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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

 

[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.

 

[blueharvest]

Warner Bros. To Raze Looney Tunes Building On Lot

Warner Bros. To Raze Looney Tunes Building On Lot

deadline.com

 

[Lily Adler]

They changed to black now. Going back to the HBO Now look.

 

[blueharvest]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-30/warner-bros-ceo-meets-with-candidates-to-replace-studio-chiefs?srnd=undefined

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

David Zaslav’s Shaky Hollywood Empire​

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/warner-bros-ceo-david-zaslav-hollywood-mogul.html

 

[Lily Adler]

David Zaslav’s Shaky Hollywood Empire​

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/warner-bros-ceo-david-zaslav-hollywood-mogul.html

He'll find a way out of WB and back to making MILF Island a reality.

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

I see that all of the X trilogy films are now on HBO Max. Haven't seen any of them, but heard nothing but good things, so I'll definitely be giving those a watch.

 

[blueharvest]

Max Starts Selling ‘Extra Member’ Accounts, as Warner Bros. Discovery Follows Netflix’s Lead in Cracking Down on Password-Sharing

Max launched the Extra Member Add-On feature, at $7.99/month, as Warner Bros. Discovery looks to make extra revenue from password-sharing users.

variety.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Warner Bros Discovery moving towards splitting company, CNBC reports​

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/warner-bros-discovery-misses-revenue-estimates-box-office-weakness-2025-05-08/

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O) is moving towards a potential breakup, CNBC reported on Thursday, as media companies explore options for their struggling cable TV businesses and sharpen focus on their faster-growing streaming and studios divisions.

A split would align WBD with Comcast, which is spinning off the fading NBCUniversal cable TV networks, including MSNBC and CNBC, to position itself for growth in the streaming era.

Analysts have long speculated about a break-up of WBD, whose assets include CNN, HBO and the coveted Warner Bros studio. Bank of America research analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich said last year that WBD's cable television assets are a "very logical partner" for Comcast's new spin-off company.

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

I never stopped calling it HBO Max, anyway.

Warner Bros. Discovery Announces Max to Become HBO Max this Summer

May 14, 2025 – At the Warner Bros. Discovery Upfront presentation in New York today, it was announced that Max, the company’s premier streaming platform, will be rebranded HBO Max this summer.

WBD’s streaming business has incredible momentum, turning around its profitability by almost $3B in just two years and scaling globally with 22M subscribers added over the past year, with a clear path to over 150M+ by the end of 2026. This is thanks to an enormous amount of hard work, investment and re-focusing the strategy on the programming that is working best like HBO, recent box-office movies, docuseries, certain reality series, and Max and local originals, and de-prioritizing other genres that drive less engagement or acquisition.

This evolution has also been influenced by changing consumer needs, and the fact that no consumer today is saying they want more content, but most consumers are saying they want better content. With other services filling the more basic needs with volume, WBD has clearly distinguished itself through its quality and distinct stories, and no brand has done that better and more consistently over 50+ years than HBO.

 

[Pennywise]

HBO Max Is Back: WBD Rebranding Streamer This Summer

In what may be a first in the modern streaming wars, Max is returning to the name it had when it launched in 2020, HBO Max.

t.co

 

[Primal Slayer]

Zaslav continues to make WB a joke