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Warner Bros signs $110B deal with Paramount

36 points by Vitamin_Sushi

by regus

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If Netflix had won they would have shut down HBO Go, oops I meant HBO Now, oops I meant HBO Max, oops I meant Max, oops I meant HBO Max.

by techblueberry

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This is such a strange deal, and I can't tell if they're really smarter than I think they are, but I can't imagine trying to run any kind of right-leaning entertainment company having Taylor Sheridan, acknowledging that you have Taylor Sheridan by calling him a "singular genius and content creator" and then driving him away months later because you keep meddling in his creative work.
If I was trying to turn Paramount into a like right-leaning culture war friendly entertainment company, I would have given Taylor Sheridan whatever he wanted, and changed the name to "Paramount, brought to you by Taylor Sheridan".
I remember when this first started, I thought to myself, how are you going to bring back 80's style American jingoism with only one director doing it, then I find out it was worse then that, because they drove that one director away.

by 7777777phil

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Netflix has the distribution already, it doesn't need legacy IP. Paramount is betting that combining DC, Harry Potter, GoT, Top Gun, and Star Trek under one roof creates enough gravity to survive. Maybe, but aggregators tend to win online and content suppliers compete each other down to cost.
I covered the competing bids when this was still an open question: https://philippdubach.com/posts/not-logan-roy-netflix-vs.-pa...

by yieldcrv

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by weirdmantis69

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Seems like they are overpaying a lot considering what Disney paid for marvel and Star Wars.

by cyrusradfar

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Anyone already cancel Paramount+ and is a little frustrated you can't do it again?
Would make my eve to hear any folks who are going to cancel in protest of this continued consolidation.

by chadpaulson

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by ChrisArchitect

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Related:
Netflix Backs Out of Warner Bros. Bidding, Paramount Set to Win
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47173583