WBD Acquisition Thread

[RandomMe]

Since this merger is to preempt the planned split of WBD, CN and Nick should air alternate telecasts of college football games from the Big 12 and Big Ten Conferences aired on TNT and CBS, like with the occasional NFL telecasts on Nick.

For CN, that would mean Slamball-era flashbacks

 

[awinger24]

Can we not talk about crossovers? They need to hurry to block the deal otherwise it is over. WB will die unless they actually do something.

 

[glennbyrnes]

Look on the bright side. Think of all the crossovers and interactions between the CN and Nick shows and characters. For that matter, think of all the ones between the Comedy Central and Adult Swim ones. You have to admit that the possibilities are almost endless.

 

[Elijah Abrams]

Look on the bright side. Think of all the crossovers and interactions between the CN and Nick shows and characters. For that matter, think of all the ones between the Comedy Central and Adult Swim ones. You have to admit that the possibilities are almost endless.

There are only going to be layoffs and cost cutting, not crossovers.

 

[Light Lucario]

Look on the bright side. Think of all the crossovers and interactions between the CN and Nick shows and characters. For that matter, think of all the ones between the Comedy Central and Adult Swim ones. You have to admit that the possibilities are almost endless.

I don't think that the amount of hypothetical crossovers or different potential schedules are enough for a bright side here. Not with all of the people losing their jobs and the bigger ramifications of this merger. I don't think that WB is doomed and I am relatively hopeful that the deal won't go through, but focusing on potential crossovers instead of the bigger problems with this merger is missing the forest for the trees.

 

[Insidus]

Look on the bright side. Think of all the crossovers and interactions between the CN and Nick shows and characters. For that matter, think of all the ones between the Comedy Central and Adult Swim ones. You have to admit that the possibilities are almost endless.

I feel like there much won't be much of a Nickelodeon if this merger goes through I can imagine them keeping it alive for sitcoms and third party animation and hey the problem part here is that Cartoon Network international variants relied on that to keep the channel afloat.

After years of watching Teen Titans GO!, I kind of treat like SpongeBob Squarepants I don't hate either one but I'm also not that invested as I used to be.

 

[Moe]

Linear networks are already in pessimistic state before merger and now with Paramount-WBD, linear networks are much more pessimistic, especially Viacom and Turner linears.

Weigel see a bright future and of course, Disney too because of ESPN that saved linear networks.

Look on the bright side. Think of all the crossovers and interactions between the CN and Nick shows and characters. For that matter, think of all the ones between the Comedy Central and Adult Swim ones. You have to admit that the possibilities are almost endless.

Yeah but be prepared for disappointment if Paramount-WBD went wrong that is worse than AOL and AT&T.

Also, Paramount-WBD merger created a lot of pessimistic with workers in both of Paramount and WBD, so it isn't seen as bright when Ellison have to take massive debt.

There are only going to be layoffs and cost cutting, not crossovers.

Yeah, my sympathy with all workers in both studios.

I don't think that the amount of hypothetical crossovers or different potential schedules are enough for a bright side here. Not with all of the people losing their jobs and the bigger ramifications of this merger. I don't think that WB is doomed and I am relatively hopeful that the deal won't go through, but focusing on potential crossovers instead of the bigger problems with this merger is missing the forest for the trees.

I do think that crossovers from Paramount and WBD would be very small rather than widespread because creatives are too preoccupied to deal with issues at studio.

There was crossover when Paramount and WB were separated - TMNT and Batman, so it is not impossible to have crossovers within competitors as long as they cooperate with work.

Can we not talk about crossovers? They need to hurry to block the deal otherwise it is over. WB will die unless they actually do something.

Block the M&A wouldn't be quick but it is very lengthy and no one would know until regulatory review ends, so a lot of M&A failed when regulators disagreed or imposed the heavy conditions after one year.

You would need to wait for one year or more to see if M&A is approved or blocked, so posting in here won't make M&A blocked quickly nor approved quickly.

 

[RandomMe]

I prefer linear networks on US OTA partly because of Weigel doing what it does and improving its flagships (MeTV and maybe MeTV Toons). Disney XD and Disney Channel still have some variety but did not fall into temptation like Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network at its worst with dependance on just two shows all day.

 

[awinger24]

Linear networks are already in pessimistic state before merger and now with Paramount-WBD, linear networks are much more pessimistic, especially Viacom and Turner linears.

Weigel see a bright future and of course, Disney too because of ESPN that saved linear networks.


Yeah but be prepared for disappointment if Paramount-WBD went wrong that is worse than AOL and AT&T.

Also, Paramount-WBD merger created a lot of pessimistic with workers in both of Paramount and WBD, so it isn't seen as bright when Ellison have to take massive debt.


Yeah, my sympathy with all workers in both studios.


I do think that crossovers from Paramount and WBD would be very small rather than widespread because creatives are too preoccupied to deal with issues at studio.

There was crossover when Paramount and WB were separated - TMNT and Batman, so it is not impossible to have crossovers within competitors as long as they cooperate with work.


Block the M&A wouldn't be quick but it is very lengthy and no one would know until regulatory review ends, so a lot of M&A failed when regulators disagreed or imposed the heavy conditions after one year.

