Netflix buying Warner Bros or maybe Paramount is buying Warner Bros? Update: Netflix drops out

[Mulberry Heel]

I'm not a business person, but taking on that much debt doesn't seem feasible for Paramount/Skydance in the long run unless they're able to turn massive profits very quickly. It seems inevitable that, despite their claims, they're going to have to either sell or simply shut down many of their cable TV networks and other assets to avoid bankruptcy. But as I said I'm not into business or finance so maybe there are ways they can keep juggling all these networks and streaming services and so on and keep going even with their massive debt from the merger.

 

[StoneColdHeel]

I'm not a business person, but taking on that much debt doesn't seem feasible for Paramount/Skydance in the long run unless they're able to turn massive profits very quickly. It seems inevitable that, despite their claims, they're going to have to either sell or simply shut down many of their cable TV networks and other assets to avoid bankruptcy. But as I said I'm not into business or finance so maybe there are ways they can keep juggling all these networks and streaming services and so on and keep going even with their massive debt from the merger.

I don't see it working out well for them. They just won't have the number of subscribers Netflix has. They will probably raise the price of Paramount+ and not gain enough new subscribers to make it worth it.

 

[nycfan]

[spolier — he just brushes it off as unusual but in the nature of social media bluster]

 

[JCTarheel82]

 

[nycfan]

 

[1moretimeagain]

 

[superrific]

Golden parachutes have long been ridiculous but that is the biggest one I've ever seen by a mile. One wonders if it includes gain on stock awards. Still, that's absolutely nuts.

 

[1moretimeagain]

Golden parachutes have long been ridiculous but that is the biggest one I've ever seen by a mile. One wonders if it includes gain on stock awards. Still, that's absolutely nuts.

I worked for Time Warner Cable at the time they were bought by Charter. I found it bizarre that Charter would be the buyer of a company twice it size. When the deal closed I saw that TWC’s CEO would receive a $100m payout, which amazed me, but is a far cry from the $Billion Zaslav is apparently receiving.

 

[1moretimeagain]

Here’s the breakdown. I was concerned about what he’d do regarding health insurance, so good to see that included!

 

[JCTarheel82]

Here’s the breakdown. I was concerned about what he’d do regarding health insurance, so good to see that included!

Obscene.

 

[Centerpiece]

When you sell your soul to the Devil, you expect to be compensated handsomely.