>>150450535By 2030 all american media companies will have coalesced into one mega conglomerate. Despite laws preventing this having been discarded some years ago from consistent lobbying, politicians will still try to say this is bad before being blocked from all services because of "negative conduct".
>>150454022Every company will have fused together into the "Israeli-American company"
>>150453790I'm waiting, pussy. Come out and fight!
>>150453959You sound like a lefty fag defending their tranny protected class. Anyone should be allowed to call a literal who faggot like Charlie Kirk a nigger and cheer for the death of another worthless zogbot like him without their job being at risk.The only freedoms Trump gives a fuck about are his own. He's as anti-American as they come.
>>150453930Despite everything, I think he has a couple more years in this position. We'll have to see how the success of the new Superman movie affects the company.>>150453924>>150453846You two are mentally retarded.
>>150454075You too, brown faggot. Wanna fight for calling me a leftist?! Let's dance, pussy!
I hope Netflix goes bankrupt
>>150453918>The AOL merger was a mistake that is no different than Rupert Murdoch paying half a billion for fucking My Space or Verizon paying a billion for Yahoo and Tumblr.I feel that's greatly understating what went wrong thereDebt in every merger is harmful, yes, but the AOL merger was significantly worse than say, the News Corp MySpace buyoutThe new AOL management completely upset how TW was ran and made practically everyone angry at them, did not accomplish their admittingly vague and meaningless goal of synergy and lost billions of dollars, to only look at it from a financial perspective and not a creative oneWhy do you think everyone involved was gone by 2003 and the only one left standing was the whitest black guy Dick Parsons?
>>150454075
>>150454090Whiter than you Muhammad
>>150454114No way, I'm whiter than you, Pajeet! Let's fight! Step to me, Pajeet!
>>150454112That example is textbook censorship though, what happened to free speech?
>>150454002>Why would anyone want to actually try and care to reply to someone who's a parroting faggot who doesn't know how shit works, though?Do you realize that you replied to him or are you that retarded?
>>150454143freedom of expression was shot in the neck.
Oh no bros
>>150454058No
>>150454114you couldn't reply to me (>>150454122) because you're a pussy brown indian jeet who needs to be deported by ICElol, lmao even. I hope this shit happens right the fuck away, you sad indian. And I hope your family fucking dies, you pathetic waste of human life. You're brown, you're trans, and you support the life of George Floyd and the death of Charlie Kirk, and you've died in the Las Vegas shooting, you poor, hapless piece of shit faggot. Neck yourself, you tranny faggot. Are you offended that I keep calling you tranny or brown? Because you are.
>>150454207Yes. Do it. Let's dance! Step up to me! Let's fucking go! Fucking do it! We're gonna fucking fight right now, Abu! You're a fucking brown pussy who's afraid of me, and I'm gonna make a man out of you by kicking the shit out of you, you sad, pathetic waste of life!
>>150448720That would be so cursed
>>150454143Doesn't matter anymore, they'll turn that retard into a golden calf or die trying.
>>150454208post hand, paco
man all of you retard schizos need to calm the fuck down before I summon this image
>>150454252the hand you post is a stock image, Eduardo
Zaslav lost
are there any more schizos or soles?
>>150454273thanks for the easy win, brownoid. you lost.
>>150454325your hand is still a stock image, Ricardo. Post your real hand. Otherwise, you fucking lost. Get deported by ICE already
>>150453464Apple will buy WB. These two offers are smokescreens. Apple has always been Zazlav's aim.
>>150454325>>150454337Get a room both of you, or I'll summon soles
>>150454359I'm not gonna share a room with that brown tranny fag
>>150454250lol, idiot, you guys have already lost. He is already considered a hero, only communists pretend otherwise.
>semi legitimate thread about time warner turns into pissing match/co/ — Comics & Cartoons
2016 was such a disaster of a year, especially for /pol/
>The moment I criticize the leftists, the idiots go completely crazy and try to ruin the thread.Lol
>>150454428/pol/ tourists such as (you) have to wreck up the place
>>150454419Rent free
>>150454447no you
I'm gonna do it
>>150454438>The newfag doesn't know what tourists mean
>>150454469Nigga, I've been on 4chan since 2007
>>150454419Retard /pol/ tourists will try and lynch you for speaking out
>make a pro-palestine movie>go bankrupt
>>150454077Yeah. Among other things, I get what they're trying to do with DC: they want figureheads that can produce consistent, eye-catching content like what Disney's had for years. Licensing Minecraft and Barbie were smart. Splitting their TV channels from their production assets is a risky, but sneaky gamble that will appease any merger-conscious judges in the Supreme Court. If the ship is sinking, throw out the dead weight.
