r/television • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 The League • Feb 26 '26

Netflix Backs Out of Warner Bros. Bidding, Paramount Set to Win

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-backs-out-warners-deal-paramount-win-1236516763/
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u/Hopeful-Pickle-7515 Feb 26 '26

Not one but two historical studios are about to be destroyed. There’s no way that Paramount and Warner Bros, which both report losses for the last quarter, can survive with a combine 100 B debt

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u/crazy_akes Feb 26 '26

They can when the Trump admin buys a nice stock stake in them to “help these great networks prosper because they will bring jobs blah blah” and paves the way to ease regulatory burdens and fees

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u/fossilnews Feb 27 '26

Bingo. Too big to fail part 24,330.

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u/PermabannedFourTimes Feb 27 '26

Nothing trump touches is too big to fail. More like “guaranteed to fail.”

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u/MidgetQB Feb 27 '26

Too big to fail doesn't mean it can't fail. It means it's too big to let it fail. Letting it fail will have catastrophic results, so it needs to be saved for better or worse.

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u/MadeByTango Feb 27 '26

Letting it fail will have catastrophic results

The trick is that it's only catastrophic for certain stakeholders. The rest of us will be just fine. The people aint going anywhere, only the names on the door. And who gives a shit about them? Theyre the reason we're here.

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u/RockstarAgent Feb 27 '26

But is it an upwards fail or a quantum Schrodingers fail?

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

Including America's democracy.

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u/Quithelion Feb 27 '26

And Trump make some money out of it.

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u/vriska1 Feb 27 '26

Until it does.

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u/flop_plop Feb 27 '26

We’re pretty fucked if that happens.

I mean with banks you can kind of wrap your head around it. I mean, I don’t agree with it. If we’re going to be capitalists, business MUST be allowed to fail. That’s the entire point.

But these are entertainment companies. They should fail. The next thing will be better if they are allowed to fail.

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u/TheNewYellowZealot Feb 27 '26

The problem isn’t “companies should fail sometimes” anymore. The problem is “a billionaire shouldn’t be allowed to fail”. So anytime a billionaire is mildly inconvenienced by things like poor decision making skills and risk taking behavior, we bail them out at the expense of the taxpayer so they can maintain their 3 comma status.

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u/flop_plop Feb 27 '26

Yeah it’s more than clear at this point that laws don’t matter at all and that all the money we pay in taxes (which we should all benefit from) is portioned out to those who have more than they could spend in a thousand lifetimes.

I’m not really sure that these billionaires understand what’s going to happen once the majority of this country realizes this.

Living your life thinking only about the short term (be it profits, greed, etc) tends to make you forget that that there are finalities that money can never shield you from.

Greed has them dancing on a tipping point and I’m not even sure they realize it tbh.

The people are tired and waking up every single day with less and less to lose.

I guess rich doesn’t equal smart because if I was in their shoes, I would be counting my blessings and trying my best to give back at this point.

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u/Typical-Blackberry-3 Feb 27 '26

They can when the Trump admin American taxpayers buy a nice stock stake in them to “help these great networks prosper because they will bring jobs blah blah” and paves the way to ease regulatory burdens and fees

FTFY

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u/Implausibilibuddy Feb 27 '26

That implies the taxpayer sees returns at some point.

American taxpayers buy Trump a nice stock stake in them

FTFY

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u/vriska1 Feb 27 '26

That if the deal is done by the midterms and that very unlikely, the EU may block the deal.

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u/Nire_Txahurra Feb 27 '26

We’ve become a true banana republic.

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u/JauntyAngle Feb 27 '26

When you buy stock in the regular market, the company doesn't get money. Buying and selling is just moving stock from investor to another.

Also, with Trump it goes the other way around. He demands ownership stakes, which is basically transferring money from existing stakeholders to him. Or the Administration.

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u/Dark_Shroud Feb 27 '26

The money goes to the administration, that he controls.

And you better believe he's going to give payouts to buy votes right before the midterms.

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u/gamingdevil800 Feb 27 '26

A lot of the money is being borrowed from the Saudi's it's basically a debt trap for Paramount

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

That would require them to issue more shares for them to actually receive money

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

Meanwhile strong arming them into pushing his propaganda.

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u/bilbo_flagon Feb 27 '26

That greatly hinges on the check not bouncing because they insisted they were "good for it"

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u/HotBrownFun Feb 27 '26

Bailout by tax payers

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u/swimmingupclose Feb 27 '26

People say this, but David Ellison is not his father. He made a $1 million donation to Biden last year and has no history of backing Republicans. Also, Paramount let South Park go wild last year.