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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jaeger" data-source="post: 9017251" data-attributes="member: 27996">I did.Spending more money on streaming content =/= D&D Movie Profitability.That is untrue.I said:Which is Empirically True, because the President of Paramount Global Said:[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramount-global-first-quarter-streaming-loss-subscribers-1235479575/[/URL]Yes, they are throwing money at Paramount+, and they think that it will pay off in the end.That doesn't change the fact that as of now, and by their own admission, probably for most of 2023 - They will be Losing Money.It is not controversial to say that Streaming on Paramount+ will not turn around D&DHat's fortunes because they will still be losing money.The losses D&DHat incurred by the time Paramount stops losing money on its streaming platforms will be used as a tax write-off long before they are profitable.Now if you want to say that Paramount will use D&D as a loss-leader to attract people to its streaming platforms, OK. I got no problem with that.You just can't say that it will function as a loss-leader for Paramount+, and make money at the same time...Correct.The problem with argument #2 is that the Industry still uses argument #1 to determine whether or not a film is a hit or flop.As has been amply demonstrated with links to industry articles. Quoting directors and filmmakers.</blockquote>