Paramount Skydance is angry and has issued its final warning
This is humiliating
>>217121782is Paramount retarded or what?
>>217121782What are they gonna do about it?
>>217121784Larry Ellison is desperate to own CNN so he can insure the narrative is controlled in the next election cycle.
>>217121785Bitch and whine a bit more, make yet another offer, get rejected again.Rinse and repeat until WB isn't for sale anymore.
>>217121786With Netflix owning WB, they have no interest in the tv channels, so Paramount will probably end up buying those
>>217121788You'd think they just wait then until the TV channels are spun-off and go for those. But then, they'll probably be private for a while and Ellison doesn't want to wait.Also, he has the charisma of a sponge soaked in the juice of a dumpster behind a Long John Silvers, which is why he always has to try the hostile takeover maneuvers.
>>217121782I mean, regardless of everything else it is crazy WB refused a deal of an extra 20 something BILLION dollars.>it's because-i dont care, im just saying, wanting to give them billions extra and being denied is wild
>>217121790Retards don't realize that Netflix's PR machine is behind all these articles that paint Paramount in a silly light in an effort to sway the opinions of the shareholders so they'd go with Netflix's worse offerIt's like they forgot what Netflix did with Bird Box and Squid Game, they invest more money in the narrative and shilling than they do in the quality of their output
>>217121790If Jeffery Epstein offered you a billion dollars for your business, would you take it?Would you take it and forever be tainted by association with him?
>>217121791Paramount's offer is worse because it includes the Discovery portion of the split, which they are paying less for the Warner portion overall then Netflix is offering
After suffering through Stranger Things with my gf I have no clue why anyone in the world would want Netflix to take control of anything whatsoever.
>>217121792I would be a billionaire why would I care what normal people think?
>>217121792Honestly I'm kinda with >>217121795You gotta remember that you're asking normal ass people who have never even had 1 million dollars lmao, it's probably easier for soulless executives to reject such offers.
>>217121795no man it's not like thatthe common impression of billionaires is that once you're that rich you never need to do anything again and you'll always have more moneybut you're constantly subject to costs beyond your control like the massive potential for fraud (from anyone in your circle, be they family, friends, employees, contractors, whoever) and of course you're not doing the day to day running of your money (to make it make more money) and no normal bank is going to touch your money (because there are specialist institutions that do and most normal banks just can't cope with absurdly vast transactions on their software anyway) so you can't just say welp give me 5% annually and I'll bank with you to the first place you walk into (and again, the average bank simply is not set up to deal with the massive potential for fraud that all of that money concentrated into a few accounts would create - you do need specialists, and you do need to employ someone to check that the specialists are doing their shit)then there's personal security which can run anywhere from hiring some bullshitter to push people down ahead of you in the street like a common rube to hiring an entire detective agency to maintain your security and interests like some asshole from a Beverley Hills Cop movieat this point you employ over 50 people and not at minimum wage and you're probably not a billionaire any more because you didn't get cash, you got stock options and bought property (because property only appreciates in value, right? WRONG) and your wealth is down below 900 milnow those big banks don't really want your business as much (they'll take your money, but you'll still get put on hold) and you're having to make day to day decisions you pay normal people to come up with options for because they understand this shit and you just got a billion dollars from your pedo friend, who everybody knows aboutnow you're on a list, the president's personally confiscating your money
>>217121794They're the lesser evil in this situation, that's it, Paramount is the fucking worst.I was actually rooting for Universal to get WB, but that's clearly not an option anymore.
>>217121797>now you're on a list, the president'sthe president is also on that list lmao
>>217121782So what's the actual reason Warner keeps rejecting Paramount's offers here? What is it about being owned by Netflix that is so much more beneficial?
>>217121800I think it's more that they really don't want to be owned by Paramount.
>>217121800Because Warner has to hold to shareholder primacy by law and Paramount's offer is worse than the income shareholders would get with a Netflix sale of Warner assets plus split of the cable assets (which likely will be acquired themselves by Paramount)
>>217121800Netflix is the largest streaming platform. I don't know much about business growth stuff, but I assume they see it as a continuing growing market. Paramount is one of those that falls into the "other" categorization, at least in streaming. But again, not really that well versed in all that stuff so I don't know how that applies to the big overall picture type stuff.There's maybe the question of leadership or debt and stuff, since I think they have to borrow a fuckton of money from various people to make this potential deal happen. Saudis may have all that oil money, but they spend it on dumb shit like those "megacity" projects that end up being retarded.
>>217121790A lot of the Ellison funds are imaginary, locked up in things like AI stock.Netflix has real, hard, actual cash.
>>217121782We reached the point in history where companies now bitch and moan on social media for all to see.
>>217121782They are soooooooooooo close to finally removing the Globalist troon influence from national news. They can't fumble at the finish line.
>>217121795Have you not noticed that most billionaires now sit on Twitter and shitpost? Everyone has that dream of things they would do if they were ever fuck you rich. Now modern technology has displayed to everyone that people who become fuck you rich spend all their days shitposting on twitter. Nothing else.
