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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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[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 27 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Bribes need to be paid in advance.

[–] 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.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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 points 3 days ago

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

[–] shapeofthings@piefed.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Kissing the orange ring.

[–] tuskyo@ttrpg.network -1 points 3 days ago

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

Americans really are sheep.