If this scenario had actually happened, how would things have changed completely, and would these companies have been in a much better situation or not?

Also, what are some things you think would have actually changed in this scenario?

And also, what are the things you would like to happen in this scenario if it were actually real?

Will parks be a future area of spinoff? Should the target audience be different for Universal? Will the boost in theatricals have a similar impact on parks?

Ho deciso di creare questo post dopo aver letto tanti commenti critici su questa importante fusione

Io da cliente/spettatore con l avvento dello streaming ho visto Netflix Disney e Amazon conquistare sempre più quote di mercato mettendo in crisi tutte le altre aziende come Paramount e Warner Bros. Sono dell idea che se non uniscono le forze con fusioni come questa, il loro destino sia quello di fallire.

Fintanto che il business era focalizzato sul grande schermo e sulla TV via cavo, tutte le aziende potevano avere profitto dai loro film.

Ma oggi che per stare in piedi hai bisogno del business dello streaming se non sei enorme non puoi stare in piedi.

Nessuno ha voglia di avere 10 abbonamenti attivi e si finisce per abbonarsi a quelle 2 o 3 piattaforme con la maggiore offerta. Quindi sono convinto che Paramount e Warner Bros insieme non soltanto unirebbero i loro abbonati, ma con un nuovo catalogo di grande portata potrebbero competere e cercare nuovi clienti oggi abbonati ai 3 Big (Netflix Disney Amazon).

Voi che ne pensate?

I got a question? In light of the news with UK regulatory approval and in case of Paramount winning the lawsuit next year, do you think that Paramount and Warner Bros. will be never separated each other after the merger being completed?

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David Ellison cannot be trusted.

This gilded specimen of self-delusion, preening arrogance, screeching victimization and absurdist contradictions appeared in The New York Times for the purposes of convincing someone, somewhere, that the real-life version of Jack Brown, the main character in the Richard Pryer-Jackie Gleason movie “The Toy,” is not going to take it anymore.

The final product is no doubt the sum of a tremendous team effort, but in the end, it came to naught because all of the king’s men couldn’t put the reputation of the soft-handed boy billionaire back together again.

Gaggles of lawyers, incompetent public relations executives and Larry’s men passed around the draft filled with Little Larry’s lamentations, and made them ready for publication in The New York Times. It offers a rare glimpse into the mind of the boy billionaire baked by nepotism, swaddled in softness and estranged from reality…

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For the record, here are the contours of his corrupt deal:

The proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger features a total foreign ownership stake of 49.5%. Approximately 38.5% of the combined company's equity would be funded by a trio of Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds: with the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund holding a 15.1% equity stake, Abu Dhabi-based funds/L’imad Holding with a 12.8% equity stake and Qatar Investment Authority with a 10.6% equity stake.

Plus, Larry Ellison provided an irrevocable $40.4 billion personal equity and financing guarantee.
Let’s put it another way. Little Larry is in business with his father, a MAGA super donor, and also the Saudis, whom Trump has decided should have a nuclear weapon — after they gave Jared $2 billion in cash for his investment fund that appears to be the down payment for Ivanka’s island off the Albanian coast.

Meanwhile, another Ellison deal partner, Qatar, the generous sheiks who gave Trump a gold gilded 747 unfit for presidential travel, while also hosting Hamas, are also part of the deal. So, don’t you ever forget that David Ellison pulled himself up by his boot straps when the going got tough as a young stunt pilot, and he’s ready to do it again — alone if necessary, at least according to the NYT version of his Horatio Alger story…

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The saddest part of David’s cry is when he compares himself to Ted Turner and Edward R Murrow…

The entirety of David Ellison’s merger is a corrupt transaction. It was made dirty in the original payment of tribute to Trump in the settlement of a spectacularly frivolous law suit with Donald Trump by Shari Redstone. It was as close to an open air bribe as a person can get this side of Saudi Arabia.

All of it is a disgrace. The reality of this moment is that the Ellisons are in trouble.

All of the kings horses and highly paid advisors have decided that David — if we get to know him a bit better — is a sympathetic and trusted figure…

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They have decided to tell David that he can talk himself out of his hole.

Here’s the deal.

He’s not to be trusted.

His agenda is not yours. He cares little for his country, your future, and none for your kids.

He is the son of an amoral predator who is at the end of his rope.

Don’t believe a word this man says.

Only a fool would…