>>217121800In addition to the other good points, this >>217121804Paramount can promise billions of dollars, doesn't necessarily mean shareholders will ever see it.
>>217121806I cant wait until people have enough of /pol/shits like you and start putting you rednecks in concentration camps. Charlie kirk wasnt enough
>>217121785Complain to the administration
>>217121804They pretty much have to lock up their value in something. Banks only protect up to $100K and anything else can be stolen, lost, errored out of existence etc. People with more value than that have to turn their money into something like property or stock just to have some element of security. The problem that comes from that decision is they have to pay taxes on that property, this is how dumb people lose everything. You buy a huge expensive property, but then comes the annual several million property tax, meaning your total value depreciates every single year no matter what.
>>217121786>Decoupling the globalist grip on American news and information>This is only considered "controlling" when foreign anti-american saboteurs do it
>>217121811It's crazy how much WB has been passed around in the past decade like a cheap dimestore whore and it's been nothing but a detriment to their media whenever it happens
>>217121786CNN is already the most controlled, bullshit propaganda spewing, fake news machine in all entertainment. There is NO such thing as buying it to control it, that already happened decades ago.
>>217121794Liberals are whining and screeching because their fake news told them that Paramount is kinda, sorta, maybe, an eency weency bit related to the Bad Orange Man somehow. So they are obligated to screech and bitch about it.
>>217121800Zaslav/Discovery wants to sell off the Warner film studio and some of their subsidiaries, while keeping the broadcast and cable channels. Netflix is interested in that deal while Skydance wants everything including the broadcast channels Discovery is not interested in letting go.
Just let WB die. let them die.
>>217121814>CNN is already the most controlled, bullshit propaganda spewing, fake news machine in all entertainmentHe says when Fox news exist
>>217121798> They're the lesser evil in this situationFaggots want to shorten the time window for movie theater releases to 17 days. Those guys want to kill that shit for good.
>>217121814But they didnt get hit with a 800 billion lawsuit from Dominion and kicked their top pundit for it
>>217121818Yes I do, they actually tell real news from actual sources. Not just the Obama narrative that makes damn sure to maintain a very partisan party specific story to keep voters in line. There is a huge fucking difference.
>>217121794Netflix isnt drowning in debt and can actually afford to produce new animated projects but co anons passionately hate modern cartoons so of course they dont care
>>217121820You mean the time Biden abused his position to attack news companies that did not push the Democrat fake narrative and used his appointed judges to attack free speech?Yes I had heard of that.
>>217121794Not everyone is a dumbass like you
>>217121822>and can actually afford to produce new animated projectsUhh, didn't Netflix shut down their entire animation division a few years ago?
>>217121802That's such a stupid fucking law
>>217121823i only got pieces of the story because I was too busy dealing with mandatory Biden lockdowns and fake disease panics drummed up by the White house to attack the core concept of civil liberties in the US as we know it...
>>217121819What does that mean, that a movie will only be in the cinema for 17 days and then it's pulled? >>217121821When? And Obama hasn't been relevant for 10 years now. He wasn't even in the Epstein files so why are you bringing him up
>>217121825Yep, they massively expanded their animation department back in 2019....only to shit everything down again in early 2021. This really fucked over a lot of people who were hired for big projects, moved to Los Angeles, and then were kind of fucked when Netflic laid off majority of the new hires.Some of those people only worked a couple months before Netflix laid them off.
>>217121819Pretty sure they just want to shorten the exclusivity window and put the releases up on streaming after 17 days as well rather than pull it from theaters, and regardless that isn't happening until at least 2027.
>>217121798>They're the lesser evil in this situation,No they're not. Enjoy owning nothing and having old shows/movies altered.
>>217121825Good thing WB has an animation division they can use. You act like Netflix hasnt paid for animation but Kpop demon hunters should light a fire under their ass to explore animation.
>>217121823>Stuff that never happened
>>217121828Because that's what terminally Fox News addicted freak do?You make any form of counter argument to their insane rantings an it's always >Uhh...er...uhh...b-but BIDEN!>Uhh...er...uhh...b-but OBAMA!>Uhh...er...uhh...b-but HILLARY!They kind of don't understand discourse outside of assuming you worship some politician like a golden god too and insult them to get a rise out of you. But it rarely works, they just kind of leave assuming they really triggered you in some way.
>>217121832When's the last time WB made a good cartoon?
>>217121832KDM was made by Sony let's not forget that
>>217121832>Good thing WB has an animation division they can use.Anon, do you not understand what happens after a company spends billions of dollars?Hint, they don't start spending even more money on animation, if anything Kpop Demon Hunters fucks your argument even more, because it's not like Netflix even made that, they just purchased it for cheap from Sony since Sony thought it wouldn't make any money.Netflix is unlikely to spend money producing their own animation, it makes way more sense for them to license or purchase animation made by someone else, they sure as shit won't be buying WB so they can spin up their in-house animation studios.
>>217121782Nickelodeon should end their deal with Paramount now at this point. The whole reason Trump's hillbillies owning Paramount was to takeover the news networks, right?
