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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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[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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 5 points 3 days ago

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.