Of course, my first thought is… this means even more movies and TV shows will be withdrawn from circulation in order for them to take tax write-offs to produce the merger savings they promised to investors.
> On Dec 21, 2023, at 1:56 PM, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Rumors about this have been swirling for a while. The Puck News folks have > been discussing pros and cons of Zaz going after Paramount Global or its > parent company, National Amusements ( with corporate finance issues at stake > way above my ability to even pretend to decode), and the original Axios story > on this says that it still could go either way. > > Of course WBD itself will likely eventually be breaking itself into pieces > and selling off to someone like Comcast. So this could be CBS and Showtime > merging with CNN and HBO and then with NBC (that is the merger that will have > real antitrust hurdles). > > The Feds will have to sort through the competition issues, but really > consolidation in the television+streaming business at least (not so sure > about film production) is inevitable and probably desirable. I will be happy > to only subscribe to a combined Max+Paramount,rather than two, hopefully with > at least some net price break. > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > On Wed, 20 Dec 2023 at 3:00 PM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com > <mailto:drunkbastar...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> Merger talks are underway. >> >> Someone in government has to cry “monopoly” at some point, don’t they? >> >> https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/warner-bros-discovery-paramount-merger-talks-1235847958/ >> >> >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AtgsyLp82%2B6ii86hb%2Bn1qaFn550jXZUQW%3DhLenB85Sbg%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AtgsyLp82%2B6ii86hb%2Bn1qaFn550jXZUQW%3DhLenB85Sbg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJwwRHLhqczOX_QbBVV_h19KksjLJGE62w%2B7PKkLFHzsw%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJwwRHLhqczOX_QbBVV_h19KksjLJGE62w%2B7PKkLFHzsw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/968D4F5C-3B44-4F9D-9A77-F7DB511EFF93%40ellwanger.tv.