>>150454509Proving my point sped
>>150454461
Here we go
>>150454545Lurk here?
>>150454477I don't believe you.
>>150454560U mad
>>150454596Not really. I accomplished a lot things in my life more than you, like banging your mom. Get rekt, scrub
>>150448673>warner archive finally allowed to release stuff thats been off limits for years>gets bought out by streaming company that hates physical mediafor fucks sake
>>150454500Yes, it's interesting that people tried to turn this into a political thing when it's pure business. Literally no one cared about the Batgirl movie, but when it was canceled the left wing treated it like it was the end of the world.
>>150450535They won't stop. Warner is like The Thing of companies.
>>150454620
>>150454718Weird, what about Batgirl specifically (over the other cancelled WB projects- Coyote v. Acme and Scoob 2) attracted this outpouring of political controversy? Did the actress say something left-leaning? Did David Zaslav have ties to conservative entertainment? I just wonder why Batgirl of all movies became a point of contention. I just assume it was cancelled because WB assessed that it would damage the quality of their brand.
>>150453763.
>>150452046>I think it's very interesting but whenever I mention it on /co/ it's like someone drugged the entire boardI am interested to hear more. I simply have nothing to contribute because I have never researched Warner Brothers before beyond specific aspects I like (ex.: Mel Blanc).
>>150454886because the actress was a black person playing a redhead.Also, they hate David Zaslav because he said he was going to make money, not propaganda. Ironically, they are not very tolerant.
>>150450933>>150450977>>150450992Considering Garfield and TMNT had a crossover 30 years ago and now that Paramount owns both they're looking to run that idea into the ground anything is possible.
>>150449008Didn't Disney also piss off Trump?
i would like to enter a bid of $200
>>150454987I don't know much, but I know that the original Warner Bros. were retarded. They didn't know the difference between Looney Tunes and Mickey Mouse. They saw Mickey and went to congratulate their animators for that.
>>150448673>Netflix is thinking of buying Warner Bros...Does that mean the monolith system will finally be free from patient hell?
>>150453565>unironic zaslav shill
>>150455049I don't know, but it seems like they are allies now.
>>150454112He didn’t even say anything about Kirk. He made fun of trump for not giving a shit.
>>150455092>He thinks I'm paid to say this.Lmao
Warner Bros had a string of successes from the late 90s to the 2000s, Matrix, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, the Dark Knight, what went wrong?
>>150455130>fake newsHe was fired for saying the killer was right-wing. Literally confirmed by Disney btw.
>>150455148They were bought by another company
>>150454143they're private companies, sweetie. freedom of speech is not freedom of consequence. if you don't like it make your own TV network :)
>>150455084Nope
>>150455148They all stared white males
>>150455243>NopeFuck!
>>150450484It would honestly make some sense imo.There's much more synergies between the companies. More specifically between Warner and MGM.>Amazon could not only outright pay off Warner's debts, but also finance their operations properly (no more tax right-offs, shady cancellations, cutting corners)>Warner could no longer be so dependent on HBO Max's success, now that they can just dump their shit on Prime (which has a much bigger userbase than Max)>Amazon can now own their own studio lots>the MGM brand could regain its value by reacquiring its old movie catalog that Warner now owns
>>150455241Except the FCC and Trump have both threatened to directly intervene against broadcasts that criticized them or spoke negatively.That is not the doings of a private company, that is threats from the government. That is censorship.
>>150455148>Lord of the RingsThat wasn’t actually from Warner. That was New Line. Warner only had distribution rights up until 2008 when they bought ultimately New Line.
