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Warner Bros. Discovery Buys Turkish Streamer BluTV - deadline.com - Turkey
deadline.com
29.12.2023

Warner Bros. Discovery Buys Turkish Streamer BluTV

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has acquired Turkish streamer BluTV.

International Insider: ‘Warnamount’ Shocker; Box Office Downturn; BAFTA Tweaks - deadline.com
deadline.com
22.12.2023

International Insider: ‘Warnamount’ Shocker; Box Office Downturn; BAFTA Tweaks

Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here leading you into the Christmas break with your final dash of news and analysis of the year. It’s been a blast. Thank you to regular readers for taking time out your busy schedules to give this a good ol’ glance every week. As our counterparts across the pond like to say, we appreciate you. We’ll be back in 2024 with plenty more.

What Would Warner Bros. Discovery-Paramount Merger Mean for Cable TV? Some Networks Would Likely Be Sold Off - variety.com - Hollywood
variety.com
21.12.2023

What Would Warner Bros. Discovery-Paramount Merger Mean for Cable TV? Some Networks Would Likely Be Sold Off

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Mega media merger mania is once again afoot in Hollywood with very, very early talks between Warner Bros. Discovery‘s David Zaslav and Paramount Global’s Bob Bakish about a potential merger of the two companies. Analysts and industry sources have already raised a number of questions about what a WBD-Paramount combo would look like and the effect it could have on the larger TV and film landscape.

‘Warnamount’ Merger Talk Confounds Investors And Industry: “Why Would Any Company Try To Catch A Falling Knife?” - deadline.com
deadline.com
21.12.2023

‘Warnamount’ Merger Talk Confounds Investors And Industry: “Why Would Any Company Try To Catch A Falling Knife?”

Old habits die hard. So Warner Bros. Discovery’s CEO David Zaslav just sat down with Paramount Global chief executive Bob Bakish to talk about merging, and the media business yet again confronted the possibility of a spasm of mega-deals reshaping the landscape.

Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Dip as Investors Take Stock of Potential Merger - variety.com
variety.com
21.12.2023

Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Dip as Investors Take Stock of Potential Merger

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Would the combination of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global — two companies heavily tied to the declining legacy TV biz — make financial sense? Investors reacted to news of early talks between Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount about a potential merger, which broke just prior to market close Wednesday.

Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount hold talks for potential merger - www.nme.com - New York
nme.com
21.12.2023

Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount hold talks for potential merger

Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global have held talks for a potential merger that would see two of the world’s biggest media companies join together, according to reports.The talks are in a “very early stage” and the merger may still not go ahead, sources close to the talks claim.Warner Bros.

Merger Meeting?: WBD’s David Zaslav & Paramount Global’s Bob Bakish Sit Down To Talk Possible Deal, “Preliminary” Says Source - deadline.com
deadline.com
20.12.2023

Merger Meeting?: WBD’s David Zaslav & Paramount Global’s Bob Bakish Sit Down To Talk Possible Deal, “Preliminary” Says Source

Deadline has confirmed that Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount Global have held talks on a possible merger.

Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global in Merger Talks - variety.com - New York - city Redbird
variety.com
20.12.2023

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.

Paramount Global Shares Pop On Possible Bundling Of Paramount+ With Apple TV+ - deadline.com - France - Italy - Germany - Japan - Greece - county Delta
deadline.com
02.12.2023

Paramount Global Shares Pop On Possible Bundling Of Paramount+ With Apple TV+

Paramount Global shares closed up nearly 10% Friday, leading entertainment stocks higher after the Wall Street Journal reported that Paramount Global and Apple are discussing bundling their respective streaming platforms at a discount.

Warner Bros Discovery Welcomes WB Animation & Cartoon Network Production Workers Unionization - deadline.com - city Tinseltown
deadline.com
02.12.2023

Warner Bros Discovery Welcomes WB Animation & Cartoon Network Production Workers Unionization

David Zaslav has been preaching the gospel of Tinseltown labor peace since the SAG-AFTRA strike ended, and now the Warner Bros Discovery CEO is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to his own backyard.

David Zaslav Hints At Potential Reunion With Ex-CNN Boss Chris Licht, Reflects On Jeff Zucker Exit And Reaffirms Plan To Avoid Making It An “Advocacy Network” - deadline.com - New York - county Atlantic
deadline.com
29.11.2023

David Zaslav Hints At Potential Reunion With Ex-CNN Boss Chris Licht, Reflects On Jeff Zucker Exit And Reaffirms Plan To Avoid Making It An “Advocacy Network”

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav gave former CNN chief Chris Licht a warm endorsement, even hinting at the possibility that the TV news vet could work again with the company.

