Media War & Peace

Media War & Peace

BREAKING: EGOS

Netflix Wins The Bidding War: Now What?

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Evan Shapiro
Dec 05, 2025
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Hi Peaceniks! A special BREAKING NEWS edition today.

Let’s all stop pretending that David Zaslav or the WBD board gives any shits about their shareholders, employees, or consumers. They do not.

Last week, I broke down the core motivations of Big Media C-Suites, as they make obviously terrible decisions that’ve destroyed Mainstream Media:

Greed and Ego.

This week, the power elite of the Big Media Industrial Complex have done everything possible to prove my thesis.

SEE: Warner Bros. Discovery. The merger that created WBD (aka Disco Bros) was based on ZERO strategy. It was driven (exclusively) by lawyers and bankers in Zaslav and Malone’s ears, telling them what big deals it would make them and HOW MUCH money it would make them.

SEE: Nepo Prince Ellison’s silly bid to buy WBD. The WBD merger should be enough of a cautionary tale to warn off this BIGGER version of the same SHITTY concept. But Mr. Silver Spoon and Daddy Oligarch ONLY see the power it buys them.

SEE: The public, moronic pissing ma…

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