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Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros

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366 points gniting | 1 comments | 08 Dec 25 14:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.237s | source

Previously: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46160315 (1333 comments)
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ngcazz ◴[08 Dec 25 16:11 UTC] No.46194020[source]▶
No matter who wins, we lose.
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glimshe ◴[08 Dec 25 17:30 UTC] No.46195076[source]▶
If you like going to a physical theater, a Paramount victory could be slightly less bad.
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1. WorldMaker ◴[08 Dec 25 20:24 UTC] No.46197170[source]▶
Maybe? Paramount was already deep in shuffling a lot of movies to Paramount+ exclusives, and new parent company Skydance seems to have first-look deals with both Apple TV and Netflix who may or may not ask for movie projects to be streaming exclusive.

(Apple TV is nearly as bad at theatrical runs as Netflix, though admittedly some of Apple's biggest "mistakes" are in presenting things beyond Oscar-bait such as Argyle that "box office flopped", but yet it is far better for physical theaters that they tried and as a fan of physical theaters I want to keep seeing them trying.)