WBD Acquisition Thread

Ugggh... don't you get it!?!?! Hasbro's investment on DFC is $0 now, so their share of the channel is in grave danger!
but Hasbro still own 40% of DFC and get Hasbro out require the formal meeting to discuss on future of DFC that could enable Hasbro to exit.

Just like secondary channels, DFC got very little to zero investment, so it is 100% of rerun network.

You demonstrated about Paramount buying WB would enable to push Hasbro out, so my response is not guarantee because Ellison could opt to left as unchanged.
 
I can't deny Jeff Harris's passion, but part of me feels I could write a list of IPs owned/developed by Paramount to rival the list of WB-owned IPs in his article.

And if Paramount Skydance seems to be okay with South Park's satire and Jon Stewart and co. at The Daily Show doing their thing, I'm not so sure that they would 86 John Oliver (I hope I'm right).
 
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Legendary Pictures has notably worked with both WB and Paramount. Two of Legendary's movies when WB was their primary partner were co-produced by Paramount - Watchmen (marking Paramount's first involvement in a DC theatrical adaptation since the 1940s Superman cartoons, Paramount would be involved in subsequent Watchmen adaptations too) and Interstellar (which Christopher Nolan directed when WB was his primary studio).

Legendary also co-produced the WB-distributed Detective Pikachu, the first live-action film based on Pokemon (notably, Paramount distributes the fourth through seventh anime films in that franchise for Miramax, which acquired those films when it was part of Disney). Although Paramount is now Legendary's primary studio (and they will collaborate on another video game adaptation, Street Fighter, which was originally under Sony even though Street Fighter games have never been exclusive to Sony consoles, the series actually predates the launch of the original PlayStation), since WB is now going to be under the same ownership, any further Pokemon content from Legendary should be housed in that division (as well, WB was the original distributor of the first three anime films in the West). This should also include animated content produced in the West (not the anime stuff produced in Japan), which can include animated adaptations of the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games and the Poke Park games, plus animated films turning classic cartoon characters under the WB division into Pokemon (like Bugs Bunny into a Buneary).
 
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Paramount's just gonna shut down or sell their film lot or WB's film lot now.
It is major reason that I detest Ellison.

Paramount itself is not problem but Ellison is one to caused the division and controversy.

Sad state of Los Angeles - fewer studios and they had very long history of Hollywood filmmaking.

If Paramount-WBD without Ellison, my response would be more nuanced with major concern about loss of job and fewer studios, rather than political influence.

I still fear that these people will fail to challenge this.
because the bar is very high but it won't stop them from win the lawsuit if judge believes that they would be succeed.

I still maintain that it is not over until it's over
Yeah, you are right.
 
At this rate, Columbia and Universal might end up merging in the next decade or so. If Comcast were the buyer of Columbia, they would get rid of the Sony cable channels as they got rid of the ones they owned through NBCUniversal earlier this year except for Bravo.
 
because the bar is very high but it won't stop them from win the lawsuit if judge believes that they would be succeed.
so you’re saying the people opposed to Paramount and WBD merging will succeed with their case?
 
so you’re saying the people opposed to Paramount and WBD merging will succeed with their case?
I'm saying about state attorney generals - they could win the lawsuit if they meet the high bar - they got mixed result.

Consumers related lawsuit is much harder - longshot and I can't think any M&A is blocked by consumers alone, so it has to be combined with consumers and multiple state attorney generals.
 
I'm saying about state attorney generals - they could win the lawsuit if they meet the high bar - they got mixed result.

Consumers related lawsuit is much harder - longshot and I can't think any M&A is blocked by consumers alone, so it has to be combined with consumers and multiple state attorney generals.
I've been told the Kroger's-Albertson's merger was blocked this way, so it's not impossible
 
Now that Paramount has won, here's what I think will happen.

1. Boomerang and the Cartoon Network will finally be put out of their misery.

2. Their shows will move to Nickelodeon.

3. Adult Swim will get its own network.

4. Paramount will sell out its shares of Discovery Family to Hasbro.

5. It will sell out its shares of the CW.

6. TNT and TBS will merge into a single network.

7. HBO and Cinemax will cease to exist.

8. Their programs will move to Showtime and the Movie Channel.

9. Paramount + will absorb HBOMAX.
 
I still think the lawsuits and regulatory approval will derail this.

I'm having a panic attack because WB will never recover if they breakup in the 2030s. The industry is doomed.
 
I’m still worried David Ellison will just combine both Paramount and WBD instead of putting them under a parentco.
 
I still think the lawsuits and regulatory approval will derail this.
Yes, it would be one of scenario.

I'm having a panic attack because WB will never recover if they breakup in the 2030s. The industry is doomed.
If Paramount-WBD turn out to be major disaster, so Ellison's dad could close the purse to his son and shareholders would demand David Ellison to be removed from CEO loudly, so split two studios are going to be debated and it could occur if majority of shareholders agree, however it is likely to be not same as before Paramount-WBD merger.

It will take few years to know about outcome after merger closes.

If Trump is out of office after term ends and opposing party win the trifecta, so it would drive the federal government into corrective mode, so it put the pressure on Ellison and he would be treated more harshly over politically driven merger in first place.

Not sure about how Paramount+ and HBO Max plays out.
 
The merger isn't instantaneous. It might take about a year or two to complete.

It took Disney 15 months to fully acquire Fox.

A lot can happen in that time.
Midterms are in November. So there is that.
 
Also, I have stated on multiple occasions about how 4Kids One Piece was so bad it's funny and that it could be rerun on Comedy Central. Now that CC will be under common ownership with the network that airs first-run episodes of the Crunchyroll One Piece dub, Adult Swim, it should become reality,
 
Even if Paramount/WBD does big layoffs and/or asset consolidation, it still won’t bring down their incoming debt, right?
 
Now, you can start to worry about future of WBD.

Netflix walked away surprised me and it was unexpected because I believed that Netflix would continue the fighting.

I'm totally lost the confidence in WBD and Paramount.

Not just Looney Tunes alone, RIP to CNN and all of Turner linear networks.

Oh wait, the hope isn't lost and you can hope for oversea regulators to make more difficult for Ellison since Trump can't impose more tariffs after court blocked the emergency law.
It's odd people couldn't wait until today but the time to panic begins now.

Yeah, you are right.
Even in this situation, I'm just going to see where it goes.

Despite Netflix's exit, there could be other unexpected twists and turns here.

Another well-endowed suitor could definitely put more money to pursue WarnerDiscovery in order to knock Skydance out of the water.

Or if the AI bubble crashes and Oracle gets into financial trouble, Larry refocuses his priority on that, forcing David to fend for himself on the money or pull out of the deal.

But yeah, given how the admin's involvement continues to widen on the deal, it's pretty hard to be apolitical on this.
 
Even if Paramount/WBD does big layoffs and/or asset consolidation, it still won’t bring down their incoming debt, right?
Right, it take very long time to get significant debt down.

If Paramount-WBD start to have more problem, debt would grow bigger as revenues fall and Ellison try to fund more by borrow the money.
 

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