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[MagnarTheGreat]

You got rid of a lot of it almost immediately, and stuff like Scavengers Reign and Harley Quinn and Velma are not for children.

HBO Max Pulls Nearly 200 ‘Sesame Street’ Episodes (Published 2022)

HBO Max took down classic episodes of “Sesame Street” as it prepares to combine with Discovery+. The move came as a surprise to fans, who worried about what it signals.

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HBO Max is treating animation fans and creators like hot, burning garbage

HBO Max is treating animation fans and creators like hot, burning garbage

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Animated Content Removal on HBO Max Symbolic of Larger Industry Problem - The Daily Utah Chronicle

In the early weeks of August, nearly 40 television shows found themselves yanked off of HBO Max without warning. Surprisingly, the explanation for this action is just as baffling. New Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav began his position at the company post-merger with $3 billion in debt to...

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Without Warning, HBO Max To Slash Dozens Of Animated Series From Its Service

"Close Enough," "Summer Camp Island," and "Infinity Train" are some of titles that will longer be available on HBO Max after this week.

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Warner Bros. Discovery is effectively killing Cartoon Network

It seems like Cartoon Network is on the verge of losing some vital resources as part of Warner Bros. Discovery’s latest round of restructuring and layoffs.

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[samsnee]

You’re telling me they couldn’t even release it to streaming? Batgirl I can understand. The DCEU is a mess. But this movie sounded good

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Don’t worry Detective Zaslav is on the case trying to figure out why WBD can’t get kids to watch their stuff.

 

[Arachnerd]

You’re telling me they couldn’t even release it to streaming? Batgirl I can understand. The DCEU is a mess. But this movie sounded good

Nah, scrapping Batgirl was phenomenally s***ty and disrespectful regardless of that movie's quality (which we have no way of knowing about other than through biased sources), and so is this. Both of them are tax write-offs because Zaslav does not give a flying fudge about the art of filmmaking, much less animation.

Literally not even a day after the strike ends and we're getting back to crap like this. At this point I'd fully encourage the Animation Guild to go on strike next year.

 

[Filmfreak]

Nah, scrapping Batgirl was phenomenally s***ty and disrespectful regardless of that movie's quality (which we have no way of knowing about other than through biased sources), and so is this. Both of them are tax write-offs because Zaslav does not give a flying fudge about the art of filmmaking, much less animation.

Literally not even a day after the strike ends and we're getting back to crap like this. At this point I'd fully encourage the Animation Guild to go on strike next year.

I hope the IATSE-VFX follows as well. They desperately need better working conditions.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Zaslav warns of ‘generational disruption’ as WBD reports $417m net loss

Warner Bros. Discovery has reported third-quarter net losses of $417m (€390m) after a decline in advertising revenue, a drop in streaming subscribers, and what president and chief executive David…

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[Arachnerd]

Gee I wonder why.

 

[DarkKnight]

I'm starting to think all of this is being done on purpose, just to lower to overall cost/value of At&T & Warner Brothers for a potential buyer to come in and buy them out. You know, those corporate shady dealing type of things where the people running it into the ground still get rich and benefits from something going under or being purchased. Things that make you go hmmmmm

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

What's Warner Bros. Discovery's next move? David Zaslav and John Malone offer clues

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav and board member John Malone both suggested buying distressed assets in the next two years.

www.cnbc.com

A lot of speculation that the money bags power behind the WBD and Zaslav throne - John Malone - wants to buy Paramount.

 

[TheVileOne]

What a mess. A total cluster blank.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

It sounds like Embracer Group’s (failed at the moment) strategy of buying up lots of studios and IP in the hopes somebody bigger (i.e. Saudi Arabia) will buy them out.

 

[Drizzle]

Keep it up, Zaslav.

 

[Snow Queen]

Keep it up, Zaslav.

 

[Drizzle]

It's like he was pissed about the un-cancelling of Wile E. Coyote vs. ACME so he's pulling all the Looney Tunes off of Max as petty retaliation.

 

[Lily Adler]

I'm starting to think all of this is being done on purpose, just to lower to overall cost/value of At&T & Warner Brothers for a potential buyer to come in and buy them out. You know, those corporate shady dealing type of things where the people running it into the ground still get rich and benefits from something going under or being purchased. Things that make you go hmmmmm

Comcast:

 

[Arachnerd]

I'm genuinely convinced Zaslav is just Judge Doom in disguise. It would explain so much.

 

[Primal Slayer]

WBD seriously cant go 1 month without screwing up somehow.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Snow Queen]

The heart of all good art is a desire to create the content that helps your megacorporation win.

 

[Drunken Rider]

Translation: I hate things that don't represent my own confusing, backwards-thinking beliefs and I'm an idiot.

 

[Arachnerd]

The gradual death of Warner Bros as a studio is still depressing to witness with this utter moron at the helm.

 

[samsnee]

I don’t think that word means what he thinks it means

 

[Arachnerd]

The delusional levels are off the chart.

 

[Lily Adler]

I don’t think that word means what he thinks it means

This reeks of Apple getting rid of the headphone jack type of "courage".

 

[Mani-Man]

"Which content helps us win" is the most depressing thing you can hear from a CEO of a Movie studio such as WB.
The way this man has not one bit of love for the art that is Movies and Shows...is absolutely disgusting.
And he doesnt even need to fake being a lover of the art...he says this stuff and gets away with it.

This should be the end of his career at WB, the way he devalues WBs IPs.

I don’t think that word means what he thinks it means

It would took courage to say no to the 400 Million he makes in order to safe the Company.
But im pretty sure that he is not really understanding what the word means to begin with.