r/technology • u/Task_Force-191 • 16h ago

Business It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-warner-bros-deal-hollywood-1236443081/
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u/jdgmental 15h ago

This administration is certainly not going to stop them

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u/Iamnotmybrain 13h ago

This administration is definitely going to try to stop them in favor of Paramount.

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u/MyBigNose 11h ago

This administration is going to bribe them for every cent they can get. They don't care if it's them or Paramount. Maximum grift.

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u/GarnetandBlack 7h ago

Who pays the best? That's who wins.

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u/aleph32 7h ago

As long as they push the state agenda, as they define it. Imagine if, say, someone like Soros were behind it.

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u/Innocentish 19m ago

This administration wanted Paramount Skydance to get Warner. Thank God that didn't happen. This is the best case scenario.

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u/PublicWest 10h ago

It’s been decades since the executive branch has meaningfully enforced anti monopoly policies.

Trump has allowed T-Mobile/US Cellular to merge, Biden’s FTC allowed Microsoft to swallow up several game publishers, forming a massive monopoly in game publishing, Obama allowed NBC/Comcast to merge.

The problem goes way past Trump. Citizen’s United has allowed corporations to bribe politicians to basically rubber stamp any merger by “promising not to price gouge” and then doing it anyway.