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Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros

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Re: Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros

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Post by omnimus »

feb012025 wrote: post #68

The most concerning aspect for me is the obvious and conspicuously-timed consolidation of these companies under David Ellison. Within the past few months he's taken control of Paramount, CBS, The Free Press, and now he's working on Warner Bros. From everything I've seen he's basically an ideologue, and has already re-structured CBS to align with his vision. Just something that seems very out in the open yet kind of p…

Aren't all of the super rich ideologues? Ellisons father Larry for sure is. So is Ruppert Murdoch.

The only interesting thing about David Ellison is that his politics are different (slightly to the center) from his father. That's uncommon in those circles.

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Post by squigz »

gorgoiler wrote: post #251
1970-01-01 wrote: post #225

All I can say is welcome back to torrenting. This perpetual "same shit deal for consumers, different corporation" problem doesn't end until copyright kicks the media into public domain. Until then, you can play their content reindeer games[1] or you can download a copy of Reindeer Games[2] and watch it without worrying about ownership foofaraw. [1] https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/reindeer-games [2] predb.me

I looked for a modern, trending show on predb.me ( Pluribus ) and the results were unweighted, without any comments or votes, and sorted by upload time. They were also multiplied out by broadcast language (at least for German, “iTalian” and “MULTI”.) I know it’s not meant to be perfect but it was kind of a backed up toilet of results. It would be a lot nicer if I could see a social network of torrenters and locate th…

I'm not sure why someone would browse for torrents on predb, unless I'm missing something. It lists releases, it doesn't provide downloads or magnets or anything.

Use literally any torrent indexer (I use 1337x) and you'll be able to see # of seeders/leechers to determine popularity.

Re: Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros

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Post by digitaltrees »

renegade-otter wrote: post #275

Jared Kushner's firm? I am pretty sure about who is going to win....

the fact that this is credible should scare every entrepreneur. If you cant compete on an even playing field because some people have direct government involvement in tipping the scales we are neither a free market economy nor a democracy.

Re: Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros

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Post by andsoitis »

salawat wrote: post #233
ls-a wrote: post #188

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn't that imply that Netflix was planning to do the same (for their party)? Or are you saying Netflix is innocent here

Netflix and those involved hasn't conclusively metamorphosed into a Larry Ellison-esque state of Lawn Moweriness. Make no mistake, it (Netflix) is still a billionaire corp; on the humanity scale, it scores quite low, but not lawn mower low. They're still outside the Ellison event horizon.

> it (Netflix) is still a billionaire corp

What does that mean?

Re: Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros

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Post by digitaltrees »

When did silicon valley shift from "making the world a better place through disintermediation of relational data structures" to "own the means of production, control all government and bring back public hanging for masculine leadership"? Are they immature enough to think that people will just accept this without pushback? This is not the SV I believed in, and it won't end well for anyone.

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Post by NBJack »

i80and wrote: post #235
dabockster wrote: post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That, plus fewer studios mean less creativity goes to the mainstream. If you thought AI slop was bad, go re-watch Star Wars Episode 8.

I mean, 8 was easily the most functional of the new trilogy, if a somewhat overly ambitious muddle, so that's a bad example. There is a real problem with too many sequels and adaptations though.

If 8 had followed through on its narrative promises, it would have had a chance. But unfortunately, much like a modern LLM that exceeds its context window, it lost its way in the final act.

As for sequels, we are at a weird time in history. Due maybe in part just how prevalent media is and how easy (relatively) it is to create, we've been super-saturated in "like X but with Y" stories. We have dedicated websites mapping tropes. It's hard to come up with anything that hasn't been done a few million times. AI will probably accelerate that, and I can't say I know what comes next.

Re: Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros

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Post by digitaltrees »

dabockster wrote: post #166
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It looks like it. $2.8bn by Warner Brothers to Netflix [1]. If the vote looks close, Paramount would be expected to raise their bid to cover that cost. [1] https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065280/000119312525... 8.3(a)

The failed merger and similar clawback clause between Kroger and Albertsons is currently destroying a significant part of the supply chain for food in the Pacific Northwest. Grocery stores that have been open for 50-75 years - stores where whole neighborhoods and towns were built around - are closing forever, leaving those areas as food deserts. Either way, this entertainment merger is going to get ugly. Consumers ar…

Sounds like an opportunity to open grocery stores.

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Post by omnimus »

gorgoiler wrote: post #251
1970-01-01 wrote: post #225

All I can say is welcome back to torrenting. This perpetual "same shit deal for consumers, different corporation" problem doesn't end until copyright kicks the media into public domain. Until then, you can play their content reindeer games[1] or you can download a copy of Reindeer Games[2] and watch it without worrying about ownership foofaraw. [1] https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/reindeer-games [2] predb.me

I looked for a modern, trending show on predb.me ( Pluribus ) and the results were unweighted, without any comments or votes, and sorted by upload time. They were also multiplied out by broadcast language (at least for German, “iTalian” and “MULTI”.) I know it’s not meant to be perfect but it was kind of a backed up toilet of results. It would be a lot nicer if I could see a social network of torrenters and locate th…

TPB and its mirrors still work fine. Then there is Stremio, a media player with support for plugins and once you acquire the the torrenting kind you got yourself a netflix. Streaming torrents is cool.

Re: Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros

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Post by omnimus »

zoklet-enjoyer wrote: post #250
1970-01-01 wrote: post #225

All I can say is welcome back to torrenting. This perpetual "same shit deal for consumers, different corporation" problem doesn't end until copyright kicks the media into public domain. Until then, you can play their content reindeer games[1] or you can download a copy of Reindeer Games[2] and watch it without worrying about ownership foofaraw. [1] https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/reindeer-games [2] predb.me

I don't even care anymore. There have been so few TV shows or movies that I've wanted to watch in the past decade. Books, podcasts, YouTube, music, and older movies for me. I got sick of the Marvel movies somewhere around the first Avengers movie. I don't think anything currently on TV interests me other than Bob's Burgers

Oppressed cultures often produce the best work. This might be amazing opportunity for Hollywood.
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