TBS Cancels 2 Shows in 2023, Only 5 Original Shows Remain (Including a Show Debuting in 2024) - www.justjared.com
justjared.com
22.11.2023

TBS Cancels 2 Shows in 2023, Only 5 Original Shows Remain (Including a Show Debuting in 2024)

There aren’t that many original shows on TBS, but another one has been canceled.

‘Wonder Woman’ isn’t being designed as a live service title, according to studio - www.nme.com
nme.com
20.11.2023

‘Wonder Woman’ isn’t being designed as a live service title, according to studio

Warner Bros. has denied reports that the upcoming Wonder Woman game will be a live service title.Announced at the end of 2021, the Monolith Productions-developed title was described as a single-player, open-world action-adventure game featuring an original story set in the DC universe.

After WGA Strike, David Zaslav Says Writers Were ‘Right About Almost Everything’: ‘So What If We Overpay?’ - variety.com - New York
variety.com
15.11.2023

After WGA Strike, David Zaslav Says Writers Were ‘Right About Almost Everything’: ‘So What If We Overpay?’

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav‘s name graced many a picket sign during the Writers Guild of America’s 148-day strike, with everything from his exec comp to content-cutting choices called out in writers’ anti-Hollywood studios jokes. Now that the work stoppage is over, the writers might consider reexamining their opinion of Zaslav, who concedes the WGA was “right about almost everything.” In a profile published by Wednesday by The New York Times Magazine, Zaslav said he does not regret the concessions that the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) made to finally close that tentative deal with the writers union Sept.

‘Coyote Vs. Acme’ Melodrama: Congressman Bashes Warner Bros Discovery For “Scrapping Fully Made Films For Tax Breaks,” Calls For Federal Probe - deadline.com - Texas
deadline.com
14.11.2023

‘Coyote Vs. Acme’ Melodrama: Congressman Bashes Warner Bros Discovery For “Scrapping Fully Made Films For Tax Breaks,” Calls For Federal Probe

Texas congressman Joaquin Castro has taken to X to slam Warner Bros Discovery for axing the $70M Coyote vs. Acme for a reported $30M tax writeoff. That said, as we first reported, the studio is changing course this week and screening the film for potential buyers, i.e. Amazon Prime (a leading contender), Apple and Netflix. This pivot by studio brass was made after a weekend in which the studio’s phone rang off the hook by the creative community over the cancelling of the finished film, as well as an outcry by the pic’s composer Steven Price among others online.

‘Coyote Vs. Acme’: The Shelved Film From WB Will Reportedly Be Shopped Around To Other Studios - theplaylist.net
theplaylist.net
13.11.2023

‘Coyote Vs. Acme’: The Shelved Film From WB Will Reportedly Be Shopped Around To Other Studios

Last week, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav made news, yet again, regarding a controversial move to shelve an already-produced film.

‘Coyote Vs. Acme’ Composer Steven Price Slams Warners For “Bizarre Anti-Art Studio Financial Shenanigans” Over Pic’s Axing; Director Dave Green Is “Beyond Devastated” - deadline.com - Choir
deadline.com
10.11.2023

‘Coyote Vs. Acme’ Composer Steven Price Slams Warners For “Bizarre Anti-Art Studio Financial Shenanigans” Over Pic’s Axing; Director Dave Green Is “Beyond Devastated”

Coyote vs. Acme composer Steven Price has blasted the David Zaslav cost-cutting Warner Bros Discovery administration for axing the animated Looney Tunes hybrid live-action animated film.

Warners Scraps John Cena Starring ‘Coyote Vs. Acme’ Looney Tunes Live-Action Film - theplaylist.net
theplaylist.net
09.11.2023

Warners Scraps John Cena Starring ‘Coyote Vs. Acme’ Looney Tunes Live-Action Film

Just over a year after scrapping “Batgirl,” Warner Bros. and David Zazlav have killed off another nearly completed feature that was meant to be an HBO Max release and vaulted it instead.

Warner Bros. Shelves John Cena’s ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Movie After Filming Was Completed - variety.com - Beyond
variety.com
09.11.2023

Warner Bros. Shelves John Cena’s ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Movie After Filming Was Completed

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Another Warner Bros. movie bites the dust. The studio no longer plans to release “Coyote vs.

