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Lucas Shaw on Warner Bros' Limbo, Netflix's Anxiety, and Hollywood’s Sort-of Comeback

Podcast: Channels with Peter Kafka · Vox Media Podcast Network

Opublikowano: 2026-07-29

When I last talked to Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw, Netflix was buying Warner Bros. Discovery. Six months later, Paramount has the deal — but, surprisingly, it’s on hold while a group of states tries to block it in court. Lucas and I talk about whether Larry and David Ellison can still muscle the acquisition through, how long the fight could drag on, and what this fall’s elections could mean for the would-be deal. Then: Netflix says it doesn’t have an engagement problem, even as it gives investors less data and searches for its next big source of...