DiscoverThe Newcomer PodcastIF NETFLIX WINS WITH WARNER BROS... They’ll STILL Lose to YouTube
IF NETFLIX WINS WITH WARNER BROS... They’ll STILL Lose to YouTube

IF NETFLIX WINS WITH WARNER BROS... They’ll STILL Lose to YouTube

Update: 2025-12-12
Share

Description

The bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery is over…for now. Netflix shocked Hollywood by announcing a deal to acquire the storied studio and its crown jewel, HBO Max, beating out a massive $108 billion hostile bid from Paramount.

But in this episode, we argue that the $87 billion mega-deal is nothing more than a desperate move by Hollywood to consolidate power. David Zaslav’s WBD was a "fiasco," and the merger of "prestige" content like Succession with Netflix's data-driven content has the industry freaking out. The real threat to Hollywood isn't a rival studio, but Silicon Valley. We explain why Netflix and Paramount are fighting each other while the true watch time beast is YouTube and TikTok.

Comments 
00:00
00:00
x

0.5x

0.8x

1.0x

1.25x

1.5x

2.0x

3.0x

Sleep Timer

Off

End of Episode

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

60 Minutes

120 Minutes

IF NETFLIX WINS WITH WARNER BROS... They’ll STILL Lose to YouTube

IF NETFLIX WINS WITH WARNER BROS... They’ll STILL Lose to YouTube

Eric Newcomer | newcomer.co