>>217121828>He wasn't even in the Epstein files Well duh, he wasn't Epstein's mark. Some other Mossad guy in some other island was in charge of that project. You're not dumb enough to think Jeffrey's the only one, right?
>>217121827>I was too busy dealing with mandatory Biden lockdownsthe ones that started with Trump?
>>217121835DCSHG 2019, Aztec Batman, The Day The Earth Blew Up, Jellystone, Creature Commandos
>>217121831Oh no, soon we will be getting weird twitchy 12 fingered updates to 80s movies!Get ready for Back to the Future 4, Simpsons Movie 2, 3, 4, and 5, Conan 3, Ghostbusters 6, Beetlejuice 3, Aliens Again, Terminator Ad Nauseam, Last Starfighter 2, Caddy Shack 3, National Lampoons Eternal Vacation...
>>217121782Hopefully trump stops the Netflix deal because there's clearly collusion.
>>217121836>>217121837If Netflix isnt buying WB for their cartoons, then what else for!? The Gunnverse?
>>217121832Too bad WB only ever churns out varying forms of Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes, not much else at all really. For the last 8 or so years they were only interested in big ensemble shows that just stick loads of old characters in it. They never do anything but stand around, but they are just sort of...there for nostalgia purposes.
>>217121844Anon, are you fucking serious?
>>217121841Pass on all of that.
>>217121786>Larry Ellison is desperate to own CNNGOOD!The sooner that propaganda shithouse that has been fucking over the nation is dead and gone the better.
>>217121843>Hey WB wont take Paramount's IOU note over Netflix's yacht full of money! There must be collusion afoot
>>217121844Netflix isn't buying WB to GET rights (and make more things) it's buying it to HOARD rights. So it can take all their old movies off streaming, cut physical releases, and bring the mainstream population one step closer to not being to watch anything except Stranger Things and Squid Game spinoffs. It's not about building up, it's about snuffing out competition.
>>217121846Ehh I dont know 1 IP is worth battling a corrupt president for
>>217121851It is when it's a symbol of transphobia now.
>>217121851That 1 IP is worth more than every WB cartoon over the last half-century combined.You seem to forget that HP is bigger than fucking Batman of all things.
>>217121843Trump is a ugly old shit bag.
>>217121850That could be one part of the equation but that applies to both Netflix and Paramount then. And I know Netflix is more able to take risks on new projects, which is all I want at the end of the day
>>217121839I'm not dumb enough to believe the >Pedo trafficking ring to blackmail everyoneStory you people have been going with.>>217121844>GunnverseYes, the entire DC library along with Terminator, Bladerunner, Dune, evil dead, Harry Potter, Final Destination, Friday the 13, Godzilla, lord of the rings & the hobbit, King Kong, mad max, the matrix and Lego movies to name a few franchise that WB currently has their hands on if not ownage.
>>217121828> that a movie will only be in the cinema for 17 days and then it's pulledThat’s what I’m thinking.
>>217121853Yeah it just doesnt "feel" big anymore.
>>217121846This has become more of a theme park franchise than a film franchise.
>>217121782What's the issue here, it's not like Trump is going to allow a Netflix buyout. Warner needs to eventually capitulate to Skydance now, or do it tomorrow. Either way they will be Skydance property in the future.
>>217121782This isn't a drama the tabloids are making it out to be. It's two corporations being cold and calculating.
>>217121856>TerminatorDead>BladerunnerNormies dont care>Evil DeadShould be dead>Mad MaxDead>MatrixDead>Lego movieRessurection? Lego movies would go crazy on streaming
>>217121855Netflix will occasionally have an interesting foreign show and nothing but slop domestically.
Can /pol/ leave and stop trying to make everything political again? At least mention some cartoons or some shit
>>217121782>Paramount Skydance is angry and has issued its final warninghahahah Paramount can fume all it wants but the truth is they can't do can't do jack shit about the situtation. Just give it up paramount you lost and netflix won now they own WB.
>>217121862>Dead True but merch still exist and having ownership over big important IP is always a plus. >Should be deadI heard nothing but good things about the latest movies and tv show.
>>217121863And I liked Lower Decks but thats the only Paramount thing i can think of.Netflix had She-ra, Nimona, Kipo, Kevin Smith MOTU, Blood of Zeus, Twilight of the Gods, Bojack, Long Story Short, Seis Manos, Haunted Hotel, etcWhether you think its slop or not, its a more interesting and diverse catalogue
>>217121864Unfortunately in this situation things are very political due to the following factors 1. News networks would be included in the sales 2. The sale of WB would require approval from the government 3. One company is close to the government and fully willing to repeat the current administration lies
>>217121866>I heard nothing but good things about the latest movies and tv show.Thats my ignorance then. I heard nothing new about it since the Sam Raimi remake
>>217121867All of those are disgusting.New entertainment is a lost cause to me regardless of the production companies involved, I only care about the preservation of old media. That's over with Netflix.
