Sale/Spinoff of Time Warner coming?

[Big Bang]

Speculation is now running rampant about a potential spinoff or sale of Time Warner. The CEO of the company, Jeff Bewkes, sat down under closed doors with shareholders recently to discuss these outcomes. While opposed to spinning off assets such as Turner Broadcasting or HBO, he indicated he is open to selling the whole company.


Amongst the possible suitors right now, most shareholders seem to believe a tie up with Fox now makes the most sense. Other possible buyers are said to include Apple, which IMO, would be an awful choice as they are only looking to shore up their Apple TV service and don't need the overhead of a content creator to accomplish that.

Whichever way this goes, this could have big implications for WB/DC and the building up of DC films in general. If they end going with Fox, this could also have a major impact on the Marvel films they also currently produce with X-Men as well.

 

[Fallen Angel]

This isn't new and it got debunked last year. Murdoch tried doing a hostile takeover of sorts'.

http://www.cnbc.com/2014/07/16/time-warner-rejected-80b-offer-from-21st-century-fox-sources.html

 

[Fallen Angel]

Unless you mean this and they're talking about a HBO spin off.

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/time-warner-shares-sale-rumors-1201678197/

Continued rumors about a sale of Time Warner or spinoff of HBO drove shares in the media giant up more than 2% Tuesday afternoon, though a couple of those reported to be eyeing deals denied involvement.

Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes reportedly held a series of closed-door meetings Monday with investors, telling them that he opposed either a spinoff or sale of HBO but implying that he might consider a sale of the whole company, the New York Post reported.
But several of those said to be involved denied it. Lachlan Murdoch told Variety that Fox was not in the mix. Despite rumors to the contrary, Carl Icahn told CNBC that he did not own a single share of Time Warner, adding, “it annoys me that certain speculators use my name to make profits at the expense of other shareholders.”
Bewkes, while not confirming any deals, told Variety at the Golden Globes Sunday night that “everybody wants to own us,” because Time Warner has such strong assets.
The report in the Post quoted an investor saying Bewkes said that “splitting up can destroy value,” — using the breakup of Viacom as an example. Sumner Redstone’s company has scene its shares struggle since the company was split a decade ago. But the New York paper’s account called Bewkes “coy” in the meetings with investors, allegedly telling them that he wanted to “increase shareholder value.”
Time Warner shares moved up to $71.48 a share, nearly $2 above their opening Tuesday.

 

[Big Bang]

This isn't new and it got debunked last year. Murdoch tried doing a hostile takeover of sorts'.

http://www.cnbc.com/2014/07/16/time-warner-rejected-80b-offer-from-21st-century-fox-sources.html

Seems that shareholders are not going to let it go seeing as the company has stalled. Sounds like from the recent reports that Bewkes will only sell.off the company as a whole.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

This would be about the worst thing that could happen to DC and DC fans. Let's all hope it doesn't happen.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Seems that shareholders are not going to let it go seeing as the company has stalled. Sounds like from the recent reports that Bewkes will only sell.off the company as a whole.

Seems like the New York Post ran with the story and who happens to own the paper? I'll give you one guess.

Read the next link I posted, man the sources have denied this. And even then if something like this ever did happen it will a long time before you see DC and Fox characters ever interact on the big screen if ever.