WBD Acquisition Thread

[zakawer2]

They do have European divisions, though.

Which are still ultimately owned by American corporations anyway. This isn't a purely European media conglomerate buying another purely European media conglomerate.

 

[themidnightlore]

They do have European divisions, though.

European divisions that will get destroyed by Paramount... Yeah, not looking forward to what they're gonna do in Italy, in UK (as I can't see 5 living in harmony in the same house as Quest and TLC) and Poland (TVN has its days counted?)

 

[RandomMe]

They do have European divisions, though.

European divisions that lost their localization and quality control.

 

[Moe]

No, not on extreme scale as Paramount-WBD.

I heard very, very, very heavy criticism with Paramount but it was much smaller when Disney bought 20th Century.

I believe that Ellison used political as tool to push the M&A that deeply divided the community since Disney avoid the political.

You may heard few hates like Disney closed Blue Sky Studios but most people didn't care about it as few in here like Harry sees as big deal.


My big hope for his Paramount-WBD to be stalled as long as possible to make extremely expensive for Ellison to eat, also lawsuit to stop this M&A.

Oops, I means 20th Century, not Fox.

 

[PF9]

If the combined company calls itself Skydance Corporation, they can adopt this logo, but putting the word "Corporation" under it:

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[awinger24]

If the combined company calls itself Skydance Corporation, they can adopt this logo, but putting the word "Corporation" under it:

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I rather see WB treated separately whether Skydance buys them or not.

 

[RandomMe]

I rather see WB treated separately whether Skydance buys them or not.

I don't think so

 

[awinger24]

I can’t see all of Nickelodeon’s IPs crossing over with WB’s own.

 

[RandomMe]

I can’t see all of Nickelodeon’s IPs crossing over with WB’s own.

I don't know if there won't be IP mixing too.

 

[awinger24]

I'm not going to speculate about what happens with after M&A.

Merger and acquisition is unpredictable and there is no way to know about M&A would be approved, also there is court battle in the circle. You could end up overblown instead. The prediction on post-M&A is more of impossible because we didn't know about Zaslav's tax write off after merger closed.

I'm going to do is wait and see. You would be embarrassed if your projection gets wrong.

Already embarrassed because this is too hyperbolic. I don’t think the Ellisons are that anti-animation.

 

[PF9]

Along with MLB on TBS adopting the 1990s MLB on CBS theme, there should also be a youth-oriented MLB highlights show on Nickelodeon modeled on NFL Slimetime, and alternate broadcasts of select TBS-aired games on Nick, which if they involve the Tigers, can feature commentary by Lynn from The Loud House (which is set in a fictional Detroit suburb).

 

[Moe]

I don’t think the Ellisons are that anti-animation.

I don't perceive Ellisons as anti-animation and my concern would be very major cut to both studios after merger is closed unless they want debt growing larger and larger.

If Paramount-WBD merger went bad, it could lead to fragmentation, so it wouldn't be same Paramount nor WBD prior to merger. That's kinda like THQ that went breakup after bankruptcy.

 

[JulianRO]

In two days, the shareholders vote.

 

[awinger24]

$500 Million Exit: David Zaslav Is Leaving Warner Bros. a Rich Man — but He’d Love to Stay Around Even Longer

Even WBD staff is frustrated with the board and shareholders.

 

[JUS28]

$500 Million Exit: David Zaslav Is Leaving Warner Bros. a Rich Man — but He’d Love to Stay Around Even Longer

Even WBD staff is frustrated with the board and shareholders.

What took them long enough to realize this I'll never know. But it wouldn't have never happened if AT&T had not bought Time Warner in the first place!

 

[Elijah Abrams]

$500 Million Exit: David Zaslav Is Leaving Warner Bros. a Rich Man — but He’d Love to Stay Around Even Longer

Even WBD staff is frustrated with the board and shareholders.

Will this discontent change anything though, even with the shareholders?

 

[Moe]

In this forum.

Paramount-WBD:

Apple-Disney:

Amazon-WBD:

Netflix-WBD:

Paramount-WBD-NBCUniversal:

Will this discontent change anything though, even with the shareholders?

I doubt that is going to change the shareholders' minds because they are very thirsty for money.

Shareholders would eat dollar stew that cooked with US dollars and USDA Prime steak.

 

[RandomMe]

Paramount-WBD-NBCUniversal:

For me that would be overkill. That and enabling NBC and CBS under one roof unless a CBS Corporation artifice was set up.

 

[Moe]

For me that would be overkill. That and enabling NBC and CBS under one roof unless a CBS Corporation artifice was set up.

Yeah, it means antitrust laws would be totally broken.

 

[RandomMe]

Yeah, it means antitrust laws would be totally broken.

The sad fact is that the EU has relaxed its laws to make such a takeover possible.