>>150450535The warner bros won't exist by 2030
>>150455639*they ultimately bought New Linesorry. Tiredposting as always
>>150454987Well, since you asked...Prior to 1948 Warner Bros., like the other majors, in addition to producing movies, owned theaters that showed their movies and forced other owners to purchase all these other movies, cartoons, etc to get the movies they wantedVery profitable for WB but illegal and sort of unfairFeds say they can't do that, so WB has to sell their theaters and end block booking, combined with the rise of TV this takes a major hit to WBs profits. The pre-50 WB library and pre-48 cartoons are sold to AAP in 1958, budgets are cut (which is why the later WB shorts sucked so much), and like the rest of the majors Warner never reaches those highs againJack Warner, by then the last actual Warner brother, sells his share in the company to the much smaller 7A (run by Eliot Hyman of AAP) in 1967, which I heard someone say was a bad deal but actually was alrightDidn't matter because Kinney Parking would buy them in 1969, which only failed because Kinney had ties to the mafia and got in legal troubleKinney spins off their entertainment assets (including DC and EC) and Steve Ross becomes head of Warner Communications, probably the best period of WB since the 40s, profitable and innovative, but Steve Ross dies in 1990 and they merge with Time Magazine, which can be argued was the root of the hole they're in
>>150453328>Potterfag/gamer overlap is zero.Potterfags are 30-something women who grew up with that shit and are now pushing it on their kids and don't want to hear about how the thing they have instead of a personality makes them bad. There are hundreds of millions of them.The people who bought the game weren't "GAMERS" TM with their RGB faggot keyboards. They're your ex-GF who exclusively played Sims4, Skyrim, and Among Us. It was anything but a flop. Twitter is irrelevant. Tranny discussion is irrelevant. None of this escaped into the wider world. Bitches bought it because they're not online. It's not a left/right thing. People do NOT care about online shit, and yes, Twitter comments count as online. >>150452310I'd definitely say that the brand has taken a hit, but that's like saying Disney took a hit - it's still among the biggest properties in the entire world. The impact has been negligible long-term. Wheb your following is in the hundreds of millions shedding even 10 million, even of the most diehard, doesn't move the needle
>>150455639>>150455656New Line was a Turner acquisition; I assume TW felt they were small enough (I assume they were viewed as only slightly better than New World or Cannon) because they eventually let the deal go through
>>150455169>Literally confirmed by Disney btw.There are leaks were the executives said he didn't said anything bad and all boils down to Trump being mad of Kimmel mocking him at the Oscars. Even Eisner called out Iger this morning.
>>150454143free speech is a government thing not a company thing to avoid advertisers from no longer supporting them
>>150453984Because he just can't stop eating pizza
>>150455857Very interesting.Thank you!
>>150456481Trump himself is directly threatening and suing outlets that speak ill of him. That is government censorship.
HOORAY I LOVE CORPORATE MONOPOLIESI HOPE EVERYTHING GETS BOUGHT UP BY ONE SUPER CORPORATION SO WE CAN LIVE IN A McDYSTOPIA(tm)
>>150456620He isn't suing as a president he is suing as himself for proven liesThere is a reason why all these companies end up losing lawsuits or settling with him.They have the money to fight back if he wasn't right and could counter-sue to get lawyer fees paid by Trump.Seriously dude this is common sense shit and easily verifiable information are you looking dumb on purpose or do you actually believe this?
>>150456646stfu
>>150448673If this means Zack Snyder's 5 film arc gets finished and the Ayer Cut/Schumacher Cut get released under the Elseworlds banner, i'm all for this.>>150449818I would be so happy to see this happen. As I genuinely enjoyed Zack's Take.
>>150450449Hey Nolan is at Universal.>>150451038Yeah, that could work.>>150452870That would be a delightful surprise.>>150453426I think they will bid once the bidding war starts.
>>150455871Twitter splintered when Elon came.The crazies moved to Threads, Bluesky, and Mastadon. They’re preaching to their small choir on Bluesky, Threads and Mastadon are dead, and those who remain on Twitter don’t care.
Please end this stupid derail
>>150448724How would you want Warner to be split up?
