The Trump “Department of Justice’s” “antitrust division” dumped its unsurprising approval of the terrible Paramount Warner Brothers merger late on Friday in the hopes people wouldn’t notice it. As we’ve noted the $111 billion megadeal is a historically harmful mess. Backed by billions in Saudi and Chinese cash (raising all sorts of foreign media influence […]
Paramount is clearly getting nervous about the growing opposition to its $111 billion merger with Warner Brothers, which is being intensely criticized for dodgy overseas funding, its dire impact on journalism, and the inevitable mass layoffs, consumer price hikes, and shittier overall product that always results from debt-fueled mega-media consolidation. There’s a certain desperation creeping […]
There’s just an exhaustingly long list of reasons why the $111 billion planned acquisition of Warner Brothers by Larry Ellison and Paramount is very, very bad. Bad for consumers, bad for labor, bad for journalism, bad for democracy, and bad for markets. For one thing, it’s financed by a bunch of murderous overseas autocrats. The […]
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Netflix to focus on building original franchises after failed Warner Bros bid Failures like “Electric State” illustrate the challenges Upcoming releases include ‘Narnia’, ‘Scooby-Doo’ LOS ANGELES — After losing its bid for Warner Bros Discovery’s WBD.O rich trove of characters and stories, Netflix is forging ahead with the challenging work of building culture-defining franchises on its own. Chief…
More than 1,000 top Hollywood professionals ranging from Glenn Close to Denis Villeneuve have signed off on a new letter opposing the merger between Larry Ellison’s Paramount/CBS and Warner Brothers, warning that the massive $111 billion deal will result in unprecedented layoffs at a time when Hollywood, and American consumers, are already reeling from layoffs […]
We’ve repeatedly noted how the Ellison family’s acquisition of Warner Brothers (after their recent acquisitions of CBS and a part of TikTok) would be very bad for a long list of reasons. The gargantuan debt load will result in unprecedented layoffs and price hikes. And the Saudi funding, and Larry’s anti-democratic interests, raise no limit […]
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Warner Bros wins 11 awards on movies’ biggest night Paramount’s $110 billion deal to reshape Hollywood studios Industry fears consolidation amid streaming, labor pressures LOS ANGELES — Warner Bros WBD.O emerged as the biggest winner at the Academy Awards on Sunday, though the mood was clouded by its pending $110 billion sale to Paramount Skydance PSKY.O, a deal reshaping Hollywood’s […]
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