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Warner Bros. Discovery, the owner of HBO, CNN and other streaming and studio businesses, said Tuesday it is putting itself up for sale

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[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

That was faster than I expected.

Hopefully someone gets it who actually cares about entertainment.

[–] JoshsJunkDrawer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I'll give you five bucks and a pack of gum. That's pretty generous, imo.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

On a related note, if you ever get a chance do a tour of the Warner Bros studio.

It is really cool and I guarantee that you will recognize some part of the studio in scenes of movies and shows you have watched.

When I did the tour they were shooting Winning Time so we got to see Michale Chiklis in full costume and makeup.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago
[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] simple@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

was it really surprising considering how much money they keep losing?

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They wouldn’t be losing money if they hadn’t added Discovery networks and Zaslav to their corp. It’s just Tine Warner/AOL all over again.

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Fair, I just didn't know it was that bad