Possible Warner Bros, Discovery, and Paramount Merger

[Captain Dunsel]

Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global in Merger Talks

Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global have held talks about a potential merger of the two media companies, Variety has confirmed.

variety.com

 

[Lightning]

the good: one less streaming service to pay for
the bad: Zaslav controls Star Trek

 

[Borjis]

No thanks.
Move along, move along...

 

[Captain Dunsel]

So, would Star Trek on TV stay with CBS and Star Trek film rights stay with the Paramount / Warner Brothers leviathan?

 

[tgtiw]

Ugh. WBD is barely functioning as it is.

 

[Lightning]

So, would Star Trek on TV stay with CBS and Star Trek film rights stay with the Paramount / Warner Brothers leviathan?

no, CBS is a subsidiary of Paramount now, so the rights are all together.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Well….will this finally allow Star Trek SNW to be where it belongs—on The CW with their slate of YA programming?

 

[Lord Boron]

So instead of two failing steaming services it’ll all be rolled into one gigantic, failing streaming service. How convenient!!

 

[Cephus]

I honestly don't care anymore. All of these streaming services are garbage. One big pile of crap smells no better than two smaller piles of crap.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

I honestly don't care anymore. All of these streaming services are garbage. One big pile of crap smells no better than two smaller piles of crap.

 

[Riceball]

If this happens, then that means we can eventually get a Star Trek - B5 crossover.

 

[CB2001]

I hope Universal Studios remains solo and separate from any other studio.

 

[publiusr]

Down the Batpole Number One...I mean old chum.

Now that the grievances have been aired...feats of strength...my hip!

 

[Solo4114]

This is bad. David Zaslav sucks and is bad for entertainment.

 

[cboath]

Funny, when Disney was looking to buy Fox, the big anti-argument was the dwindling number of studio's and it'd be too easy to control things, etc. Haven't heard any of that raised in regards to this.

 

[Solo4114]

Funny, when Disney was looking to buy Fox, the big anti-argument was the dwindling number of studio's and it'd be too easy to control things, etc. Haven't heard any of that raised in regards to this.

I mean, in general, I'm against massive consolidation that's happening across all sectors of the economy, but that's what happens when you render anti-trust laws toothless.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Soak up the drama…

 

[blewis17]

Soak up the drama…

 

[Lightning]

David Ellison's Skydance Media explores acquiring all of Paramount Global, sources say

Skydance has made a bid. Sounds like they would take Paramount private. I don't hate this, could work out.

 

[NakedMoleRat]

Think about it, we could have Batman fighting the Borg. And he would decimate them, Because he’s BATMAN!