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BumRushDaShow

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10. Per my post above

Reply to SoCalNative (Reply #8)

Wed May 26, 2021, 10:17 AM

May 2021

that stuff is now owned by AT&T and with their announcement of an attempted merger with Discovery, it might be interesting what they do with their Warner holdings (seems they are suggesting spinning that whole "entertainment" piece of their biz off since they are supposed to be a telecom company ).

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Amazon agrees to buy MGM in move to widen its entertainment offerings [View all] BumRushDaShow May 2021 OP

Too big. Too much control. mpcamb May 2021 #1

True. But it was that or MGM go under jimfields33 May 2021 #2

Unless I am missing something melm00se May 2021 #25

I guess eventually Amazon will own everything -misanthroptimist May 2021 #3

Eventually these sorts of companies BumRushDaShow May 2021 #4

All of the classic MGM films SoCalNative May 2021 #7

Yeah I had just done a search to see what happened BumRushDaShow May 2021 #9

This has been repeated over and over again melm00se May 2021 #24

We can only hope, I guess. -misanthroptimist May 2021 #27

"Every company/country eventually steps in it and they lose their pre-eminent position." LudwigPastorius May 2021 #28

It was my Amazon Prime membership that made this possible FakeNoose May 2021 #5

Again SoCalNative May 2021 #8

Per my post above BumRushDaShow May 2021 #10

The first things the aliens will see when we get close to... LiberatedUSA May 2021 #6

MGM does not have outright control of Bond exboyfil May 2021 #11

More tax write off BS...... turbinetree May 2021 #12

"in move to world domination". n/t PoliticAverse May 2021 #13

WTB more Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis. Calista241 May 2021 #14

They are becoming a monster Bayard May 2021 #15

Content is king. And it's a lot cheaper to buy existing stuff than create new. Auggie May 2021 #16

Thinking of::: RoboCop - Omni Consumer Products keithbvadu2 May 2021 #17

Ironically, with this deal, RoboCop is now one of the intellectual properties owned by Amazon. LudwigPastorius May 2021 #29

Other tech companies that were going to take over the world: IBM, AT&T (Ma Bell), Microsoft.... Yavin4 May 2021 #18

"MGM is pretty worthless, other than James Bond" BumRushDaShow May 2021 #20

Wonder if Amazon isn't heading toward the same fate of Deminpenn May 2021 #19

Doesn't MGM own The Apprentice? So now, like, Bezos owns the Apprentice? greenjar_01 May 2021 #21

At least Amazon isn't trying to buy Congress Mr.Bill May 2021 #22

MGM owns The Apprentice Jose Garcia May 2021 #23

Thus far investing in the Couch Potato Society has been quite profitable bucolic_frolic May 2021 #26