>>217121870Grow up manchild
>>217121828>When? And Obama hasn't been relevant for 10 years now. He wasn't even in the Epstein files so why are you bringing him upDon't bother, you're either arguing with a paid shill or an actual schizo
>>217121870Buy blurays ig
>>217121870You pirate anyway so it is preserved for you forever
>>217121798Paramount isn't gonna shit on the movie industry, how are they not the lesser evil?
>>217121819The movie theater business has been dying year after year. It's fate is inevitable.
>>217121872I have to bother my job actually requires me to argue with people who do have schizophrenia, and for those people I actually have to keep my cool and be respectful.
>>217121871>caring about preserving things makes you a manchildHow does it feel to be on the level of a Brave New World Gamma?>>217121873There won't be any more or any more releases of still-not-available material.>>217121874This requires a group of enthusiasts who have to continue to care. The internet isn't forever.
>>217121867Only a shill would bring up any of those as good, let alone all of themWith how long Netflix has been around and how much money they have it's fucking wild how they have NOTHING to show for it
>>217121867>She-ra, Nimona, Kipo, Kevin Smith MOTU, Blood of Zeus, Twilight of the GodsThose were all shit, which is probably why Netflix doesn't focus much on animation anymore, especially in-house.
>>217121824Says the retard
>>217121878>caring about preserving things makes you a manchildNo, what makes you a manchild is the fact that you only care for the old stuff. You have no interest in the new stuff or what's to come because those things are scary, you seek comfort in what you know and what you know is the stuff from childhood.
>>217121882People can't produce anything of quality anymore and if you can't see that then you're a low IQ consumer drone.
>>217121782>>217121784Verily.While Orange Jesus night have read the NY Post when he was still living at Trump Tower, he's barely paying attention to someone who can't even get trending on xshitter. So they are wasting their time feeding crap to a garbage writer for a garbage paper. If they can't get Variety or Time to write about it, the Stable Genius isn't paying attention. Not when oil companies are offering to help pay for his library.
>>217121883You couldn't recognize quality even if it slapped you in the face
>>217121782>Paramount Skydance is angry and has issued its final warningIs that a deliberate reference to the joke that is China's final warning (for those not in the know, it's an old USSR joke about China issuing 900+ "final warnings" about American air presence in Taiwan but never taking any follow up action).
>>217121879Netflix has made some good shows, it's just that pretty much none of them are animated because Netflix doesn't really give a fuck about animation.
>>217121882Ehh, things are definitely worse than they were even a decade ago, I genuinely think anon might just have higher standards than you because he's been exposed to more than you have.
>>217121888I think he's too deep in the /v/ and & /tv/ "everything is slop and bad" bullshit
>>217121889NTA I think your use of ‘slop’ and sorting of thoughts by tribe shows that you’re very very quick to jump on things other people say and do and it speaks to low discernment in general.
>>217121889I think it's the opposite, a lot of anons on /co/ genuinely have bad taste and low standards, which is something people who aren't mainly into /co/ media realize when they see /co/mrades talk about the non-/co/ media they like, which also tends to be bad.
>>217121882>You have no interest in the new stuff or what's to come because those things are scary, you seek comfort in what you know and what you know is the stuff from childhood.I like a lot of things that were created before I was alive and that I never had any exposure to when I was a kid. Just don't care for most new entertainment. Maybe it'll change again in the future, not any time soon though.
>>217121887>Netflix has made some good showsNo it hasn't
>>217121890Do you deny that those two boards in questions love to use that word and complain about everything?
>>217121853Couldn't they just buy the franchise then and not take the rest?
>>217121812Are you retarded or something, Larry Ellison is literally a CIA spook MIGA type. Who do you think the Globalists are.
>>217121893Ehh, I liked Ozark and Narcos for the most part.I'm trying to think of a show of theirs that didn't completely shit the bed by the end.Does Cobra Kai count? I've never seen it, but I've heard good things about it.
>>217121875>Paramount isn't gonna shit on the movie industryThey just announced that the new ATLA movie that was going to go to theaters is going directly to Paramount+ instead which nobody has because it's a genuinely shitty platform. /co/ doesn't care because it hates ATLA now but Paramount's essentially the same as Netflix when it comes to their respect for theaters. Netflix's offer was just better.
>>217121898That's because it's a failed production +, not because they're moving to a streaming-only format, Paramount still has billions to make in cinemas, Netflix does not
>>217121807>Have you not noticed that most billionaires now sit on Twitter and shitpost? Only Elon does that and that's because he's a retard.You don't hear shit from people like Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates.
>>217121819>want to shorten the time window for movie theater releases to 17 daysso big win for piracy?
>>217121800Warner Bros and HBO are were bought for 88 million alone. Zas thinks he can get more money from the cable side than what Paramount is offering (roughly 2-3 dollars per share where as Zas wants $5+)
>>217121832>Good thing WB has an animation division they can use.Buddy, WB Animation is a joke. What are they making right now worth a damn besides Primal?
>>217121903Smiling Friends is WB innit
>>217121790Because the oracle dollars are AI fantasy bucksThe Netflix stock is of actual real valueTime Warner, having once been bought by fucking AOL, has the institutional memory to understand monopoly money is not worth real things
>>217121901Yes. Imagine torrenting the new Superman movie in just a little over 2 weeks.
