Axios is reporting that Paramount and Warner Discovery are trying to engaged to be married.
After Disney bought 20th Century Fox, this wasn’t far behind.
Makes a lot of sense, especially for Paramount, which is struggling despite best intentions. For example, they have no big Christmas or Oscar movies, other than “Killers of the Flower Moon,” which really comes from Apple Studios. Warner’s is loaded with movies.
But Paramount has a big TV business. Merging Paramount Plus with Max and HBO with what used to be Showtime– perfect match.
CNN and CBS would be very happy together. CNN already loans Anderson Cooper to CBS. CNN needs programming, which they could supply CNN with especially on weekends.
Axios reporter Sara Fischer is listed as a CNN contributor, so she had good sources on this one.
Soon Apple will buy NBC Universal from Comcast, and whole new worlds will emerge.
Stay tuned, friends.
