Why Netflix is the most effective worst choice for Warner Bros.

Final week, Netflix shocked us all when it introduced plans for an $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Bros., a transfer that will basically reshape the world of streaming video and Hollywood. However Paramount is not giving up on WB — this week it launched a $108 billion hostile takeover effort. On this episode, we talk about why everyone seems to be combating for WB, and why Netflix could also be the most effective worst choice for the storied film studio.

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Matters

• What the Netflix bid for Warner Bros. means for at-home streamers and moviegoers – 1:55

• Disney characters are coming to Sora after OpenAI struck a deal – 32:59

• Meta could also be giving up on open supply for Llama – 43:53

• Google CEO says we’re simply going to have to smile and bear societal disruption by way of AI – 46:46

• Round Engadget: The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is nice, however is it $630 good? – 49:06

• The most effective trailers and bulletins from The Recreation Awards’ Day of the Devs stream – 51:28

• Right here’s why projectors received in 2025 – 54:31

• Popular culture picks – 57:33

Credit

Host: Devindra Hardawar
Visitor: Nathan Ingraham
Producer: Ben Ellman
Music: Dale North and Terrence O’Brien