>>217121904Smiling Friends is Williams Street/Bento Box
>>217121792The billionares the offer is being made to are also Jeffrey Epstein. What makes you think billionares give a single shit about moral character?
>>217121843Trump won't do shit.
>>217121901Until we get a "cyber pandemic" to justify locking the internet up.
>>217121848>the sooner that propaganda shithouse is turned into a propaganda shithouse for my side, the better
>>217121900Bezos does his shitposting through proxies in the Washington Post opinion section
The most Trump will do is hand the cable channels to Ellison while Netflix gets the IPs to sit on.
>>217121846That shit's been box office poison for like a decade.
>>217121843lmao. corporate collusion has been de facto legal in the US for years, and even if it wasn't why would trump give a fuck
>>217121841>Aztec BatmanDon't kid yourself ese.
>>217121786It's not just that. It's Ellison's son.If we are being totally honest, Paramount has always been a small fish in the pond compared to WB, Disney, or Universal.I mean, aside from Dreamworks, you think Paramount and you notice a bit of a trend. Gladiator, Indiana Jones, Mission Impossible, Interstellar, Saving Private Ryan, Titanic, Grease, Wolf Of Wall Street, Ghost, Forrest Gump.You noticed it?Let me explain. All of these are big hit movies or franchises with heavy emphasis on star power directors and actors who could easily take their business elsewhere.There are no "paramount IPs" where the audience would be willing to give things a chance even if certain personalities weren't involved or were put into much more limited roles.Nepobabies are insecure, they need to feel like they made something of themselves because their parents are often living legends. Ellison's son wants to flip Paramount into the big Disney rival so he can feel like he's done something with his own life and in business major fashion, wants to do it the quick way
>>217121838How does a fully owned subsidiary "end their deal" with their parent company?>>217121914The first Fantastic Beasts film grossed over $800 million. The second still did over $600 million. Most studios would kill for spinoff franchises hitting those numbers.
>>151998605>YOU'RE BROWNlol
>>217121918Shit lost money to the studio and had abysmal critical response, there's a reason they cancelled bunch of proyects related to that crappy franchise anon.
>>217121918and the third, anon? You do remember there was a third one, right?
>>217121800Netflix CEO is BFFs with Zsaslov (head of WB) and the Netflix deal gives Zsaslov a huge bonus for the sale. Combined with Netflix being in bed with Obama and the DNC, who are desperate to keep the WB library from selling to a Trump supporter, especially in light of the Ellisons shit canning Colbert (a high ranking paid for DNC shill) and that owning WB means they can finally punish Rowlings for wrong think by controlling Harry Potter and perma ban a huge chunk of "problematic cinema" like Gone With the Wind.
>>217121920>>217121921That's because the movies were garbo, not because the IP isn't popular. It doesn't help that it had the wombo combo of both Johnny Depp and Ezra Miller drama. Hogwarts Legacy selling 40+ million copies should tell you that normies still love the overall franchise.
>>217121867Paramount does not really have anything or attempt to make anything outside of CSI and Star Trek. After that all they got is nostalgia for how cool their cable channels were back in the 90s. Paramount + only works for people who want to watch old MTV or Nickelodeon shit they saw as kids 30 years ago.
>>217121782Are they going to kidnap the CEO of WB? lmao.
>>217121864The fact that a ranking Trump minion is doing this to get his hands on CNN is what makes this whole situation interesting to /pol/fags. They are going to appear when talk of Skydance buying Warner comes up. They are salivating at how all the liberals will be triggered when yet another billionaire buys something they like/use in the same vein as Musk buying Twitter.
>>217121900JK Rowling counts I guess. Her days are pretty much shitposting tweets as well.
Wow, fuck Paramount.
>>217121864It IS political. Ellisons are trying to buy CNN to make it another Fox News like they and Bari Weiss did with CBS.
>>217121929It amuses me to see liberals lose their shit at the very thought of losing a false narrative propaganda factory.
>>217121841
>>217121842A couple of these are already happening
>>217121784They are a failing company desperate for a buoy.
>>217121848Yep, definitely MAGAyou do know your dear leader might’ve just got us into a fucking war, right? Thanks jackass
>>217121930I don’t even watch CNN, but it’s clear that once it goes, all the news channels would be owned by Trump lackeys and we wouldn’t get equal coverage anyway
>>217121798I would rather have Paramount takeover because I'm selfish and want my blu rays and dvds still. We just got a complete Tom and Jerry blu ray collection with its most banned cartoons. Don't stop that now.
>>217121936I just pirate everything and put it on USB sticksA physical copy is a physical copy either way
>>217121937Kind of fair. I still love restorations and commentaries.
>>217121934>Getting us into a war>by 100% avoiding the war entirely with a swift and immediate decapitation strike that took out the leader in one nightThis is why you need to quit watching globalist propaganda bullshit anon. Trump bypassed the war completely. Democrats would have instead embroiled the US into another 20+ year long engagement to enrich themselves and their masters at the expense of the taxpayer.
