r/entertainment • u/ControlCAD • 9h ago

John Malone Says Trump Administration Told Netflix They Had “No Chance” Of Getting Regulatory Greenlight For Merger With Warner Bros. Discovery

https://deadline.com/2026/10/john-malone-trump-netflix-warner-bros-discovery-1237169649/
988 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

24 comments sorted by

92

u/Foxcooler 8h ago

So they won't get NBCU either as the rumors imply, at least not until 2028-2029 at the earliest.

23

u/damndraper 8h ago

NBCU doesn't have CNN, Trump won't give a shit.

20

u/Foxcooler 8h ago

1st - CNN wasn't even included in the Netflix deal, only the studios.
2nd - NBC is the biggest liberal network in the US. He would absolutely give a shit.

20

u/damndraper 8h ago

CNN not being included is exactly why they threatened to block it. Skydance wasn't gonna buy CNN on its own and the only way Trump could ensure his friendlies had CNN was by scaring Netflix away nd allowing Skydance to win, which is exactly what happened.

2nd, you're confusing NBC with MSNOW.

-9

u/Foxcooler 8h ago edited 8h ago

I’m not confusing them, i work in finance i know the whole Versant spin off very well. NBC is absolutely a liberal network. Where do you think MSNBC/MSNOW got the liberal chops from?

Paramount could easily buy CNN/Discovery networks by itself after the split if the Netflix deal passed, and wouldn’t need the kind of debt they took for the whole WB deal. If Trump had any pull he would convince the Ellisons to buy Discovery just for CNN

He said he would block the Netflix deal because conservatives have a feud with them. They say they push the LGBTQ agenda on their shows, including the kids shows. Netflix was in front of congress for that not long ago.

5

u/damndraper 8h ago

Paramount could've easily bought them, but they didn't want to. They made it clear they wanted the whole thing, specifically cause of the movie studio. They didn't just want the TV networks. It's why they went for it before WBD was able to do the split as they had originally planned.

You working in finance means nothing about understanding the political slant of networks lmao

1

u/Joey-WilcoXXX 7h ago edited 7h ago

Because they needed it. Paramount is broke. Buying just CNN and discovery simply for their propaganda machine would have been a bad investment but getting some money making titles with the deal…..

1

u/damndraper 7h ago

unsure what you're arguing... you're agreeing with me.

1

u/Joey-WilcoXXX 7h ago

I’m not arguing, just adding on specifics.

13

u/altfil76 8h ago

The point is he wanted an ally to get CNN. Ellisons weren't interested in CNN without getting WB.

-2

u/Foxcooler 8h ago

Sure CNN plays a small part, but not the main reason. MAGA has a beef with Netflix for allegedly pushing trans and gay ideology into children shows in the platform. Ted Sarandos was in front of congress not long ago for this same reason and Trump was crying about nonstop on Truth Social

1

u/vsingh93 5h ago

Which shows?

1

u/Foxcooler 4h ago

no idea but here's a short of the congress hearing

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3etHBqGche0

157

u/Big-Entertainer4936 9h ago

It's the most corrupt administration in our history and maybe in the world and it's not front page news every single day like it should be.

25

u/Jazzlike_Plastic7088 8h ago

Constant news stream, social media and every day concerns have subdued the population enough... corporate planning worked

1

u/TickingTheMoments 3h ago

Yeah, somehow I don’t think the billionaires are going to stream much if anything at all about how corrupt dis administration is because this administration is corrupt for the billionaires.

39

u/Only_Employ3761 8h ago

Hopefully the debt Skydance had to take on to get WBD will sink them faster than we think and it won't matter

14

u/King-Mansa-Musa 7h ago

Can anyone say government bailout?

15

u/The_Goondocks 8h ago

Party of small government at work

10

u/twojs1b 8h ago

No just another shakedown, donations to follow in time.

4

u/RecordFirst1055 5h ago

It's almost like America had a dictator

•

u/in9ram 1h ago

Because, as the conservatives so traditionally love in business, the government had already picked the winners. And we all were the losers.