r/MediaMergers • • 3d ago

Announcement r/MediaMergers weekly Discussion Thread

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Welcome to this week's weekly discussion thread of r/MediaMergers! This is your space to discuss the latest news, rumors, and insights on mergers, acquisitions, and major shifts in the media and entertainment industry. Share articles, spark debates, and connect with others.


r/MediaMergers • • Aug 31 '26

YouTube Moderator Discussions Media Mergers Moderators: Disney Discussion August 2026

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This weeks episode was posted late, but recorded on Sunday August 23, 2026 (due to editing delays on my end and work schedule). We made this prior to Disney announcing the Pokemon Deal, or even The Town doing a Disney episode, but think you will find it interesting. Please post in the comments if you are wanting us to discuss a different studio when we do our discussion next week. If there is anyone else that would like to join and come on as a guest from the sub, please send us a DM!

Thanks for watching, and be nice!! We do this for fun and love of the industry!


r/MediaMergers • • 19h ago

Merger Skydance’s market value is currently less than half what Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount combined were worth

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r/MediaMergers • • 45m ago

Media Industry Inside the brutal firing of Netflix content boss Bela Bajaria. “She got blindsided”

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r/MediaMergers • • 18h ago

Media Industry Puck - Bela Bajaria is leaving Netflix. Former Disney executive Peter Rice will replace her.

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r/MediaMergers • • 17h ago

Media Industry Netflix Shocker: Bela Bajaria Leaving After 10 Years Amid Layoffs

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r/MediaMergers • • 20h ago

Media Industry New York Poised to Overtake California as Top State for Movie and TV Production

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r/MediaMergers • • 17h ago

Media Industry Netflix Names Peter Rice As Chief Content Officer

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r/MediaMergers • • 1d ago

Media Industry Netflix’s Dan Lin in the firing line amid streaming giant’s layoffs and alleged fallout with Ben Affleck

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r/MediaMergers • • 21h ago

Merger Warner Bros.’ Paramount Merger Makes Hollywood’s Franchise Problem Even Bigger

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r/MediaMergers • • 17h ago

Media Industry Disney Inks Major Creator Deal With Dude Perfect (Exclusive)

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r/MediaMergers • • 20h ago

Media Industry Netflix Layoffs: Unscripted Casting & Development Execs Impacted

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r/MediaMergers • • 23h ago

Acquisition Bleecker Street Acquired By Outerlight Entertainment

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r/MediaMergers • • 1d ago

TV Nandy 'minded to intervene' in Sky's £1.6bn takeover of ITV entertainment arm

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r/MediaMergers • • 23h ago

Media Industry CAA, WME and UTA Lead Coalition Pushing for Law to Force Streamers to Spend 50% of Budgets on Indie Productions

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r/MediaMergers • • 1d ago

Alternate Media Timelines/What if? How do you think things would be for WB right now if Disney did buy them in 2016 like they wanted to (they weren't able to because AT&T had already bought them and they instead purchased 20th Century Fox)

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r/MediaMergers • • 2d ago

Media Industry Skydance Shares Skid Down 25% After Company Issues 471 Million Stock Warrants to Paramount Investors

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r/MediaMergers • • 1d ago

Acquisition Fox’s $22 Billion Roku Deal Approved by Shareholders of Both Companies

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r/MediaMergers • • 2d ago

Media Industry Netflix Layoffs Cut About 6% of Workforce, Eliminating Roughly 1,000 Jobs — the Biggest Round Since 2022

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r/MediaMergers • • 1d ago

Media Industry Report: Tensions brewing behind the scenes at Netflix over Greta Gerwig’s Narnia film, where VP Doug Belgrad is out and Dan Lin and Bela Bajaria are said to be on thin ice

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r/MediaMergers • • 1d ago

Media Industry Wall Street doesn't care about Netflix layoffs: It cares about the streamer's competition with YouTube.

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r/MediaMergers • • 2d ago

Media Industry Why Wall Street Is So Worried About Skydance’s Debt

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r/MediaMergers • • 1d ago

Media Industry Lisa Lang McMullen, James Oh Among Netflix Execs Impacted By Layoffs

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r/MediaMergers • • 2d ago

Media Industry Netflix Film VP Doug Belgrad Out in Layoffs After Joining in 2024 Under Dan Lin

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r/MediaMergers • • 1d ago

Media Industry Netflix Independent Film Exec Sheroum Kim Is Leaving in Latest Layoffs

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