Hollywood Breakdown

The AT&T-Time Warner merger is a go, with more consolidation to follow

Following the court's ruling in favor of AT&T, the race to get bigger, faster moved into high gear and leaves a lot of people in Hollywood stressed out about their futures.

By Matthew Belloni • Jun 14, 2018 • 3m Listen

Now that a judge gave AT&T and Time Warner the go ahead to get together, the war for Fox is on. Comcast immediately stepped in with a bid that was almost 20 percent higher than Disney's and in all cash. No matter which company ultimately buys Fox, there's going to be a clean out in the executive offices and a retraction in terms of the number of jobs within the traditional studio systems. Meanwhile, free-spending Time Warner could be in for a culture clash with the fiscally conservative AT&T.

Matthew Belloni
founding partner of Puck News
Kim Masters
partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”
Kaitlin Parker
Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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Hollywood Breakdown

The AT&T-Time Warner merger is a go, with more consolidation to follow

Following the court's ruling in favor of AT&T, the race to get bigger, faster moved into high gear and leaves a lot of people in Hollywood stressed out about their futures.

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Hollywood Breakdown

The AT&T-Time Warner merger is a go, with more consolidation to follow

Following the court's ruling in favor of AT&T, the race to get bigger, faster moved into high gear and leaves a lot of people in Hollywood stressed out about their futures.

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