Why Netflix is one of the best worst choice for Warner Bros.

Final week, Netflix stunned us all when it introduced plans for an $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Bros., a transfer that will basically reshape the world of streaming video and Hollywood. However Paramount is not giving up on WB — this week it launched a $108 billion hostile takeover effort. On this episode, we focus on why everyone seems to be preventing for WB, and why Netflix could also be one of the best worst choice for the storied film studio.

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Matters

• What the Netflix bid for Warner Bros. means for at-home streamers and moviegoers – 1:55

• Disney characters are coming to Sora after OpenAI struck a deal – 32:59

• Meta could also be giving up on open supply for Llama – 43:53

• Google CEO says we’re simply going to have to smile and bear societal disruption through AI – 46:46

• Round Engadget: The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is sweet, however is it $630 good? – 49:06

• The perfect trailers and bulletins from The Recreation Awards’ Day of the Devs stream – 51:28

• Right here’s why projectors gained in 2025 – 54:31

• Popular culture picks – 57:33

Credit

Host: Devindra Hardawar
Visitor: Nathan Ingraham
Producer: Ben Ellman
Music: Dale North and Terrence O’Brien