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Peter Bart: The Warner War Catches Hollywood By Surprise … Again
The Warner War is only a month or so old with Hollywood fervently trying to compute who will be the true winners or losers. The rhetoric of corporate turf wars always sounds transformative — until it isn’t. Highflying Netflix at this moment has been on a buying spree of scripts and novels. Viewers hope that its third acts will be more definitive than Hollywood’s power plays. Filmmakers and filmgoers remember when Warners’ Steve Ross a genera…
The Netflix-Warner Brothers Merger Would Harm Streaming Subscribers. It Should Be Blocked.
Warner Bros. Discovery (“Warner Brothers”) announced on Wednesday that it is poised to reject a takeover bid by Paramount, clearing the way for Netflix to acquire Warner Brother’s studio and subscription streaming platform, HBO Max. As shown in the figure below, lifted from The Economist, Netflix and Warner Brothers comprise the first- and fourth-largest streaming platforms based on third quarter 2025 global subscribers. Hence, a merger between …
Hollywood may be in trouble, but it is still able to offer a convincing narrative: Wednesday morning it was learned that Netflix has won (for now) the right to buy Warner Bros. and HBO studio.A few hours later, it was learned that YouTube will be the new host of the Oscars.Even the clumsiest among us can understand this story: in a single day, three of the most precious assets in traditional media have been acquired by digital usurpers, internet…
If the streaming giant succeeds in buying Warner Bros., Bela Bajaria might well impose herself as the most powerful woman in Hollywood.
Netflix Warner Bros Discovery Merger Faces Opposition From Writers Guild and Industry Groups
News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/netflix-warner-bros-discovery-merger-faces-opposition-from-writers-guild-and-industry-groups/The Writers Guild of America called for regulators to block any merger involving Warner Bros Discovery as competing bids from Netflix and Paramount Skydance threaten to reshape the entertainment industry through further consolidation that could reduce jobs and…
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