>>217121786Why bother? The Republicans are never winning another election ever again
>>217121782I wanted Universal to buy Warner Bros so we could have a Looney Tunes, Cartoon Network, and DC Comics areas at Universal Studios.
>>217121910Until? It's already happening. Look up digital ID and any news relating to the UK.
>>217121940You don’t think they already know that? They’re TOTALLY gonna rig the midterms
>>217121939I’m not listening to his dementia-ridden ramblings either
>>217121935All news channels are already garbage, who cares?
>>217121784Look like.Paramount: Help me! I'm bleeding out and AND running out of air!WB: Ok, hold on a sec. I'll get you right out of there and get on my way-Paramount: No, I want you to rescue me, stay with me, AND pay for my medical care!!
>>217121942I know. Believe me, I know. It terrifies me to my soul.
>>217121800>So what's the actual reason Warner keeps rejecting Paramount's offers hereImagine that you are a child in a custody battle. Your extremely wealthy, successful businessman father who is a household name in every first world country on the planet and whose global corporate empire is a competitor with Amazon and Disney wants you to move in with him, he says he's gonna buy you a playstation. Your mother, lower-middle class and working at a downsizing office who will probably lose her job in the next five years and seems to really just be clinging desperately to the idea of holding onto you as form of denial that her life is falling apart wants you to move in with her, and she says she'll buy you a playstation AND a gameboy... a-and a puppy! a-and a new bike please just choose me.Paramount's deal is "better" because Paramount-Skydance is not even in the same arena as Netflix. They HAVE to shove as much upfront cash in as possible because who the fuck is going to want to be bought up by the company whose flagship media outputs are shit like Tulsa King and Mayor of Kingstown when the other options is fucking Netflix? It was always a bluff. They were hoping that if they waved enough cash, shareholders would be tempted by the immediate gratification rather than the very obvious better investment and sell themselves to a much, much worse company for quick lump sum.
>>217121782Malding.
>>217121785Sue.
>>217121818Fox spreads outright lies. CNN spreads credible lies.
>>217121800>>217121782Paramount is on the wrong side of history.
>>217121851>>217121940the entire world CELEBRATING Venezuela's liberation might have something to say about that, anon
>>217121782https://youtu.be/ennIgqGB0Ww?t=8
>>217121953>liberationsNice "liberty" there, getting rid of their central bank and nationalized oil in order to hand it over to jews and big oil respectively
>>217121948>Your extremely wealthy, successful businessman father who is a household name in every first world country on the planet and whose global corporate empire is a competitor with Amazon and DisneyIn its dreams. In 2024 Amazon's revenue was $637.9 billion, Disney's was $94.425 billion, Netflix's was $39.0 billion and Paramount's was $29.2 billion. They're doing better than Paramount, but not by much when looking at everyone.
>>217121948This anon gets it. Netflix single-handedly disrupted a century-old method of film distribution in under a decade. They're the future.
>>217121782The very fact it's here in this headline confirms beyond all dlubt that this is a lie.
>>217121786Why havent they figured out that the things said on cnn do not win elections?
>>217121956NTA, but a few things to consider:>Amazon's film business is a fraction of their global operations>Disney has 100 years of merch and theme park sales propping them up>Netflix is a literal who without a diverse portfolio that's also worth 1/3rd of fucking DisneyIt's hard to understate Netflix's achievements when you consider that almost all of their revenue comes from selling a single product. One day people might unanimously decide to drop Netflix for Tubi, but the fact that every studio on Earth decided to follow Netflix's model instead of rebuke it proves that Netflix did something right in their eyes.
>>217121955>27 years of getting dryed up by chinks, ruskies, cubans, and mexicans with NOTHING in returnMake a census. "I rather be an USA colony" massively wins .
>>217121961I think the USA needs to be colonized and split up
>>217121962ok pedro
>>217121923The IP is not as popular as it once was anon, and given that publishing and the movie business are very liberal envornments I doubt studios are that eager to engage with it. Also,>Game shock full with niggers and troons solds 40+million copiesIt's the shitstorm over the internet and culture war dumb shit that made that shovelwear game to sell, and given how faggy the whole thing is it's not the win rightoids make it up to be.
>>217121948Mothers always win custody battles.Try again.
>>217121922so, it'll be okay for liberals to like Harry Potter again, and right wingers will stop pretending to like this garbage?
>>217121965Wrong
>>217121960>One day people might unanimously decide to drop Netflix for Tubi, but the fact that every studio on Earth decided to follow Netflix's model instead of rebuke it proves that Netflix did something right in their eyes.It proves a lot of CEOs are retarded. They abandoned a revenue model that worked for one that doesn't.
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>>217121968And what revenue model was that?
>>217121999Theaters/television, home video. Plenty of industry people over the years have complained about how streaming is so much worse for them.
>>217121968Anon you responded to >>217121960 you're completely right. That's what I was implying by "in their eyes." Media CEOs are just lemmings after the Netflix golden goose.