>>150448720>disney gets monopoly investigated right after the Kimmel shitplease please please
>>150457007>5 film arc gets finished
>>150454105I never meant to suggest that the actual AOL deal (because it was so much larger) was identical to the My Space or Yahoo/Tumblr deals (only one of which hit $1B). The debt for both was written off whereas the debt for AOL could NOT be written off.That's why Apple would be a better buyer all around since they wouldn't use debt financing to make the purchase. Oracle would also refuse to make an all cash offer and would want to figure out a way to saddle someone else (even if it's their own fucking retail and mom and pop stockholders) with the current AT&T/DISCO debt that remains of some $30-35B. Oracle barely has enough cash on hand to do things like buy CBS/Paramount for $8B which they didn't do, so even that measly deal was made with debt. As far as the rest of your remarks, again, management mistakes are not that uncommon. Universal ended up with NBC when GE had too many years of mismanagement that was distracting it from it's core business and hurting that core business. Vivandi was also a management mistake. And now Universal and NBC both are now owned by Comcast because at the time Comcast was throwing off cash, even though NOW it's a mismanged bloated entity. All five of the original legacy studios had periods where they were mismanaged, WB's only looks worse than most for this particular board because it is a board fixated on the MCU, on DC, and on comic books.
>>150448673Why do companies keep wanting to merge/buy Warner bros? Over the decades its shown not to work out in the long run but companies keep doing it. Do they think they'll be the one to make it work even though it won't?
>>150453416>The ride never ends
>>150458929>Why do companies keep wanting to merge/buy Warner bros?Some of the biggest IPs in the world, companies can't resist that.
>>150454154he used one > not >>
>>150452460>Make batman black>but make him even MORE generic. Nah
>>150451802WB hasn't owned Six Flags in years.
>>150454143>Let us advocate for violence against you goy>Let us praise the people who assassinate your people goy >If you speak out against us you'll lose your job and get canceled. >If you take action in response you're trampling our free speech goy!
>>150458929>Why do companies keep wanting to merge/buy X megacorp so they can become and even bigger megacorp?>Do they think they'll be the one to make it work even though it won't?more like the final frontier of media market consolidation. It's basically a desperate race to see who can grab the biggest slice of the market pie before the FTC finally wakes up and slaps another ceiling on everyone again.
Anything that kills this piece of shit company faster
>>150457227I already posted >>150454500, splitting WB into a broadcast division and a production division is smart. Offloading the AT&T debt onto the dying broadcast division is smarter. Focusing on strengthening the production division and increasing the value of their IP is the smartest thing they can do.
i thought warner bros discovery was splitting?where are these rumors flagging them for sale?>>150453426wow more fake news just like the disney getting bought buy apple that circulates every year
>>150453930I'd normally agree that no matter how bad Zaslav was, he was basically handed a poison chalice of a sinking media empire. But from all the bullshit he cause from 2022 forward, it mostly felt like he was approaching the problem by both being reactive and running on austerity and belt tightening.He had too much of a business mindset, where he'd assumed that just cutting spending below profits, like a movie or tv show here and there, it'd offset the company's debt to get in the blacks again. But unlike most industries that either rely on extraction of assembly, Warner is a Media company, its business model involves a constant inflow of investment in media and marketing to generate profits. And that means every project is marketing for the next project for the WB brand itself, no matter how unrelated. That's why some TV shows just refuse to die, they're basically long running ads for the channel/streaming service itself. And when they do die, other shows have to be big enough to take its place to maintain the channel or streaming service's relevance in the media market. Cutting Batgirl or Roadrunner might not mean much in the grand scheme, they could even offset losses, but it also means bad PR for the company and zaslav himself, even fewer shows to watch on Max or HBO max again, no matter how dogshit they might be, and loss of engagement from loyal fanbase, losing even more revenue in the future.Tragic irony is even that shit Velma show is still good PR for Max. They can't afford to be bad all the time, but sometimes lightning does strike in a bottle.