You would need to wait for one year or more to see if M&A is approved or blocked, so posting in here won't make M&A blocked quickly nor approved quickly.

We’re going to see the federal regulators ignore the concerns and approve the deal before September 30th.

The states need to hurry up. The UK and EU also need to act on this immediately. This is a ticking clock.

CNN will be another CBS News/Fox News clone in the midterms and past 2028 if they don’t block the merger. WB is dying and on life support and we need their help.

 

[Moe]

We’re going to see the federal regulators ignore the concerns and approve the deal before September 30th.

No, it is not straightforward as you think and there are numbers of M&A failed under Trump's watch, especially Sinclair-Tribune Media.

Federal regulators (antitrust division) are civilians are doing their job to review the merger to ensure that is in compliance with antitrust laws.

Even if Paramount gets approval from federal regulator, it is not finalized until it is approved by all of regulators in other countries and active lawsuits related to antitrust must be resolved first, especially if judge freezes the M&A.

The states need to hurry up. The UK and EU also need to act on this immediately. This is a ticking clock.

Your post didn't help but hurt yourself further.

M&A takes a lot of time and it is not done at fast timeframe, so one year is right for M&A that isn't complicated and more than one year for complicated M&A.

You need to have a patience and M&A is not something that would goes fast as you illustrated, otherwise regulators would have poor outcome nor have solid case to block if there is problematic with M&A. That is legal issues and they take a lot of time.

It is nature for court to be very slow because judge have to review the legal documents, so ruling wouldn't come in before M&A closes and if M&A gets approval, the judge would act quickly to rule based on merit to block the M&A, depends on documents from state attorney generals.

Why aren't you go to legal school? You will understand about how arduous is M&A and you would have to review the thousands of legal documents from both parties.

CNN will be another CBS News/Fox News clone in the midterms and past 2028 if they don’t block the merger. WB is dying and on life support and we need their help.

It is better for you to chill out for now because there is no way to know about outcome of M&A until next year, also Ellison's overambition with September 2026 is very impossible task for very major corporations.

There is clear - M&A cannot be finalized WITHOUT approval from ALL of regulators over the world, so if Paramount gets entangled with EU or UK regulators, so it means not going to close anytime soon as Ellison would have to extend by 90 days and extend again for other 90 days like happened to them when they deal with lengthy hold from FCC. Even regulators can hold for very long time and Ellison would lose the ground when buying WBD gets more expensive due to delay.

Ellison's overambition is to calm the investors and shareholders but it means nothing to regulators.

 

[awinger24]

It is too ambitious. I would probably wait until 2027. WB is still fine as is. The shareholder vote is March 20th.

And midterms in November could swing things. If the ticking fee is going to be bad news for Ellison, they might end up terminating the deal.

Thank you for seeing things in a more clear and understanding perspective. I won’t lose sleep over it.

 

[Nexonius]

David Zaslav Payout For WBD-Paramount Merger Unveiled

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav is set to receive hundreds of million in payments.

deadline.com

And there it is officially. The golden parachute. The vote for the biggest disaster since AOL is only a few days away.

 

[harry580]

we need to do something, we can't let Ellisons be the next elon musk, its would be the worst disaster since elon musk takeover of twitter (at least aol didnt have a movie studio but still)

 

[Moe]

we need to do something, we can't let Ellisons be the next elon musk, its would be the worst disaster since elon musk takeover of twitter (at least aol didnt have a movie studio but still)

You have to become a billionaire that own the company to derail the Paramount-WBD merger.

You can do all is file the lawsuit against Paramount for violation of antitrust laws, that is all you can do it.

 

[harry580]

You have to become a billionaire that own the company to derail the Paramount-WBD merger.

You can do all is file the lawsuit against Paramount for violation of antitrust laws, that is all you can do it.

oh well, the jokes are on me (I could use that sweet money to buy the assets of blue sky studios library & ip)

 

[Elijah Abrams]

David Zaslav Payout For WBD-Paramount Merger Unveiled

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav is set to receive hundreds of million in payments.

deadline.com

And there it is officially. The golden parachute. The vote for the biggest disaster since AOL is only a few days away.

He’s still betting the merger won’t go through since he sold his stock, correct?

 

[Moe]

oh well, the jokes are on me (I could use that sweet money to buy the assets of blue sky studios library & ip)

You can send a letter to your state attorney general to ask them to do everything to block the merger.

 

[harry580]

You can send a letter to your state attorney general to ask them to do everything to block the merger.

I guess that's means all of the forum members should do that as well, you must do it as well

 

[Moe]

I guess that's means all of the forum members should do that as well, you must do it as well

My state is extremely hardcore MAGA, hence, it is pointless for me to send a letter to Steve Marshall and he will laugh at me.

He against on Netflix buying WBD but has no problem with Ellison buying WBD, so it is absolutely 100% political, not based on interest from antitrust laws.

 

[Daikun]

David Zaslav Payout For WBD-Paramount Merger Unveiled

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav is set to receive hundreds of million in payments.

deadline.com

And there it is officially. The golden parachute. The vote for the biggest disaster since AOL is only a few days away.

I'm surprised. I thought it would be much higher.
Wouldn't the deal being declined be a bigger benefit for him, though? Doesn't Skydance owe him 10x that amount should the merger fail?