Netflix announces deal to buy WB and HBO

[billd91]

Jake Taper and his book has made me question their integrity already. It's still my go to outside of local news but I'm more cautious. I would agree it'll get worse with Paramount, but what would Netflix do with a news network? What do they know from news?

The Netflix offer doesn't include CNN while the Paramount one does. If the Netflix deal were to go through, CNN would have to be spun off along with some other properties not part of the WB/HBO cinema family. Paramount has been negotiating for the whole enchilada.
And while traditional news hasn't exactly been covering itself with glory recently, it has the capacity to get a LOT worse.

 

[Parmandur]

Jake Taper and his book has made me question their integrity already. It's still my go to outside of local news but I'm more cautious. I would agree it'll get worse with Paramount, but what would Netflix do with a news network? What do they know from news?

The Betflix offer splits off all of the Discovery cable channels as an independent cable channel company, Discovery. Paramount wants to buy them, too.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

So glad I have stiff like CBC Gem and CraveTV in edition to American Streaming. Although honestly I watch way more YouTube shows for free then any of those combined.