>>150460182oh you mentioned it. i mentioned this on /tv/ but I really don't think there's any company that is willing to fork over 50 billion dollars for everything under the WBD umbrellathis is regarding skydance, from what i'm reading is that there's a lot of interest from private equity and tech sector on making this happen. Ellison is the big name, but Bain capital is involved. there's others there too, smaller, but mindset that they bring is there
>>150453930>I think WB is in a better spot now than they were a while agowhatever zaslav is doing it's paying the debt down.since the merger he's reduced the debt from $51 billion to 34>>150460973how would you describe the Warner Bros public image right now?the changes under zaslav I don't think have really increased morale or people's attitudes but he is making changes
>>150460182also, >increasing the value of their IPI wonder if they'll finally take a look at the people creating the IP and decide that it's not really working
>>150457153The schizophrenics were sprinkled amongst all the services based on their brand of kool-aid. The only difference is the bumper-stickers on the murder vans.Even then, the studies from all the services show the same things. 10% of the userbase makes 90% of the content. The loudest and most mentally ill dictate the conversations of the pathetic, unintelligent subhumans that congeal on all these services. If your product is built around being too much of a stupid piece of shit to read more than two sentences then you're not attracting the best and brightest.The only truly noteworthy difference before Elon took over, and people were already realising this anyway, was that people were still convinced that Twitter outrage was in any way representative of the outside world. That was already being dispelled, and there's still retards clinging to it now. Retards that need to chug bleach.
>>150448965Would there even be a media company left that wasn't controlled by Disney after that?
>>150448673How would a buyout affect something like the Gunnverse?
>>150461915Ellison might want to start from scratch like Zaslav did
>>150448720Anyone BUT Disney or Dear Leader's Paramount
>>150461915Superman and Peacemaker are both well-liked and fairly successful, and for the first time since the genesis of the MCU, DC is arguably seen more favorably in comparison to Marvel. Someone would have to be genuinely retarded to abort it now for another reboot.
>>150461915Buyout means Battingson is as good as dead or turns into TV shows within its own world. No one will waste anymore time to entertain Battingson merging with Gunn or not, it's off to the races to get a Gunn Batman for a new Justice League, with the likelihood of many Gunn's pet projects delayed or cancelled for a more big name League members.All chips will be in the Gunnverse, but with even fewer rooms to goof around.
>>150461915That's easy as fuck. Gunnverse is dead.
>>150463254>>150463460I love this delusional take. It's one of my favorite brands of coping.
>>150463460Battinson was only the 3rd most successful capeshit that year, and like 7th overall at the box office. It was not that great a Batman movie, and people need to stop pretending it was. And that's third place with no big Avengers/team movie that year. Sad and underperforming.
>>150448720And certainly not Sony. Animation and gaming might get better, but not much else, and the Don might try to block it.If shit gets worse enough, maybe the Murdoch family can throw their hat into the ring after selling out to the Mouse.
>>150464194Sony wisely stayed outside of the Streaming Wars, they have zero reason to look at WB.
>>150448720Agreed. That would basically monopolize the comicbook market as it would result in Marvel and DC merging.
>>150464239>That would basically monopolize the comicbook marketI was assured that Asia controls like 95% of the comic book market.
>>150464080I'm not coping, they might well reboot the DCU again after a buyout. I just think they would be retarded to do so.
>>150448673Kpop demon hunter really won
Disney would be the biggest corporation on the planet if they get warner bros
>>150448673>Warnerflix
Nintendo should buy them
>>150466931There's no fucking reason Nintendo would want Warner Bros' catalog
>>150453256>lots of Rule 34'd WB properties
>>150466954>Official Lola Bunny pornEverything would be pardoned if this was our reality
>>150453763when are we gonna see those files bro
>>150464229Outside of licensing their Marvel movies to other platforms, Sony pre-empted themselves out of the streaming business when they sold KDH to Netflix.>>150466949Remake Mario Kart World, but with Hanna Barbera and Wacky Races characters. Are you telling me Japan doesn't want this?
I’d be stoked if Netflix buys wb. Then maybe they’ll have cartoon network shows on their service to watch unlike hbo max.
>>150467635Netflix would handle the cartoon side of Warner Bros even worse than Zaslav
>>150467727Thank god Ketchup bought those two Looney Tunes movies before all this bullshit went down
>>150467727That would be a sight
>>150448673I think it's WAY more obvious that wb would be better off merging with paramount for the sake of their ips, considering that netflix has jack squat by comparison. I think folding paramount plus and hbo max together is a better long term pitch than sticking with netflix too for that reason.
>>150461206>how would you describe the Warner Bros public image right now?NTA but I'd say it's bad right now. Or at least not near the good graces WB was usually in. When creators start talking about avoiding working for you due to your tendency to scrap multi-year developments out of the blue for tax benefits, you may be surprised to find that won't endear you to other creatives.Idk, maybe Gunn can reclaim some of that goodwill but I won't hold my breath
>>150452753You're joking! "Consumer Protection" died with the last election.