>>217122114No studio has given up on theaters and I doubt they will, home media could go either way and there is no difference between revenue from TV and streaming
>>217121966"Liberals" never stopped liking Harry Potter even if they dislike RowlingIts Leftists (socialists and communists) that obsess over the moral purity of supporting Rowling
>>217121782>We don't want money, we want propaganda!
>>217122261Its amazing how face off they were when Hogwarts Legacy came out.If that wasn't the biggest blackpill, I don't know what is.
>>217122261What a stupid post
>>217122306Before you respond to this post, reminder that this thread originated from /co/.
>>217122316It's stupid because you have things up, the liberals are against Rowling and the game. The socialist and communist are not Stop throwing words around when you don't understand them
>>217122351Harry Potters is one of the popular tags in Tumblr and AO3You think those arent libs, moron?
>>217121784David Ellison will use his political connections to crush their legs if WBD don't stop with this antisemitic behavior.
>>217121794Because about half of voters are women like your gf.
>>217121812>the world's largest private donor to the IDF is going to decouple American news and information from da globalishts and sheeit
>>217122437Damn you're right, it's also like you can't throw an entire ideology under one umbrella. It's almost as stupid as still trying to blame everything on Communism, you Americans really don't know shit about anything.
>>217122351Something something pot kettlesomething something
>>217121820>and kicked their top pundit for itThat's not why Tucker got fired, retard. He was literally the only one at Fox who was on air calling out Sidney Powell for pushing that Dominion stuff without evidence.
>>217122351It's insane to see how Liberals decided they hate>Tesla >Harry Potter>Twitter>All video gamesand they love Iran now.
>>217122522The election turnout numbers WAS the evidence
lefty discord raiders are here
I wonder this is the feeling that those who hated both jews and muslims equally have been feeling
>>217122516Part of discourse is informing people and by informing other people you also show your own knowledge in the area and showing how well you can present them. So what is this picture even arguing about? Certainly hope it isn't implying that the people on the right are capable of having discourse. >>217122533>Decided to hate Tesla and Twitter Remember when the right decided to just love Tesla and Twitter after shitting on both for years? Sure the left had a period where they loved Musk but when he revealed himself for what he and was not a lefties himself but only seeking validation.I also have no idea where you got the idea that they hate all video games and love Iran but when you live in a fantasy then you can make up whatever you want.
>>217121785Helicopter night raid of the WBD palace.
>>217122533Politics surely is the only reason anyone could dislike the hysterical echo chamber that throws up accounts as having made no posts until you log in and see that they've actually made hundreds of posts.God twitter is a shit website.
>>217122556I know the election was rigged. My point was was that the other hosts on Fox were being dumbasses and letting Sidney set them up for a lawsuit, and Tucker was the only one using his head. Fox only canned him because he was anti-war and didn't like big pharma.
>>217122785>Fox only canned him because he was anti-war and didn't like big pharmaAnd now he's singing the praises of pro-war Putin, and isn't his family big Pharma.
>>217122673You worship muslims. Nobody gives a single flying fuck what your take on morals is.
>>217122847what's with the reddit tier bullshit like this itt?
>A thread actually moved OUT of /co/ rather than dumped into it.Impossible.
>>217122867Again where are you getting this idea that the left loves Iran? >>217122884>Reddit tier bullshit It's 4chan tier bullshit.
>>217121782drump is gonna send the delta?
>>217122255There are plenty of articles out there explaining why this take isn't correct.
>>217123004I'd gladly read them if you can provide.
>>217121812lol lmao>posts a troon-coded pedobait cartoon while taking the pro-american anti ZOG stanceROLFCOPTER
>>217122867You worship billionaires who'll build a data center on your unmarked grave
>>217121812>>217123060Average /co/ poster, by the way.
God I hope netflix gets WB
>>217123057News sources:https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/newsletter/2024-10-08/is-streaming-a-terrible-business-john-malone-netflix-warner-bros-discovery-joker-the-wide-shothttps://www.npr.org/2023/07/24/1189240124/the-streaming-model-is-cratering-heres-how-thats-hurting-actors-writers-and-fansBlogs:https://medium.com/@saffransc/streaming-was-a-mistake-c6e635d19f45https://www.jeffrauseo.com/p/streaming-is-dead-hollywoods-profitability-problem
>>217121959Boomers and older proportionally vote more than any other age group, and they still watch cable new. In a close race, they can make a difference.
>>217122936You. You specifically love Muslims. Time to spam another South Park thread faggot.
Why do the kikes always win?
>>217122867>if you don't worship jews you worship muslims (who were imported by the former)Insipid migger. Pick up your slack jaw and go drool somewhere else.You impotent cretin.
>>217123281Not him, but are you gonna spaz spam the board for 12+ hours if I do it?You gonna keep hitting airplane mode to report bomb posts too? :^)
>>217121841Garbage.
>>217123443At least you admit it's you, cutie :)
>>217121964If Hogwarts Legacy was a brand new IP in a world where Harry Potter didn’t exist, it would have sold 3 million copies after heavy discounts and immediately been forgotten about. The game was just that mediocre.
