1. Preocupaciones sobre la Concentración de Poder y Monopolio.
Existe un consenso generalizado de que cualquiera de las adquisiciones (Netflix o Paramount) resultaría en una consolidación excesiva del poder mediático, lo cual es visto como perjudicial para los consumidores, la competencia y la diversidad creativa.
- A streaming giant absorbing a major studio shows just how concentrated economic power has become. Netflix acquiring warner bros. Is not just a hollywood shakeup its another step toward media consolidation. Fewer players. Bigger stakes. Shrinking public control.
- Netflix wants wb because it would give them movies shows people have real history with, and i genuinely believe gives them a backup for when streaming collapses. Paramount wants wb for greed, power, and to bolster conservative messaging through cnn both are bad, but paramount is somehow worse.
- Netflix, the worlds largest streaming company swallowing one of its biggest competitors, warner brothers, is what antitrust laws were designed to prevent . This merger is a greed-fueled consolidation of corporate power and a direct threat to the industry, consumers and jobs.
- This is turning out to be disney buying fox, part 2. Just a completely avoidable situation that consolidates more power over the media into the hands of fewer people, creating worse outcomes for pretty much everyone, consumers and producers alike.
- Without a 3rd option this appears to be lesser of 2 evils analysis. Either netflix acquires monopoly power over the entertainment and streaming market harming consumers and stakeholders, or paramountskydance and kushner are used as a content stalking horse for trump and fireign powers.
- If wb and hbo is to be sold, i would prefer netflix over anyone else. As much as netflix ceo likes trump, at least it wont give the ellisons even more power and influence.
- I dont understand enough about corporate finance to know how the paramountnetflixwb situation is working out. All i know is that zazlav and the ellisons are a far worse combo of people to give significant power to than netflix, in a choosing your evils situation.
- So the choice on the table isnt fun red app vs fun blue app. Its big tech owning a historic studio vs a mega-bundle steered by legacy media plus trump-world-friendly capital. Either way, media power keeps getting taller and narrower at the top.
- Paramount and warner bros. Is full blown power grab led by jared kushner and saudi investors who are now bankrolling the takeover people this politically connected and unaccountable gaining control of what americans watch and read should set off alarms mediatakeover kushnercorruption saudis.
- Trump threatens to block netflix-wbd deal, then paramount ceo son of megadonor larry ellison launches hostile bid hours later. Ill be involved. This is oligarchy with a press release presidential power as merger arbitrage for allies. Cnns ownership decided by donor proximity.
- Larry ellison trump paramount a scary new media combo. Ellisons buying warner bros discovery, meeting with the white house about axing cnn hosts. This isnt just consolidation its the kind of power game where press freedom is collateral.
- This is brazen corruption. Trump personally meddles in a mega-media merger while his son-in-law kushner bankrolls the rival bid. Its a shameless conflict of interest, selling power to the highest bidder.
- Hollywood unions alarmed by netflixs 72 billion warner bros deal hollywood unions and theatre owners sounded the alarm on friday over netflixs proposed 72 billion takeover of warner bros discovery, warning the deal would cut jobs, concentrate power and reduce theatrical movie releases if the.
- Netflix acquiring warners is the bad times. All media mergers are bad, as it consolidates power to an ever shrinking group of men. But this is the worst case scenario for theatres. Especially if you love experiences ie one battle after the next.
- I disagree, it should be blocked. That is too much of a single industry consolidated in one place. That makes it too easy to black list any actor, director, producer or set worker. It also makes it too easy to return to casting couches and harvey weinstein-types of power and control. This is bad.
- Because a ceo and investors want a big payday. 1 consolidation will crush the bargaining power of writers, directors, and actors 2 the change of content from movie theaters to streaming will accelerate open.substack.compubmattstol.
2. El Dilema del "Menor de Dos Males".
Muchos comentaristas ven la situación como una elección entre dos opciones indeseables: el poder de un gigante tecnológico (Netflix) o la influencia política y conservadora asociada a Paramount/Skydance, a menudo vinculada a figuras políticas controvertidas.
- Without a 3rd option this appears to be lesser of 2 evils analysis. Either netflix acquires monopoly power over the entertainment and streaming market harming consumers and stakeholders, or paramountskydance and kushner are used as a content stalking horse for trump and fireign powers.
- If wb and hbo is to be sold, i would prefer netflix over anyone else. As much as netflix ceo likes trump, at least it wont give the ellisons even more power and influence.
- I dont understand enough about corporate finance to know how the paramountnetflixwb situation is working out. All i know is that zazlav and the ellisons are a far worse combo of people to give significant power to than netflix, in a choosing your evils situation.
- So the choice on the table isnt fun red app vs fun blue app. Its big tech owning a historic studio vs a mega-bundle steered by legacy media plus trump-world-friendly capital. Either way, media power keeps getting taller and narrower at the top.
