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I will vote for whatever candidate vows to break up the big media monopolies.

That reminds me, I need to cancel HBO Max.

Every company that has purchased Warner has run into financial problems and had to divest itself of Warner at fire sale rates. Most of the buyers ended up being bought themselves. The clock is ticking on Oracle.

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Eat shit Ellisons. I expect them to cancel Last Week Tonight and The Daily Show as soon as they can since both shows are critical of Trump.

His Daddy doesn't have much money for bailouts. Oracle's credit rating is right above junk, and they just had to declare force majeure on a datacenter because "whoopsie we didn't get permissions".

I hope America is thrilled with another billionaire now controlling a huge segment of everything you’ll be watching or streaming.

NYT strikes again, this is a functional monopoly use the right words

Media capture by the Epstein class.

My latest Stop the Presses newsletter explains why the Paramount-WBD merger and other attempts at right-wing "media capture" are a threat to our democracy.

Cue the layoffs

@agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov & his nitwit AG pals did this! They LET it happen!

Bootlickers rejoice!

I will miss The Pitt, but the breaks between seasons are too long anyway.

So HBO is now MAGA. Lovely. How long before John Oliver gets fired?

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There goes HBO. The enshitification of America continues undeterred.

I don’t get it. These are all production studios. Tens of thousands of creatives. But all NOT under contract. I guess they have big buildings and equipment, but most everything is rented by the project. Seems REALLY vulnerable to disruption as an asset class.

The Ellison’s win. The rest of us lose.

Gross.

As someone who worked at WB many years ago, it's more 'Breaking Heart' than 'Breaking News.'

Jake Tapper will go full MAGA now. Just watch!

Do they own HOWDY, hopefully not.

So monopoly laws just being ignored, laughed at even?

ie: a MONOPOLY.

A vast "expensive" empire.

Fuck "AI"

Skydunce

monopoly. the word you're looking for is monopoly

They’re heavily leveraged, so boycotting can definitely have an impact.

Thank you, Gavin.

It will fail, but it won't be boycotts. It will be mediocrity and oracle's collapse.

We will not be pleased with the effects of this now or later. It will cost us all.

I remember my college Media teacher doing a unit on Concentration of Ownership of the Media. It seemed more theoretical than prophetic, but looking back, boy was it instructive. Now we have it, and by wealthy, anti-democracy Fascists.

you can tell just from his face that he's a fuckface asshole

Jfc

Everybody under one roof... the level of entertainment and news media consolidation here is just insane. Skydance now controls a massive chunk of the global culture and news.

✔️Blocked CBS ✔️Cancelled Subscription

The Nepo Times is gonna be out-Nepo’d

Everyone remember to thank Gavin Newsom. Oligarchic billionaires sure are, for his constant protection of them before anyone else 🫡

Substantial percentage of ownership by the Saudi Sovereign Wealth Fund. Yeah, read that again.

everything is about to suck so much more.

skycrap

I say goodbye to DC, Warner Bros and HBO, just like I said goodbye to Star Trek, Paramount and CBS.

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Awful

The fix is in!

There goes CNN and CBS. Straight to the right, as if they weren't already leaning there. Boycott! Boycott Warner Brothers and Paramount and HBO too.

Ellison needs to be nuked out of existence. He's noting but cancer.

A vast TRUMPIAN media empire

A vast, Trump-friendly media empire

The only voice and vote we have is with our wallets and our attention. Cancel. Do not watch. Seek out other sources. The viewer counts for the reboot of the emasculated 60 Minutes sent a clear message. Make this move a financial failure.

During the roaring 20s right before the Depression, company stores were common. Employees borrowed and spent at the company store for everything including groceries. This is a version of it where news and entertainment are controlled by the company. Anti-trust? Forget it! bsky.app/profile/nyti...

And nobody should watch a God damn thing

These billionaires and their nepo scions are a danger to society. We have to take their money.

fuck