>>217123513Actually I don't make south park threads. I do use the images you spam to see which threads make you upset and post those :^)
>>217121782how is Zaslav refusing a hostile takeoverthe idea of a "hostile" takeover is that it's hostile to management rather than shareholders
>>217122533They now love Venezuela for some reason.
>>217123997I guess Ukraine is old and busted.
>>217123732What any manager can do, tell shareholders that Paramounts offer isnt as good as Netflix
>>217122533It's insane how YOU love all that slop now and run defense for it like how the libshits did>>217123732Because it's not a good deal for shareholders if they go with paramountNetflix is offering them almost as much as Paramount for far less stuff while Paramount wants it all for what amount they've proposed
>>217121828Epstein didn't sex traffic boys. so of course obama isn't in the files.Obama got his hot dogs from other suppliers
>>217121782Ignoring the political stuff, makes me sad Netflix is getting WB because it means they will shut down their blu-ray/dvd division. Warner Archive will especially be destroyed.
>>217121786I have no idea why so many rich people want to be fucking evil/conservative.
>>217121848What would conceivably change with Ellison owning it? More pro-Israel coverage?
>>217124750Ellison is conservative as fuck and a creepy dude, bro
>>217121940You live in a two-party state with both parties following the same agenda and zero hope of another party ever gaining power because the entire media circus is devoted to maintaining the status quo.The next Democrat President will be even shittier than Trump and then the people will flip back to Republicans.Wild that there are still people who believe that politicians are the ones actually making the decisions.
>>217121822Netflix has never been profitable. I have no clue where they are getting their money from.
>>217124887Not true.>The idea that Netflix is not profitable likely stems from its earlier years of heavy investment and debt accumulation, or confusion between accounting profits (net income) and cash flow metrics. Google it.
>>217124532The richest people are largely Democrats because the Democrats bring in cheap labour to undercut the workers, regulate the markets so nobody can compete with them and give them big fat government contracts for social programs that are basically blank cheques.The Republicans also do these things but they're portrayed by the media as the nationalist party because voters are morons who are easily manipulated and telling them there are good guys and bad guys works on the majority of voters.
>>217124784He's conservative about Israel and Jewish interests.Like almost every Jew in the country and every Jewish billionaire on the planet.
>>217121826Pretty sure if you're a CEO in the USA and they can somehow prove that you acted against the shareholders best interests; you can end up in prison.
>>217121817it's already dead, this is just the stuffed body up for sale
>>217125146based ifunny poster
>>217125363Yeah, I'm sure they enforce that just as hard as they enforce all of their other laws.
>>217121951I don't watch Fox. Can you give an example of the most outright shameless lie they have spread?
>>217121866People here don't understand how valuable merchandising rights are. Fucking Simpsons underwear make millions.
>>217126644Given he thinks CNN is credible, I guess "Trans Women aren't Women" is a lying to him.
>>217121785>>217121787Buy it, the one declining the offer are the ones running it, not the investors. They will go straight to the investors. They want to skip the bloodshed because it would damage the brand.
>>217121785They will do a hostile takeover, however a mutually agreed purchase would have been preferable hence why Paramount is pissed off. They don't want to use the nuclear option but Warner Bros. thinks they can call Paramount's bluff and that Paramount will back off.If Paramount does succeed in a hostile takeover Zaslav will not be CEO anymore so clearly there's something really big at stake for him personally to make such a high-stake bet that Paramount won't do what they are saying they will do.
>>217121782they offer the most but the offers refused, bias and corporate corruption, insider trading. guess better business bureau and irs are completely worthless agencies now.
>>217121888>he's been exposed to more than you haveNot that anon, but he clearly hasn't. I very much doubt he watched all the stuff anon listed but instead just dismissed them and called them disgusting.
>>217121782Just do a direct cash tender offer to WBD shareholders if the Ellisons actually got the cash. They keep offering "cash" with a whole bunch of asterisks (only if other investors go full in, Larry Ellison will guarantee only up to certain amount, but you can't go after certain assets of Larry Ellison as collaterla if the deal collapses, etc. etc.) instead of offering actual cash.
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>>217121786So dems won by controlling CNN? Did dems fail to win 100% of the time due to falling ratings of CNN?
>>217122699>Seeing David Zaslav paraded around blindfolded by Delta Force.That would be some funny shit.
>>217121922>and that owning WB means they can finally punish Rowlings for wrong think by controlling Harry Potter WB doesn’t control Harry Potter. Rowling does. WB just rents the movie and video game licenses from her. If Netflix tries to fuck with Rowling, she will just take her IP elsewhere (probably to Paramount or Universal).
>>217125363It would be a civil, not criminal, case. No one would go to prison. At best, some investors could claim economic damages and demand compensation. It's very difficult to prove and many CEOs, including Apple's Tim Cook, openly say the choices they make are for reasons other than maximizing profit. Lawsuits sometimes are filed but they rarely go anywhere since damages are nearly impossible to prove in most cases.
>>217127669>damage the brandWB is already considered to be a shitshow full of retards. How much more damage could possibly be done at this point?
>>217121786CNN is old hat. People go to podcasts or tweets for their news, now.
