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WR810 t1_j9sbqo7 wrote
Reply to comment by vitorgrs in Warner Bros. Discovery Sees $2.1 Billion Loss in Q4 After Big Writedown; Ad Sales Tumble by Neo2199
>It's that simple actually.
Again, I'm telling you that it's not.
Discovery didn't create billions in debt. That debt existed on a AT&T balance sheet from well before the merger. Discovery just moved that debt from AT&T's balance sheet to their balance sheet in return for Warner Brothers (basically). The liabilities attached to Warner Brothers were nothing new.
As per my second comment we would see cuts and reductions in Warner Brothers if AT&T sold or not because AT&T was in debt and because AT&T mismanaged Warner Brothers.
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Reply to comment by vitorgrs in Warner Bros. Discovery Sees $2.1 Billion Loss in Q4 After Big Writedown; Ad Sales Tumble by Neo2199
>Read again.
What you did say was "you now need to make the new company profitable" as if Warner Brothers' mismanagement were substitutable. If Discovery hadn't purchased Warner Brothers then AT&T would have had to make similar cuts at some point.
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Reply to comment by vitorgrs in Warner Bros. Discovery Sees $2.1 Billion Loss in Q4 After Big Writedown; Ad Sales Tumble by Neo2199
AT&T already wasn't profitable with Warner Brothers.
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Reply to comment by vitorgrs in Warner Bros. Discovery Sees $2.1 Billion Loss in Q4 After Big Writedown; Ad Sales Tumble by Neo2199
Obviously new debt was created to pay off the old debt.
The point was Warner Brothers and its properties have been mismanaged well before Discovery and was a major albatross around AT&T's neck. We would see reductions like this even if Discovery hadn't borrowed the money to buy Warner Brothers because the last owner was also indebted.
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Reply to comment by Jaguarluffy in Warner Bros. Discovery Sees $2.1 Billion Loss in Q4 After Big Writedown; Ad Sales Tumble by Neo2199
> wall street no longer cares about subscriber numbers - they care about profitability now
Netflix didn't post so good of numbers but Wall Street ran with the stock because they added some seven million new subscribers.
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Reply to comment by vitorgrs in Warner Bros. Discovery Sees $2.1 Billion Loss in Q4 After Big Writedown; Ad Sales Tumble by Neo2199
AT&T was deep in debt and that's a major reason they sold Warner Brothers.
The debt wasn't new, it just has a new owner.
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Reply to TIL about the birthday effect. A statistical phenomenon where an individual's likelihood of death appears to increase on or close to their birthday, variously attributed to alcohol consumption, psychological stress, increased suicide risk, and other factors. by Deechon
Not to be ghoulish but my goal has been to die on my birthday (far in the future, when I am very old).
Something about that symmetry appeals to me.
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Reply to TIL that Simo Häyhä AKA the sniper White Death kept a Winter War diary, that was discovered in 2017 from his nephew's drawer, when a local museum was looking for memorabilia for an exhibition on Häyhä by Nopatme
I'm continually amazed with Hollywood hasn't done a movie about the White Death.
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Reply to comment by WeDriftEternal in Vince McMahon Wants $9 Billion for His WWE Wrestling Media Empire by Sisiwakanamaru
Generally corporate buyouts run a 30% premium. It's certainly high but not as unreasonable as some are saying. It's a basic sales technique to start the conversation high as an anchoring device and let the counterparty talk you down to something more reasonable.
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Reply to comment by ncghgf in Why don't the other networks promote their shows the way NBC does ? by vanillathebest
This was basically my thought. There's a reason the best joke on 30 Rock was "make it 1997 again by science or magic".
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Not saying McMahon will get it but a ~30% premium is about right for buyouts.
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Reply to comment by CanadianGurlfren in TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje
It's takes a special kind of tunnel vision to look at all the wars of conquest and say "privately owned means" is at fault. It's as ridiculous as the "I did that" Biden stickers on gas pumps.
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Reply to comment by Yosemitejohn in TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje
Redditors when they learn there are more economic systems than capitalism & communism and socialism.
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Reply to comment by CanadianGurlfren in TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje
Imperialism isn't unique to capitalism.
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Reply to comment by Gulbahar-00 in TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje
> Leopold was capitalist practiced mercantilism.
There are plenty of bad things you can say about capitalism but when you have state monopolies, captured markets, and lack free trade that's mercantilism.
Edit: do you really believe the overseas private property of a European monarch was practicing capitalism?
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Reply to comment by teacher_comp in What are some shows that were advertised to one demographic, but became successful outside of the target demographic? by blqckwidow
What are you doing looking at your students horse dildo?
(I don't know if I meant this sarcastically or not.)
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Reply to comment by KeepAwaySynonym in TIL cholera was reintroduced to Haiti after a century by UN peacekeepers responding to the 2010 earthquake. The resulting outbreak was the worst on record, killing 10,000 and infecting 820,000. by theworkinglad
Globalism is also a force for global peace. Nations that trade are far less likely to go to war.
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Reply to comment by flanderguitar in BuzzFeed says it will use AI to help create content, stock jumps 150% | CNN Business by KennyFulgencio
That's still 75% more than yesterday.
But it's currently 35% less than its 52-week high and 65% less than its all-time high. 52-week and all-time high don't really matter but it's fun context.
I can't find the 200-day moving average without logging into my account but I'd be interested in knowing what that number is.
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Reply to comment by dasheeshblahzen in What popular TV shows ended and will NEVER get a reboot / spin-off series? by ericdeben
I know this doesn't have a lot to do with what you said but there was a Golden Girls spinoff called Golden Palace.
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Reply to comment by robreddity in What popular TV shows ended and will NEVER get a reboot / spin-off series? by ericdeben
Or WALTER.
Or Trapper John.
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Reply to TIL the 1979 cult classic The Warriors was based on the ancient story of the Anabasis, wherein Xenophon and his group of Greek mercenaries attempt to escape from Persia after the death of Cyrus. by kevlarbuns
This is one of my dad's absolute favorite movies. I've probably watched this fifty times in my life.
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Reply to comment by pho1234 in CNN Considers Content From Bill Maher, Warner Bros. Discovery Talent by exophrine
>make it 1997 again by magic or time travel
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Reply to comment by beormalte in Coinbase to slash 20% of workforce in second major round of job cuts by ChocolateTsar
A very good friend of mine did something similar and used that money to open a nerd store.
He's killing it. The weekend I helped him they did over twenty grand in sales. He's living the American dream.
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What If and Yellowjackets.
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Reply to comment by SeanOuttaCompton in Warner Bros. Discovery Sees $2.1 Billion Loss in Q4 After Big Writedown; Ad Sales Tumble by Neo2199
Do you think Netflix is going bankrupt?