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Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros

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1741 points meetpateltech | 1 comments | 05 Dec 25 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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moolcool ◴[05 Dec 25 13:38 UTC] No.46161112[source]▶
https://theonion.com/just-six-corporations-remain-1819564741...
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skeeter2020 ◴[05 Dec 25 14:05 UTC] No.46161435[source]▶
What's funny is that Onion article uses "a blockbuster $112 billion deal" because in 1998 a figure that high was so preposterous it helped with the parody. They'd need to add a few zeros today.
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1. dvngnt_ ◴[05 Dec 25 21:49 UTC] No.46167845[source]▶
> A spokesperson for the newly formed Bank One-Chase Manhattan-MCI-WorldCom said the company plans to cut 92,000 jobs this month.

They're pretty close with the headcount though