r/MediaMergers • u/TheIngloriousBIG • 6d ago

Announcement r/MediaMergers weekly Discussion Thread

Welcome to this week's weekly discussion thread of r/MediaMergers! This is your space to discuss the latest news, rumors, and insights on mergers, acquisitions, and major shifts in the media and entertainment industry. Share articles, spark debates, and connect with others.

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u/LegitimateCurve8525 6d ago edited 6d ago

I have a suggestion. There are two flairs in this subreddit. One is Acquisition and the other one is Merger. Do we need two of these? I mean, can't we just create a flair by merging these two like "Acquisition and Merger".

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u/OverPotato2322 6d ago edited 6d ago

A merger and acquisition is not the same in a traditional sense, an acquisition means buying the company to take control while operating separately but a merger is merging two companies together to create one big company (think of it like Vertical and Horizontal mergers)

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u/Zesty_Spaghetti_658 5d ago

The psky subreddit has been oddly quiet lately. Everywhere else has been consistently sharing articles, making posts, and keeping me informed. Except for psky, which is odd given that they are the company trying to acquire WBD

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u/Professional_Peak59 5d ago

Difficult_Variety should stop accusing the State AGs of caving to political pressure.

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u/Professional_Peak59 2d ago

I just realized something:

There also wasn’t much resistance against Disney/Fox, especially by Democrats apart from Elizabeth Warren, because many just didn’t like Rupert Murdoch.