Critics fear Paramount is appeasing Trump to secure regulatory approval for its Skydance Media merger
it was blackmail, no doubt there:
"do this or no deal."
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If they do it I really hope they get denied anyway
Lol
Yeah. Especially since corporate mergers is how the studio behind the Transformers movies get to influence public discourse in the first place.
Corporate consolidation: not even once
ahh, the art of the deal.. take your money and lie to your face today, and screw you over tomorrow.
After this latest Star Trek Fiasco they really didn't need to do anything extra to convince me not to watch anything they produce. But they always go above and beyond.
I like how they think settlement is going to keep them safe.
It is not. One you have paid the Danegeld, you will never be rid of the Dane.
Danegeld
That's why he's threatening Denmark.
"Bernie Sanders and others warn that caving to Trump undermines press independence and encourages further media intimidation."
Corpo fucks running CBS:
"Ummm.... I'm sorry can you show me where the part is that I'm supposed to give a fuck about there? Money. I want merger so I make more money. I pay the Don for protection and I make money. I don't see the issue here. Press freedom is for the plebs to care about. I'm rich."
Yep corporations are nobody's friend but their own. And even then they're their Own Worst Enemy sometimes.
All it really takes is not being a shitheel. That's what is most ethical and in their case most profitable, they literally cannot do it.
There's no money in it for the this quarter. Their attention spans can't last any longer than that. It might make them a hundred times the money two years down the road. But they don't care
These are all back door bribes for Trump. Meta did the same thing with $25 million
Same as the Disney/Scarborough settlement. That case was a slam dunk for Disney lawyers. But there's no better way to pay a bribe.
They even settled oddly before a settlement would normally happen. There's a good LegalEagle about it.
This too, shall pass. And once it does, remember what suckerberg did, remember what all of them did, never forget
Another part of The Assistance movement, I guess.