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[-] DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 15 hours ago

Para Bros. 😂

[-] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 12 points 1 day ago

This is GREAT for Workers! Just let them cancel a couple MORE TV Shows and Movies to get things Sorted! THANK YOU Newsom AND Bonta!

[-] Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca 7 points 23 hours ago

Remember, it took Trump to make the federal regulators look the other way and then Newsom to make the state regulators look away.

[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I'll continue not giving them money. It literally costs me nothing.

[-] ech@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

The cost is in a less diverse media landscape. These companies don't just make movies - they operate television, news, online, etc. This well have wide ranging effects over the next year and beyond.

[-] DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 15 hours ago

[Insert Home Alone Face Meme Here]

[-] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 2 points 22 hours ago

And every money not given to them loosens their stranglehold. It might cause a temporary content drought, but we've had those before and lived.

[-] ech@lemmy.ca 3 points 22 hours ago

Sure, but not really the point. This affects everyone even if they're not wasting money on it directly.

[-] ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago

Why doesn't the whole industry just merge into Media Co. and get it over with

[-] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

What do you think Disney is trying to do.

[-] uberdroog@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

What's the over under on the eventual resplit?

[-] lividweasel@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

A more likely bet would be guessing which other massive corporation this conglomerate will merge with next.

[-] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 10 points 1 day ago

Hickory hickory dock.

The mouse buys up the stock.

[-] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Why would anyone pay for politicians to do that to a wealthy company? What's in it for them?

[-] BooBees@fedinsfw.app 3 points 1 day ago

We haven’t seen a split like that since the 80s, so I’d say very unlikely

[-] obvs@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Seems like it might depend on how quickly the US loses a world war.

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