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Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros

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1741 points meetpateltech | 2 comments | 05 Dec 25 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.538s | source
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I-M-S ◴[05 Dec 25 12:51 UTC] No.46160598[source]▶
“The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us.” - Ted Sarandos in 2013

Seems Netflix won that race.

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bee_rider ◴[05 Dec 25 14:02 UTC] No.46161404[source]▶
Why would anyone want to be old HBO? Writing good scripts is hard and not rewarded.
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nielsbot ◴[05 Dec 25 16:03 UTC] No.46163105[source]▶
The rewards aren’t necessarily monetary.
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1. xp84 ◴[05 Dec 25 20:42 UTC] No.46167000[source]▶
I'd wager that those non-monetary rewards are not what drive any decisions in the Netflix C-suite.
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2. nielsbot ◴[06 Dec 25 00:10 UTC] No.46169098[source]▶
fair. i guess i was thinking more about the creative types.