Netflix to Buy WB

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https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/05/neflix-warner-bros-discovery-deal.html

Goodbye theater releases and even more algorithm based slop
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Big purchase, especially since WB controls HBO. I wonder what this looks like for streaming services going forward.
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In reply to MW03 • 8:22a, 12/5/25
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MW03 said:
Big purchase, especially since WB controls HBO. I wonder what this looks like for streaming services going forward.


They will definitely rename HBOmax again.
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Trump with the Lee Corso, "No so fast my friend."
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In reply to Sea Speed • 8:39a, 12/5/25
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Netflix will finally be able to use Qwikster
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8:43a, 12/5/25
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Do not like this at all.
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In reply to Saxsoon • 8:43a, 12/5/25
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Saxsoon said:


Goodbye theater releases and even more algorithm based slop



Maybe, but I think this will be the Netflix way to keep their identity of "No theaters".

Netflix will be able to stick with that, but instead use the Warner Bros brand to do their movie theater movies.





It could be like Disney saying the Disney brand does not release R-Rated movies or shows, but Touchstone and Hulu will.
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In reply to vmiaptetr • 8:49a, 12/5/25
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vmiaptetr said:
Trump with the Lee Corso, "No so fast my friend."


One of his cronies was interested in buying WB. Corruption as usual.
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In reply to schmendeler • 8:55a, 12/5/25
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vmiaptetr said:
Trump with the Lee Corso, "No so fast my friend."


One of his cronies was interested in buying WB. Corruption as usual.

Nah, he just wants to milk a deal out of them for something of value. Why drag it out with lawyers when you can just go public and scare them into giving you something for free in return.
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In reply to javajaws • 9:00a, 12/5/25
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/trumps-billionaire-buddy-david-ellison-enlists-saudis-to-buy-warner-bros/

*Shrug*
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In reply to schmendeler • 9:04a, 12/5/25
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schmendeler said:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/trumps-billionaire-buddy-david-ellison-enlists-saudis-to-buy-warner-bros/

*Shrug*

Well, Jared Kushner DID just broker a deal for the Saudi's to buy EA (Electronic Arts)...so you never know!

Then again EA is a crap company so he might have been doing us a favor.
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Deal is for the WB film studio and HBO Max streaming serivce. The Discovery Networks cable channels are being spun off. I think they missed a golden opportunity to combine CNN with Looney Tunes.
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How long until there are so many mergers that we are back to one streaming option for $200 a month just like the days when we had only one option for cable tv and were at their mercy.
Disclaimer: Views expressed in this post reflect the opinions of Texags user bonfarr and are not to be accepted as facts or to be accepted at face value.
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In reply to torrid • 1:02p, 12/5/25
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torrid said:
Deal is for the WB film studio and HBO Max streaming serivce. The Discovery Networks cable channels are being spun off. I think they missed a golden opportunity to combine CNN with Looney Tunes.

Don't ever diss Looney Tunes like that
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This feels like a monopoly antitrust issue for these two to combine. I know there are still plenty of other production companies but still not in love with it.
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This is a good argument for the pro-Netflix-buying-WB camp, seeing as, if sold to Netflix, far more people at WB would keep their jobs vs if WB sold to Paramount. That said, should the Netflix deal somehow go through, I would argue that with the amount of theaters eventually lost due to fewer movies eventually being in theaters, industry-wide job loss would be worse in the long run...


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In reply to TCTTS • 6:22p, 12/5/25
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would argue that with the amount of theaters eventually lost due to fewer movies eventually being in theaters, industry-wide job loss would be worse in the long run...


I don't think I've ever thought of people that work in theaters as being in the"movie industry" yes maybe the executives and higher ups. But the vast majority of people that work in theaters I think would be a stretch to think of them being in the industry.

Theoretically there's a world where Netflix makes more movies and makes more money for everyone because they aren't having to split revenue with distributors or theaters.
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Didn't really have an opinion until I saw the writers guild is against it...


Now I really want it to go through
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In reply to Pichael Thompson • 8:28p, 12/5/25
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Not only is 99% of Hollywood is against it, the Trump administration is against it too. It's one of the few truly "bipartisan" issues.

But sure, you do you...
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In reply to TCTTS • 8:33p, 12/5/25
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Post a few more tweets please.
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In reply to GrapevineAg • 8:35p, 12/5/25
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Sick burn. Super original too.
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In reply to TCTTS • 8:37p, 12/5/25
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Have a great night!
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If the unions are against it, it must be a good thing.
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In reply to TCTTS • 8:45p, 12/5/25
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Since when has Trump and 99% of Hollywood ever agreed on anything?
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In reply to Quad Dog • 8:49p, 12/5/25
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That's... the point. Just read the news. I'm not making it up. The only people for this deal are Netflix, David Zaslav, and his cronies.

Trump wants Paramount to win because Paramount is already bending the company to his will (including CBS News). Paramount gets Warner Bros and that's another studio he'll have "on his side," which would include CNN. That's not a critique on my part either, just... what's happening... and would be a hundred times better than Netflix ending up with WB.

For the health of the industry, Hollywood doesn't want Netflix to take over WB, but the "why" ultimately doesn't matter. The point is, Hollywood and Trump are aligned, just for different reasons.
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Really great pod covering every angle of the deal/situation so far…

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Just my .02 cents, but anybody who cares about quality in their t.v. shows and movies should be against any deal that gives Amazon and Netflix more power, exclusive rights to IPs, or eliminates their competitors. Neither of those two companies have proven that they can consistently put out quality products.
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Kill HBO and all we have left is AppleTV.
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In reply to Quad Dog • 10:44p, 12/5/25
Quad Dog said:
Since when has Trump and 99% of Hollywood ever agreed on anything?


Gotta be an epstein joke in there somewhere.
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