Report: Netflix in Talks To Acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (UPDATE: Paramount to Acquire Warner Bros. Discovery)

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6 minutes ago, TheOneManHerd said:

...but their creditors might. This company is about to take on a breathtaking amount of debt once the financing and WBD's existing debt is added to what Skydance already owes from buying Paramount. Expect a lot of things to be cast off in the coming years; including either the Paramount or Warner lots, parts of their library, some cable channels, maybe even broadcast properties. 

 

My guess is the first thing they get rid of are the smaller (non-top 10) CBS O&O's.

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10 hours ago, TVLurker said:

I doubt that this administration would force Skydance to divest cable channels. They'd probably be in favor of Skydance keeping everything.

If anything this administration will require Skydance keeps CNN. trump would love nothing more than for the MAGA monsters running CBS News to also run CNN. While CNN is 3rd place in the cable news ratings, it has international reach and broadcasts 24 hours a day, way more pleasing to trump than Skydance current offerings of a horribly rated morning show & 30 minute evening newscast. It simply makes no sense for a far right dictator who is obsessed with controlling media coverage to be against a far right company buying a cable news channel. 

 

On top of that, it probably makes financial sense for Skydance to keep CNN. CBS News loses millions of dollars every year. The amount of layoffs and cost saving they could do by merging CBS News & CNN would be massive. I honestly wouldn't even be surprised if CBS News is shut down entirely with CNN taking over "news" programming. I could also see them turning CNN into an openly far right outlet to compete against FOX News. 

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is anyone even interested in just CNN? will CBS News be replaced with "CNN ON CBS"?

Edited February 28 by nomadcowatbk

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15 hours ago, nomadcowatbk said:

is anyone even interested in just CNN? will CBS News be replaced with "CNN ON CBS"?

I theorize they're going to have CNN under CBS News.

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On 2/27/2026 at 6:29 AM, Reweivvt88 said:

If anything this administration will require Skydance keeps CNN. trump would love nothing more than for the MAGA monsters running CBS News to also run CNN. While CNN is 3rd place in the cable news ratings, it has international reach and broadcasts 24 hours a day, way more pleasing to trump than Skydance current offerings of a horribly rated morning show & 30 minute evening newscast. It simply makes no sense for a far right dictator who is obsessed with controlling media coverage to be against a far right company buying a cable news channel. 

 

On top of that, it probably makes financial sense for Skydance to keep CNN. CBS News loses millions of dollars every year. The amount of layoffs and cost saving they could do by merging CBS News & CNN would be massive. I honestly wouldn't even be surprised if CBS News is shut down entirely with CNN taking over "news" programming. I could also see them turning CNN into an openly far right outlet to compete against FOX News. 

There was a time I wouldn't mind hearing CBS News and CNN are merging because both names had prestige. Now they're both  dumpster fires with CBS News being the worst of the two.

 

Anderson Cooper left 60 minutes just to possibly have to face the same corporate overlords.

 

Cue The CBS Evening Situation with Wolf Blitzer  .

Edited March 1 by MediaZone4K

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21 hours ago, TVLurker said:

I theorize they're going to have CNN under CBS News.

 

That's the dream from late 90s. Viacom and Time Warner considered merging CNN and CBS News to save money several times, first around the dotcom bubble and last time after the '08 crash.

 

CBS News was going to be nothing more than a brand on the air, with CNN operating everything behind the scenes, but Dan Rather hated the idea so much he and staff leaked it to the NYTimes. He's  allegedly part reason why it fell through because CBS Newsers wouldn't give up control of the news, they wanted the reverse - take control of CNN's background ops and have it act as CBS News extension