I have mixed thoughts. Overall I anticipate it being a net negative. Mergers like this result in fewer jobs, lower quality products and less competition. However I love movies (check my profile if you want proof) and specifically I love going to the movie theater. Paramount has continued supporting movie theaters which is more than you can say about Netflix and Sarandos. Likewise Zaslav was just making anti-consuner decisions left and right. I can count on more than one hand the amount of times I’ve called that man a piece of shit. Not to mention Netflix’s slavish attachment to “the algorithm” just churns out a lot of slop
So while the merger is bad it’s probably the better of the two options and anything that reduces David Zaslav’s power is a net positive in my book, even if he makes a small country’s worth of money doing it
if you love movies, you should hate every merger… ALL mergers are about buying market share and eliminating competition, with no competition you will get whatever slop they think will be commercially successful and call it a day (just look at all the great IP domain Disney has ruined via acquisitions)
hmmmm I don’t see there is much room here beyond black and white…
As is, the industry would compare to 2 fairly ill individuals that still manage… after the merger it would be like having one terminal patient, one with terminal brain cancer or the other with advance Alzheimer; a difference with no distinction at that point
I have mixed thoughts. Overall I anticipate it being a net negative. Mergers like this result in fewer jobs, lower quality products and less competition. However I love movies (check my profile if you want proof) and specifically I love going to the movie theater. Paramount has continued supporting movie theaters which is more than you can say about Netflix and Sarandos. Likewise Zaslav was just making anti-consuner decisions left and right. I can count on more than one hand the amount of times I’ve called that man a piece of shit. Not to mention Netflix’s slavish attachment to “the algorithm” just churns out a lot of slop
So while the merger is bad it’s probably the better of the two options and anything that reduces David Zaslav’s power is a net positive in my book, even if he makes a small country’s worth of money doing it
if you love movies, you should hate every merger… ALL mergers are about buying market share and eliminating competition, with no competition you will get whatever slop they think will be commercially successful and call it a day (just look at all the great IP domain Disney has ruined via acquisitions)
I mean… I led with that. I don’t like the merger, but I like it more than Netflix acquiring them. There are takes beyond black and white
hmmmm I don’t see there is much room here beyond black and white…
As is, the industry would compare to 2 fairly ill individuals that still manage… after the merger it would be like having one terminal patient, one with terminal brain cancer or the other with advance Alzheimer; a difference with no distinction at that point