‘Coyote Vs. Acme’: Finished Live/Action Animated Pic Shelved Completely By Warner Bros As Studio Takes $30M Tax Write-off - deadline.com
deadline.com
09.11.2023

‘Coyote Vs. Acme’: Finished Live/Action Animated Pic Shelved Completely By Warner Bros As Studio Takes $30M Tax Write-off

In another maneuver by the David Zaslav-run Warner Bros Discovery to kill movies, we hear on very good authority that Warner Bros will not be releasing the live-action/animated hybrid Coyote vs. Acme with the conglom taking an estimated $30M write-down on the $70M production. We understand the writedown for the pic was applied to the recently reported Q3.

Noah Schnapp, Quinta Brunson and Daniel Dae Kim Celebrate Tentative SAG-AFTRA Deal After 118 Days on Strike: ‘Let’s Hope the Deal Is Fair’ - variety.com
variety.com
09.11.2023

Noah Schnapp, Quinta Brunson and Daniel Dae Kim Celebrate Tentative SAG-AFTRA Deal After 118 Days on Strike: ‘Let’s Hope the Deal Is Fair’

Selome Hailu Hollywood may soon be back in business. SAG-AFTRA has reached a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). If ratified, the new contract would end the actors union’s historic 118-day strike.

The Strike Is Over! SAG-AFTRA & Studios Reach Deal On New Three-Year Contract - deadline.com
deadline.com
09.11.2023

The Strike Is Over! SAG-AFTRA & Studios Reach Deal On New Three-Year Contract

After 118 days of the actors guild being out on strike, SAG-AFTRA and the studios have reached a tentative deal on a new contract that could see Hollywood up and running again within weeks.

WBD CEO David Zaslav “Hopeful” For Resolution To SAG-AFTRA Strike As He Touts Studios’ Final Offer; Hints At M&A – “We Could Be Really Opportunistic” - deadline.com
deadline.com
08.11.2023

WBD CEO David Zaslav “Hopeful” For Resolution To SAG-AFTRA Strike As He Touts Studios’ Final Offer; Hints At M&A – “We Could Be Really Opportunistic”

“Let me start by saying that we are hopeful we will reach a resolution to the SAG-AFTRA strike. We made a last and final offer, which met virtually all of the union’s goals, and includes the highest wage increase in 40 years, and I believe it provides for a positive outcome for all involved. We recognize that we need our creative partners to feel valued and rewarded and look forward to both sides getting back to the business of telling great stories,” Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said at the top of the company’s post-earnings call with Wall Street. He’s spoken in the same vein before about the SAG-AFTRA (and now-settled) WGA strikes — but actors are closer now with the AMPTP’s last and final offer currently being tweaked.

David Zaslav Confirms CNN Max Viewers Are “20 Years Younger” Than News Net’s TV Audience As He Pays Tribute To CNN Reporters In Israel, Gaza & Ukraine - deadline.com - Ukraine - county Anderson - county Cooper - Israel
deadline.com
08.11.2023

David Zaslav Confirms CNN Max Viewers Are “20 Years Younger” Than News Net’s TV Audience As He Pays Tribute To CNN Reporters In Israel, Gaza & Ukraine

CNN Max is attracting users who are “20 years younger” than traditional TV viewers, according to Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav.

Warner Bros. Discovery Chief David Zaslav ‘Hopeful’ for SAG-AFTRA Strike Resolution ‘Soon’ Amid Studios Adjusted ‘Last, Best and Final’ Offer - variety.com
variety.com
08.11.2023

Warner Bros. Discovery Chief David Zaslav ‘Hopeful’ for SAG-AFTRA Strike Resolution ‘Soon’ Amid Studios Adjusted ‘Last, Best and Final’ Offer

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav opened the company’s quarterly earnings presentation with remarks on the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, remaining “hopeful” that the work stoppage will end “soon” following the Hollywood studios’ move to adjust AI language in its “last, best and final offer” to the actors union. “We are hopeful we will reach a resolution to the SAG-AFTRA strike soon,” Zaslav said during WBD’s third-quarter earnings call Wednesday.

Warner Bros. Discovery Narrows Q3 Loss, but ‘Barbie’ Success Tempered by Advertising Declines - variety.com
variety.com
08.11.2023

Warner Bros. Discovery Narrows Q3 Loss, but ‘Barbie’ Success Tempered by Advertising Declines

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Warner Bros. Discovery narrowed its third-quarter loss as the media giant, grappling with billions of dollars in debt as a result of the 2022 merger that created it, saw the box-office success of “Barbie” offset by a 12% decline in advertising at its portfolio of TV networks. The owner of CNN, the Warner Bros.

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