Netflix CEO made a visit to the White House before buying Warner Bros.

https://www.theverge.com/news/839749/netflix-ceo-visit-white-house-warner-bros

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos met with Donald Trump to try and win him over ahead of the bidding war for Warner Bros.

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BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 46 pts · 244d (4 replies)

Bribes need to be paid in advance.

MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net · 15 pts · 244d (1 reply)

Which is ironic considering the subpar court ruled that bribes were perfectly legal so long as they happened after the fact and referred to as gratuities.

BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 244d

It's dual scheme. One payment is directly to the dear leader for express approval and then secondary payments in a form of producing content he wants and firing people he dislikes.

protist@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 244d (1 reply)

The alternative would be Trump preventing this deal from moving forward and basically giving Warner-Bros Discovery to Skydance/Paramount, further consolidating the media under right-wing billionaire Larry Ellison. I think I'd rather Netflix own WBD.

BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 244d

Still can. CNN and other television networks will be split into a separate company as Netflix is not interested in that part of the business. That company will be put for sale as soon as the deal finalizes.

WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org · 3 pts · 244d

Planning what marketing, indoctrination, and propaganda must be used in new productions.

shapeofthings@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 244d

Kissing the orange ring.

kokesh@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 244d

That orange dick wouldn't suck itself.

tuskyo@ttrpg.network · 1 pts · 244d

I couldn't imagine being stupid enough to give this company money.

Americans really are sheep.