Warner Bros signs $110B deal with Paramount
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Warner Bros signs $110B deal with Paramount
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#2This is such a strange deal, and I can't tell if they're really smarter than I think they are, but I can't imagine trying to run any kind of right-leaning entertainment company having Taylor Sheridan, acknowledging that you have Taylor Sheridan by calling him a "singular genius and content creator" and then driving him away months later because you keep meddling in his creative work.
If I was trying to turn Paramount into a like right-leaning culture war friendly entertainment company, I would have given Taylor Sheridan whatever he wanted, and changed the name to "Paramount, brought to you by Taylor Sheridan".
I remember when this first started, I thought to myself, how are you going to bring back 80's style American jingoism with only one director doing it, then I find out it was worse then that, because they drove that one director away.
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#3Netflix: I’ll own you both soon
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#4Netflix: I’ll own you both soon
3 years, eh?
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#5This is such a strange deal, and I can't tell if they're really smarter than I think they are, but I can't imagine trying to run any kind of right-leaning entertainment company having Taylor Sheridan, acknowledging that you have Taylor Sheridan by calling him a "singular genius and content creator" and then driving him away months later because you keep meddling in his creative work. If I was trying to turn Paramount…
Remember they also own Star Trek, which is on the other end of the spectrum, and has been pushing further left.
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#6Netflix has the distribution already, it doesn't need legacy IP. Paramount is betting that combining DC, Harry Potter, GoT, Top Gun, and Star Trek under one roof creates enough gravity to survive. Maybe, but aggregators tend to win online and content suppliers compete each other down to cost.
I covered the competing bids when this was still an open question: https://philippdubach.com/posts/not-logan-roy-netflix-vs.-pa...
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#7If Netflix had won they would have shut down HBO Go, oops I meant HBO Now, oops I meant HBO Max, oops I meant Max, oops I meant HBO Max.
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#8Netflix has the distribution already, it doesn't need legacy IP. Paramount is betting that combining DC, Harry Potter, GoT, Top Gun, and Star Trek under one roof creates enough gravity to survive. Maybe, but aggregators tend to win online and content suppliers compete each other down to cost. I covered the competing bids when this was still an open question: https://philippdubach.com/posts/not-logan-roy-netflix-vs.-p…
You really think Paramount cares about the IP and not just controlling the platforms to wield political power?
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#9Related:
Netflix Backs Out of Warner Bros. Bidding, Paramount Set to Win
Re: Warner Bros signs $110B deal with Paramount
#10Netflix has the distribution already, it doesn't need legacy IP. Paramount is betting that combining DC, Harry Potter, GoT, Top Gun, and Star Trek under one roof creates enough gravity to survive. Maybe, but aggregators tend to win online and content suppliers compete each other down to cost. I covered the competing bids when this was still an open question: https://philippdubach.com/posts/not-logan-roy-netflix-vs.-p…
You really think Paramount cares about the IP and not just controlling the platforms to wield political power?
Yes, 100%.
If they wanted the policial platforms and had offered to buy them from Warner as standalone for a tenth of the cost Warner would have snapped their hand off.
They need the IP for scale. That is what this is about.