I can’t wait for both companies to get worse!
this post was submitted on 20 Dec 2023
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This is not a good thing.
Another article: https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/warner-bros-discovery-paramount-global-talks-merge-axios-2023-12-20/
Better get all the Star Trek shows on physical media before they disappear from existence lol
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Star Trek gonna get Zaslav’d.
There is no possible way this gets past antitrust... right? right‽
I mean, Disney was able to acquire 20th Century Fox without too much trouble...
The current head of the FTC is bringing the first anti-trust case in many years. She's launched cases against Google, and Amazon so far, and is investigating Facebook. That gives me some hope.
The Hollywood Reporter seems to think that hope is misplaced:
Such a deal would likely attract less regulatory scrutiny than other potential mergers, with WBD lacking any domestic broadcast network, and with mostly synergistic businesses. The biggest source of friction would likely be combining the two legacy film and TV studios.
Damn, that sucks