- Paramount and warner bros. Is full blown power grab led by jared kushner and saudi investors who are now bankrolling the takeover people this politically connected and unaccountable gaining control of what americans watch and read should set off alarms mediatakeover kushnercorruption saudis.
- Trump threatens to block netflix-wbd deal, then paramount ceo son of megadonor larry ellison launches hostile bid hours later. Ill be involved. This is oligarchy with a press release presidential power as merger arbitrage for allies. Cnns ownership decided by donor proximity.
- Larry ellison trump paramount a scary new media combo. Ellisons buying warner bros discovery, meeting with the white house about axing cnn hosts. This isnt just consolidation its the kind of power game where press freedom is collateral.
- This is brazen corruption. Trump personally meddles in a mega-media merger while his son-in-law kushner bankrolls the rival bid. Its a shameless conflict of interest, selling power to the highest bidder.
- Hollywood unions alarmed by netflixs 72 billion warner bros deal hollywood unions and theatre owners sounded the alarm on friday over netflixs proposed 72 billion takeover of warner bros discovery, warning the deal would cut jobs, concentrate power and reduce theatrical movie releases if the.
- Netflix acquiring warners is the bad times. All media mergers are bad, as it consolidates power to an ever shrinking group of men. But this is the worst case scenario for theatres. Especially if you love experiences ie one battle after the next.
- I disagree, it should be blocked. That is too much of a single industry consolidated in one place. That makes it too easy to black list any actor, director, producer or set worker. It also makes it too easy to return to casting couches and harvey weinstein-types of power and control. This is bad.
- Because a ceo and investors want a big payday. 1 consolidation will crush the bargaining power of writers, directors, and actors 2 the change of content from movie theaters to streaming will accelerate open.substack.compubmattstol.
3. Implicaciones Políticas y Corrupción (Trump, Kushner y Arabia Saudita).
Una parte significativa de la discusión se centra en las acusaciones de que la oferta de Paramount/Skydance está respaldada por Jared Kushner y capital saudí, y que Donald Trump está utilizando su influencia política para favorecer a sus aliados (como Larry Ellison) o interferir en el proceso.
- Paramount and warner bros. Is full blown power grab led by jared kushner and saudi investors who are now bankrolling the takeover people this politically connected and unaccountable gaining control of what americans watch and read should set off alarms mediatakeover kushnercorruption saudis.
- Trump threatens to block netflix-wbd deal, then paramount ceo son of megadonor larry ellison launches hostile bid hours later. Ill be involved. This is oligarchy with a press release presidential power as merger arbitrage for allies. Cnns ownership decided by donor proximity.
- Larry ellison trump paramount a scary new media combo. Ellisons buying warner bros discovery, meeting with the white house about axing cnn hosts. This isnt just consolidation its the kind of power game where press freedom is collateral.
- This is brazen corruption. Trump personally meddles in a mega-media merger while his son-in-law kushner bankrolls the rival bid. Its a shameless conflict of interest, selling power to the highest bidder.
- Hollywood unions alarmed by netflixs 72 billion warner bros deal hollywood unions and theatre owners sounded the alarm on friday over netflixs proposed 72 billion takeover of warner bros discovery, warning the deal would cut jobs, concentrate power and reduce theatrical movie releases if the.
- Netflix acquiring warners is the bad times. All media mergers are bad, as it consolidates power to an ever shrinking group of men. But this is the worst case scenario for theatres. Especially if you love experiences ie one battle after the next.
- I disagree, it should be blocked. That is too much of a single industry consolidated in one place. That makes it too easy to black list any actor, director, producer or set worker. It also makes it too easy to return to casting couches and harvey weinstein-types of power and control. This is bad.
- Because a ceo and investors want a big payday. 1 consolidation will crush the bargaining power of writers, directors, and actors 2 the change of content from movie theaters to streaming will accelerate open.substack.compubmattstol.
4. Impacto en la Industria Creativa y Teatral.
Los sindicatos y cineastas expresaron alarma por el impacto que la adquisición podría tener en el empleo, los salarios, el poder de negociación de los creativos y la supervivencia de los estrenos cinematográficos frente al dominio del streaming.
- Hollywood unions alarmed by netflixs 72 billion warner bros deal hollywood unions and theatre owners sounded the alarm on friday over netflixs proposed 72 billion takeover of warner bros discovery, warning the deal would cut jobs, concentrate power and reduce theatrical movie releases if the.
- Netflix acquiring warners is the bad times. All media mergers are bad, as it consolidates power to an ever shrinking group of men. But this is the worst case scenario for theatres. Especially if you love experiences ie one battle after the next.
- I disagree, it should be blocked. That is too much of a single industry consolidated in one place. That makes it too easy to black list any actor, director, producer or set worker. It also makes it too easy to return to casting couches and harvey weinstein-types of power and control. This is bad.
- Because a ceo and investors want a big payday. 1 consolidation will crush the bargaining power of writers, directors, and actors 2 the change of content from movie theaters to streaming will accelerate open.substack.compubmattstol.