Netflix to Buy Warner Brothers? No, Paramount Skydance!

[Captain Paranoia]

Meanwhile, we've got to boycott any and all WB product and cancel HBO subscriptions on top of the Paramount ones. I'm still going to buy WAC discs though.

You mean no more Turner Classic Movies? Some of us still need our TCM fix once in a while.

I was convinced various television assets besides HBO were spun off (including TCM) amidst this. (Probably just the Mandela effect given Fox/20th Century and NBC/Universal)

[Lowry_Sam]

The merger has been approved by DOJ. Fingers crossed the state antitrust lawsuits are successful. Meanwhile, we've got to boycott any and all WB product and cancel HBO subscriptions on top of the Paramount ones.

Just as Warner Archives increases its output & finally starts releasing the titles people have been begging for.

Paramount's poor quality makes them a bit easier to boycott.

[Finch]

I wouldn't presume to tell people what they should do but subscription cancellations is the only language the Ellisons will understand. Screaming at the people who voted for Trump or stayed home in 2024 doesn't fix this.

[Lowry_Sam]

Hopefully Imprint releases the complete Alfred Hitchcock Presents + Hour (remainder) on blu-ray soon, not that I would pay for Paramount+.

[Matt]

You mean no more Turner Classic Movies?

I'd truly and seriously rather die. I can boycott this up to a certain point—I don't and won't subscribe to Paramount+, I have taken CBS off my channel listings—but at a certain point you just have to throw up your hands and try to live the best life you can. The way my tax dollars are being used is much more harmful than the meager amount of dollars I throw at TCM and WAC to try to enjoy this life I'm stuck in.

[Drucker]

I wouldn't presume to tell people what they should do but subscription cancellations is the only language the Ellisons will understand. Screaming at the people who voted for Trump or stayed home in 2024 doesn't fix this.

Disagree. Think these people are happy to lose money and destroy these media outlets they control rather than have them. Making money is not important to them.

[ChunkyLover]

You mean no more Turner Classic Movies? Some of us still need our TCM fix once in a while.

Yeah, TCM has definitely been reliable for me when it comes to showing a film that I'm on the fence for a blind buy.

[Lowry_Sam]

One of thee few nice things about being in the SF Bay area is having the Stanford Theaatre. Double features of classic films on 35 mm for $7 in an Egyptian art deco theater with a balcony. A must visit for any TCM fans visiting the SF/SJ area,

It would be nice if TCM was spun off into the Criterion Channel.

[flyonthewall2983]

The merger is stalled for two weeks as a judge has paused it in consideration of the lawsuit pending against it by a coalition of a dozen US states

[hearthesilence]

Paramount said on Friday that it has now agreed to halt its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery until June of next year at the latest, extending a shorter pause imposed by a federal judge in California this week, while a judge considers a lawsuit from state attorneys general who sued to block the deal.

[Stefan Andersson]

"David Ellison Told Top Execs Paramount Will Exit California If AG Refuses To Negotiate On WBD Deal"
https://deadline.com/2026/08/david-elli ... 237031004/

[Lowry_Sam]

Katie Phang's news update on current developments.

[hearthesilence]

This plane was spotted flying over Paramount today. Trade papers have already reported on it.

[Lowry_Sam]

This plane was spotted flying over Paramount today.

I think the names on that sign need to be swapped.

[reaky]

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/21/paramou ... erger.html

[Finch]

Very sceptical these independent editorial boards will make a difference. For fucks sake Rob Bonta.

[dwk]

A complete abomination. All they had to do to stop this thing was drag it out to next summer when Zazlov could kill the deal and get a massive payout from Paramount.

[domino harvey]

Literally not a single brave person in a position of power these days

[Mark L.]

Very sceptical these independent editorial boards will make a difference. For fucks sake Rob Bonta.

LA film industry deserves a lot of blame for this. They made it clear that they believed Ellison’s threats about leaving California and used every bit of weight they had to come out in favor of a settlement. Nolan’s DGA letter is just the most high profile example of this and it seems politicians in California got the message.