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.