A shat out Woll Smoth capeshit grossed as much as the last two Superman movies, Disney owning tired old Superman means nothing.
>>150469759WB is actually doing really well this year, at least domestically. They are currently 200mil dom gross ahead of Disney but their last movie of the year releases next weekend while Disney still has Tron, Predator, Zootopia 2 and Avatar
can i make my own hero and call him superbman
>>150470398>3.8 billion from studioAvatar 3 and Zootopia can possibly match that alone.
>>150449008like when Sears and KMart merged?
>>150448720Imagine bugs and mickey on the same screen
>>150472155And for the first time since Roger Rabbit too, which would make it around... 38 fucking years since then
>>150472155anon...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKjUtTC3e0Y
>>150472155You mean who Framed Roger Rabbit?Frankly, for all the complaining about Zaslav and thinking this will save them, I'm wondering if people here know what a corporate buyout like this looks like.Remember kids, maximize shareholder value. Any assets which do not maximize shareholder value go on the chopping block.Spend billions on a dying company? They cut off the dying branches to save money. If Zaslav was cutting the animation department due to low returns? It's getting absolutely gutted in the merger.
>>150472155its not fucking worth it if bugs bunny becomes the slave of mickey mouse
WB is cursed
>>150455857How true is this?Where did you get this information?
>>150472508The question is, what or who was the cause of this curse
>>150453810Kimmel got suspended because his ratings sucked and the broadcast stations were getting massive complaints and Kimmel threatening to double down. That isn't censorship, that's the free market at work. Even all the lefty publication like CNN admit it. There's no evidence that the FCC chair's comments had any role in Kimmel's suspension.>>150454075I'm sure you also cheered on Kimmel saying the unvaxxed should be denied medical services. Good riddance to that faggot.>>150467141Why didn't you ask the democrats when they had the file for 4 years?
>>150472155i'd rather imagine batman and iron man on the same screen
>>150460973>>150453930It's amusing how so many of y'all here and elsewhere now seem to think Zaslav got stuck holding some demented bag that was on fire when it was handed to him.Jesus H. Christ, he (and John Malone) WENT after AT&T to make the deal happen and AT&T went along with it because it took the $50M+ in debt (which included some of the satellite channel debt which had nothing to do with Warner Media) off their books and shoved it into the new joint venture.Zaslav got himself multiple hundred million paychecks, stock bonus, a nice new house, invites to nice parties and gets treated respectfully at events like Toronto, Venice and the Oscars, even though his entire career has been Shark Week, House Flippers, and Guy Fieri.
>>150454112>americucks draw their fucktarded limpwristed idols as le heckin' gigachadsAmerica is really going the way of basedviet union, huh
Serious question; why do amerilards feel the needs to inject their faggy juvenile political faggotry into every single discussion?I don't think I've ever seen a Frenchie sperg out about Macron or a germonkey to talk about how Merkel should fucking hang from a tree (she should) in an unrelated thread. It's only americans who ever do that. That and various third world shills, but those are just blindly praising their governments.
>>150476420>Serious question; why do amerilards feel the needs to inject their faggy juvenile political faggotry into every single discussion?us vs them mentality is no joke
>>150476420Ameritards are stupid and insane. It is literally just that simple.
>>150452460awful nigger nepobaby kys negro.
>>150472155Mickey Mouse isn't the face of the company anymore. He'd hang out with Rey, The Avengers, and photorealistic CGI Mufasa.
>>150476420You're witnessing a country destabilizing in real time
>>150455139>being Zaslav's unpaid internwow pathetic he's a fuckin billionaire
>>150448673Well well well
>>150472155>>150472456Who Framed Roger Rabbit is /co/ canon. And it also shows there's no need for a buyout to do this. Just a fair agreement.If something like that happens in the future, I'll say America is saved.
>>150472155>sure one company now owns 60% of the market and nearly 80% of all IPs but LOOK! IT'S MICKEY MOUSE AND BATMAN!!!
>>150472155no anonbad anon
>>150451025i dunno they are like a cockroach
>>150473798WB is probably cursed from Jack Warner screwing over his family.
