In 1969, Warner Bros. was purchased by a company called Kinney National Service, which had made all its money running parking lots and funeral homes. (Within a couple years, Kinney spun off its non-media properties and then changed its name to "Warner Communications.")
I'm not going to lament the end of Hollywood until the new owner actually turns the Warner Bros. studios into a funeral home and/or a parking lot. > On Oct 21, 2025, at 3:40 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > I suppose all things pass, but a world without Warner Bros is going to be a > very different media world. They really are just about all that remains of > what was once Hollywood. > > But more than anything, watching the company get gutted, watching the company > get molested, all on the pretense of saving it, only to see it destroyed… > there really should be somebody who gets sued for that. > > At the very least, I ought to be able to buy the rights to the unreleased > Batgirl movie for ten bucks and a carton of Lucky Strikes. > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/warner-bros-discovery-for-sale-1236406132/ > > > 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 [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Ci4pf21w9DZap0nuGc5uH6iybD--LjFR5uyjerSHMffw%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Ci4pf21w9DZap0nuGc5uH6iybD--LjFR5uyjerSHMffw%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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/2F6D028C-3D83-470D-94F9-433D284FB11E%40ellwanger.tv.
