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Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros

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366 points gniting | 6 comments | 08 Dec 25 14:16 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom

Previously: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46160315 (1333 comments)
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notepad0x90 ◴[08 Dec 25 15:54 UTC] No.46193752[source]▶
I thought I read somewhere paramount is in survival mode, avoiding risky projects and focusing on reliable projects. This is surprising indeed.

Amazon took MGM, maybe netflix can take over paramount after it takes over warner bros?

I know people have strong opinions on this, but both from studios like warner and netflix, their quality has been subpar, i don't think this will change much in terms of risk taking. There used to be lots of more flops but lots of really good blockbusters as well. Now there are a lot less of both, it is profitable but enshittified.

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1. JumpCrisscross ◴[08 Dec 25 17:55 UTC] No.46195414[source]▶
> thought I read somewhere paramount is in survival mode

Paramount's multi-year sale process deserves an HBO miniseries. But at this point, it's a de facto LBO platform for the Ellisons.

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2. sippeangelo ◴[08 Dec 25 18:18 UTC] No.46195713[source]▶
But who's gonna produce that once Paramount owns HBO?
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3. WorldMaker ◴[08 Dec 25 20:16 UTC] No.46197071[source]▶
Apple TV will buy it from Sony.
4. JumpCrisscross ◴[08 Dec 25 20:32 UTC] No.46197249[source]▶
> who's gonna produce that once Paramount owns HBO?

Netflix.

If they win, they own HBO. If they lose, they have a beef with Ellison.

(Speaking out of my ass here. But I think there is broad underappreciation of how intensely a lot of Hollywood creatives do not want to work for a rightwinger. I imagine Netflix, Disney and others will have a bit of a bonanza over the coming years of picking up disaffecteds from Paramount et al, even assuming the latter don't wind up in bankruptcy.)

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5. alephnerd ◴[08 Dec 25 21:38 UTC] No.46197995{3}[source]▶
Don't sleep on the A24 or NEON model. I think we'll see a boom in independent film production and distribution companies over the next few years, especially with the inevitable dry powder from either deal.
6. lotsofpulp ◴[08 Dec 25 22:29 UTC] No.46198522[source]▶
The US has freedom of speech, so anyone who wants to spend money producing a tv show or movie about Paramount’s sale, regardless of HBO’s ownership.

I think it would be quite boring, though