#media mergers

[hezigler]

Watch "Warner Bros. Discovery And The New Batch Of Mergers – SOME MORE NEWS" on YouTube

Rightwing conservative billionaires are taking over the media.

[cucumber-pictures]

What Cucumber thinks on media mergers.

[charliejaneanders]

Media consolidation is consistently harmful. It results in unhealthy markets, endless layoffs, a reduction in diversity and quality in cable news, less competition, and a mindless race to the bottom. Yet the need for competent media regulation and antitrust reform is somehow always a distant afterthought, deemed irrelevant by the seme gentlemen who stand to benefit from our apathy.

Techdirt telling it like it is

[movies-tv-more]

Movie Home Video Releases for September 26, 2023

[smol-and-passionate]

All I’m hearing is the doom and gloom of losing the lovingly-crafted tv shows that are going to be lost in the HBO/Discovery merger. What I need is resources! Petitions! Legal suits to back! Resources to recover lost media! Unfortunately, I literally know nothing of what action we can take or where to find the media that needs to be saved! Reblog this post with resources or spread it. We need to gather information on the actions we can take, not just huddle and curse out the execs trying to save precious pennies in taxes. Show THEM we will not stand for this bullshit!

[remy]

I am the worlds luckiest comic book fan because every time a company has attempted to put one of my faves in a tv show or make a movie about them it gets stuck in production limbo and then dies before even beginning to film. I am loved

[krsonmar]

Just a rumor right now

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But by god if I have to, I will tie myself to a streetlamp outside Warner Bros headquarters singing "Henry the Eighth" nonstop for as long as it takes to save my queer pirate rom-com

[jjbizconsult]

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[n7india]

Disney, Reliance Announce Merger : डिज्नी, रिलायंस ने भारत में अपने मीडिया परिचालन के विलय का किया ऐलान

New Delhi: द वॉल्ट डिज्नी कंपनी (The Walt Disney Company) और रिलायंस इंडस्ट्रीज लिमिटेड (Reliance Industries Limited) ने भारत में अपने मीडिया परिचालन (media operations in India) के विलय का ऐलान किया है। डिज्नी और रिलायंस इस संबंध में एक बाध्यकारी समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर करेंगी। रिलायंस इंडस्ट्रीज लिमिटेड ने बुधवार को स्टॉक एक्सचेंजों को दी जानकारी में बताया कि कंपनी ने भारत में अपने मीडिया परिचालन…

[mysticdragon3md3]

FUNimation is Dead. So, What's Next...? by  Joey Bizinger

[thenewsfactsnow]

Reliance-Disney Merger: Ambani's Next Big Media Play

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), spearheaded by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, continue to be hungry for acquisition and consolidating its might in the business across sector. Reports now say that he is all set to acquire over 50 percent stake in Disney India, setting the stage for a colossal merger between the two media giants in the coming months, according to a report by Reuters. Reliable…

[headlinehorizon]

DWAC-Truth Social Merger: High-Stakes Deal Extends Deadline Amidst Scrutiny

In a dramatic turn of events, Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC) shareholders have voted to extend the deadline for the merger with Trump Media & Technology Group, the owner of Truth Social. Explore the latest news surrounding this high-profile merger and the potential impact on the social media landscape.

[bogleech]

If you’re not keeping up, Cartoon Network sold off most of its original programming over the last few years to run exclusively on HBO Max, but after a merger with Discovery, HBO has taken them all down, including those that were still in production, for what is long story short a big tax write-off.

And it’s not a simple matter of them just airing or streaming somewhere else now. It’s a very complicated issue of rights and contracts and money but essentially it’s very possible that these shows will never be available again in official capacity and their creators will never see another penny from them again, either. Some completed episodes may also be lost media, indefinitely.

For a couple of series, such as Mao Mao and Infinity Train, Cartoon Network has gone back and scrubbed all tweets, youtube clips or other mention of the series existence, confirming they likely no longer have the rights to take them anywhere else.

The tweet today by the art director of Tig N’ Seek made me saddest.

A lot of people this week have simply given up on their industry careers, seeing years of their life’s work just vanish into a corporate vault overnight. Being able to point to your work on a streaming service had apparently even become a pretty critical part of the portfolios they now rely on to get new jobs.

Streaming media went from an optimistic new frontier to even worse than cable TV so suddenly.

[untilthenexttee]

(via The Merger of '23)

[dbloom]

Nearly a decade after splitting Fox and News Corp. into two companies, they may re-merge into one entity. But Rupert Murdoch's reasons for a split then haven't aged well in the streaming era, especially after selling off most of Fox to Disney (admittedly for a whole bunch of money, which is nice to have). Will a merger, plus the Tubi and Fox Nation streaming services be enough to drive Future Fox/News (Nox? Fews?) in coming years? My latest Next TV column looks at the challenges, which will be plenty long after 91-year-old Rupert is gone. https://www.nexttv.com/news/murdochs-may-reunite-fox-and-news-corp-but-can-it-survive-a-streaming-future-bloom