The year is 2027, China and Saudi Arabia own Superman.
gamersecret2 on
Tencent looking at a few hundred million in a Paramount Warner Bros deal tells me two things:
One, Paramount wants more outside capital to soften the debt load.
Two, everyone is trying to position themselves around a mega merger before the cost cutting hits.
The bigger worry is what always follows. Fewer greenlights, more layoffs, and more focus on safest IP while they try to pay down the leverage.
Fitch already flagged the debt problem and downgraded Paramount after the deal news.
tblake831 on
omg if this happens we’re probably gonna see even more movies catering to chinese censors.. like i get it’s business but it’s kinda sad for creative freedom.
JinSakai619 on
I thought they were trying to remove Tencent from games?
Locoman7 on
I though the deal had no shot now that the saudis are getting attacked
mrcsjmswltn on
Thats great. Lets have foreign controlling our news networks
Huzah7 on
If this goes through I’m gonna boycott Paramount so hard that…Â Â
Wait, nothing is going to change for me…
TheIngloriousBIG on
The last thing I want is the Trump administration investing in this company.
kjuneja on
In 2000 AOL bought Time Warner at near market peak.
It’s 2026 and there are strong indicators the pattern is repeating
kibordWarrior_sixty9 on
Now I will get Chinese propaganda along with the American one.
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how generous of them, fck
The year is 2027, China and Saudi Arabia own Superman.
Tencent looking at a few hundred million in a Paramount Warner Bros deal tells me two things:
One, Paramount wants more outside capital to soften the debt load.
Two, everyone is trying to position themselves around a mega merger before the cost cutting hits.
The bigger worry is what always follows. Fewer greenlights, more layoffs, and more focus on safest IP while they try to pay down the leverage.
Fitch already flagged the debt problem and downgraded Paramount after the deal news.
omg if this happens we’re probably gonna see even more movies catering to chinese censors.. like i get it’s business but it’s kinda sad for creative freedom.
I thought they were trying to remove Tencent from games?
I though the deal had no shot now that the saudis are getting attacked
Thats great. Lets have foreign controlling our news networks
If this goes through I’m gonna boycott Paramount so hard that…Â Â
Wait, nothing is going to change for me…
The last thing I want is the Trump administration investing in this company.
In 2000 AOL bought Time Warner at near market peak.
It’s 2026 and there are strong indicators the pattern is repeating
Now I will get Chinese propaganda along with the American one.