[Basket_of_Deplorables]

Enough mof these giant corporate media mergers. They’re consolidating globalist anti-freedom power.

[Renfrew]

CNN will now be run under the same umbrella as Discovery, HGTV, Food Network and many other popular channels.

[bigbob]

Makes sense to separate content creation into a standalone (or not) business.

[bigbob]

Makes sense to separate content creation into a standalone (or not) business.

[Wuli]

AT&T with the Discovery acquisition will become a totally “woke” entity, as is Discovery.

[Wuli]

I see vertical integration as another aspect of monopoly practices, and I note that the classical philosopher of “Capitalism”, Adam Smith, was no fan of monopolies and not merely because the ones in his day were government creations.

[T.B. Yoits]

...and the Dinosaur Media Deathwatch^TM continues. Live broadcast video has been dying for decades but has accelerated over the last five years.

You wouldn't recognize the Discovery lineup; it's "reality TV meets 8th grade video project". Who would record that to watch later or select it from a menu that contains everything and anything else?

[Vaduz]

Standard oil calls lawyers say about this distribution in a vertically integrated company business.