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‘Anti-monopoly nightmare': Sen. Warren blasts Netflix-Warner Bros. deal
NBC Connecticut ^ | December 5, 2025

Posted on 12/06/2025 2:17:30 PM PST by DoodleBob

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If this bloated septuagenerian is against the deal, it’s gotta be a good deal.


1 posted on 12/06/2025 2:17:30 PM PST by DoodleBob
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I guess I like the Babylon Bee take on this. It looks like we could get most of the trash in the same place and make it easier to find the few good things remaining.

10 Changes Coming To Warner Bros Films After Netflix Acquisition

https://babylonbee.com/news/10-changes-coming-to-warner-bros-films-after-netflix-acquisition?utm_source=The%20Babylon%20Bee%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email

2 posted on 12/06/2025 2:26:17 PM PST by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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Lizzie might actually have a valid point here. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. But I really don’t care. I canceled my NetFlix and cable subscriptions long ago. The only streaming media I consume is on YouTube.


3 posted on 12/06/2025 2:26:21 PM PST by rbg81 (=)
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> Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren blasted Netflix's planned acquisition of Warner Bros. <

I heard that Warren is just upset because Netflix rejected her “Cherokee Like Me” idea for a talk show.


4 posted on 12/06/2025 2:27:02 PM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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Unless you are using a military clock...


5 posted on 12/06/2025 2:27:59 PM PST by GMThrust
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You hypocrite!

That is NOTHING compared to your MULTI-TRILLION $ UNCONSTITUTIONAL FEDERAL GOV’T BEAST POISED TO TAKE OVER THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!!!!


6 posted on 12/06/2025 2:28:53 PM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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“ “A Netflix-Warner Bros. would create one massive media giant with control of close to half of the streaming market — threatening to force Americans into higher subscription prices and fewer choices over what and how they watch, while putting American workers at risk,” Warren said in a statement.”

Not sure about Americans losing their jobs, but buy a fire stick, go to you tube and someone will walk you through formatting a stick with anything you want on it. Enough people do that, they will lower prices just to shut it down. (I claim no knowledge nor do I endorse this practice)


7 posted on 12/06/2025 2:30:21 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Quiet! Quiet Piggy!)
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What a blowhard she is? Who does she represent? There has to be huge money behind her.


8 posted on 12/06/2025 2:32:06 PM PST by Racketeer
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Harpy, scold, harridan

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9 posted on 12/06/2025 2:33:32 PM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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L.A.’s Entertainment Economy Is Looking Like a Disaster Movie

Wall Street Journal ^ | October 2, 2025 | Ben Fritz

…The entertainment industry is in a downward spiral that began when the dual strikes by actors and writers ended in 2023. Work is evaporating, businesses are closing, longtime residents are leaving, and the heart of L.A.’s creative middle class is hanging on by a thread.


10 posted on 12/06/2025 2:33:34 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: rbg81

Netflicked was gone when the Soetoros became involved.


11 posted on 12/06/2025 2:34:49 PM PST by Shady (#EnoughIsEnough, and we have HAD ENOUGH!)
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Netflix is evil. Anything it acquires will be evil if it is not already evil.


12 posted on 12/06/2025 2:37:33 PM PST by Revel
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LIZ just handed The Donald support for the outcome he wants. He'd much rather see buds Ellison at Paramount acquire WB with which there'd be all sorts of bitching and moaning.

TRUMP ASSOCIATES MONOPOLIZE ALL MEDIA !!!

Thanks Hiawatha.


13 posted on 12/06/2025 2:43:03 PM PST by chiller ( Davy Crockett said:"Be sure you're right, then go ahead." I'll go ahead.)
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Only Disney is more woke than Netflix: they gave us a black woman as a "Viking earl" LOL.

Streaming service prices will rise immediately, ads will probably be added unless you pay a premium.

The usual process of US business monopoly enshittification will accelerate.

14 posted on 12/06/2025 2:44:45 PM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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The idiot is blaming Trump? Netflix is filled with Trump hating leftists, she should be happy.


15 posted on 12/06/2025 2:47:41 PM PST by gibsonguy
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Obviously if you combine Netflix’s library of movies/TV shows with HBO and Warner Brothers’ classic films, it’s an entertainment juggernaut, but so what? I despite Netflix founder’s long-term support for left-wing causes and candidates, but at the end of the day this is just entertainment. People can take it or leave it. It’s a luxury. We’re not talking about reduced competition where it would really matter such as in the food supply or the oil supply or electricity production or anything else that could be considered any sort of necessity.


16 posted on 12/06/2025 2:50:17 PM PST by irishjuggler
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"A Netflix-Warner Bros. would create one massive media giant with control of close to half of the streaming market — threatening to force Americans into higher subscription prices and fewer choices over what and how they watch, while putting American workers at risk," Warren said in a statement.

Then she should put forward a bill banning DRM encryption of over the public air broadcasts and weakening signals to use the spectrum for things like "datacasting." That would protect consumers and the market.

But she's all talk, while pocketing corporate cash.

17 posted on 12/06/2025 2:51:47 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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18 posted on 12/06/2025 2:52:51 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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Netflix will now just have a larger library of x-rated shows if it is acquiring HBO...they can supplement “Cuties” and their other similar current offerings.


19 posted on 12/06/2025 2:54:23 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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Under Donald Trump, the antitrust review process has also become a cesspool of political favoritism and corruption," she added.

Well, she should know just about all there is to know about favoritism and corruption.

20 posted on 12/06/2025 2:55:57 PM PST by Billthedrill
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