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   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 9/12/2025 10:00 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:   
   > Dimensional Traveler  wrote:   
   >> On 9/11/2025 2:39 PM, Ted Nolan  wrote:   
   >>> In article <109vdin$2um8a$1@dont-email.me>,   
   >>> Your Name   wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Paramount Looking to Purchase Major Movie Studio   
   >>>> ------------------------------------------------   
   >>>> In a surprising new report, it seems like DC could be under   
   >>>> new management soon, as two major companies are looking to   
   >>>> come together.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What do we know about Paramount looking to buy Warner Bros.   
   >>>> Discovery?   
   >>>   
   >>> What would be the point of this?  Paramount already has/is a studio, right?   
   >>>   
   >>> The only reason to buy WB would be for the IPs like DC, Looney Tunes,   
   >>> Casablanca etc.  Seems like they need separate those out somehow   
   >>> and not get stuck with a bunch of obsolete studio stuff (AI is coming...)   
   >>> and declining cable assets.   
   >>   
   >> There is some speculation that the Ellison's are trying to buy up as   
   >> many media companies as possible to build an effective monopoly.   
   >>   
   >   
   > There are rules against that.   
   >   
   There _used_ to be rules against that.  Currently a contribution to the   
   right person suspends any rule.   
      
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