Max: The Artist Formerly Known as HBO Max

[blueharvest]

Rooster Teeth Lives! Co-Founder Burnie Burns Buys Company Assets From Warner Bros. Discovery

Burnie Burns, one of Rooster Teeth's co-founders, acquired the Rooster Teeth brand nearly a year after Warner Bros. Discovery shut it down.

variety.com

 

[Lily Adler]

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Rooster Teeth Lives! Co-Founder Burnie Burns Buys Company Assets From Warner Bros. Discovery

Burnie Burns, one of Rooster Teeth's co-founders, acquired the Rooster Teeth brand nearly a year after Warner Bros. Discovery shut it down.

variety.com

 

[Arachnerd]

Company behind Red vs Blue and RWBY.

 

[Sithborg]

Yeah, I'm sure he got it cheap, as the brand was all but destroyed.

 

[Lily Adler]

Company behind Red vs Blue and RWBY.

Yeah, I'm sure he got it cheap, as the brand was all but destroyed.

But RWBY VS Justice League.

 

[Sithborg]

But RWBY VS Justice League.

Well, RWBY was sold off to VizMedia. the podcast network and infrastructure sold to someone else, and I think other things have been sold. So, just the name, various internet accounts, and random IP that no one was buying.

 

[blueharvest]

Max Scraps Plans To Charge More For Sports Tier

Streamer Max said today its ports and news content within the streaming platform will remain a feature at no additional cost to standard and premium tier subscribers in the U.S., reversing plans to charge extra for the sports add-on.

deadline.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Warner Bros. Movie Heads Are Burning Cash, and Their Boss Is Losing Patience​

The group’s co-leaders keep handing tentpole budgets to original projects from critical darlings. Will any of them make money?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-26/warner-bros-movie-studio-spends-big-on-mickey-17-joker-sequel

The movie studio's struggles have been a drag on earnings at parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, which has lost more than half its market value since Discovery and WarnerMedia merged in a $43 billion deal in 2022.

 

[Lily Adler]

Warner Bros. Movie Heads Are Burning Cash, and Their Boss Is Losing Patience​

The group’s co-leaders keep handing tentpole budgets to original projects from critical darlings. Will any of them make money?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-26/warner-bros-movie-studio-spends-big-on-mickey-17-joker-sequel

As oppose to their blockbuster output?

 

[Sithborg]

I mean, of its 4 successes last year, 2 of them are Legendary productions. And even Twisters was shared with Universal.

 

[blueharvest]

Warner Bros. Discovery Sees Max Hit 116.9 Million Subscribers As Streaming Posts Profit, Cable Networks’ Ad Revenue Falls 17%

Warner Bros. Discovery linear networks continued to lose ground amid ongoing challenges, weighing on the fourth quarter along with more one-time charges.

deadline.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

A Major Warner Bros. Shake-Up Rumor Suggests Only 'Superman' Can Save the Studio

The hierarchy of DC Studios is about to change. #Superman

movieweb.com

Next up for WB is The Alto Knights, a gangster drama featuring Robert De Niro in two starring roles, and Minecraft, a big-budget CGI take on the most popular video game of all time. Despite the major names attached and IP, things could get dicey for the company.

Puck states, there is a fear that, if the 2025 slate goes "wrong" for WB, it could spell the end of the studio. "If Warners can’t finally make the DC franchise work, there is genuine fear that the studio will go the way of Fox, which was swallowed by Disney in 2019," the report claims.

 

[Drizzle]

A Major Warner Bros. Shake-Up Rumor Suggests Only 'Superman' Can Save the Studio

The hierarchy of DC Studios is about to change. #Superman

movieweb.com

I knew Superman had a lot riding on it but not THAT much.