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Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in New York City.It was formed from WarnerMedia's spin-off by AT&T and merger and with Discovery, Inc. on April 8, 2022.
On May 17, 2021, three years after the acquisition, AT&T decided to sell its ownership of WarnerMedia in a merger with Discovery, Inc. to form a new publicly traded company, Warner Bros. Discovery. On April 8, 2022, WarnerMedia was divested by AT&T and merged with Discovery, Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).
[8] [9] The proposed merger was confirmed on June 12, 2018, [10] after AT&T won an antitrust lawsuit that the U.S. Justice Department filed in 2017 to attempt to block the acquisition, [11] and was completed two days later, when the company became a subsidiary of AT&T. [12] The company's final name was adopted a day later. [13]
AT&T Inc's WarnerMedia unit and Discovery Inc have completed their merger, the companies said on Friday. The combined company, Warner Bros Discovery Inc, will start trading on the Nasdaq on Monday ...
If a deal involving the Redstone empire comes to fruition, it would mark another transformative mega-merger for Hollywood legacy brands, following on the heels of Disney’s acquisition of 21st ...
That’s because a tax provision that was used to facilitate the WarnerMedia and Discovery merger in 2022 would tax WBD more heavily if it pursues any additional mergers before April 8, 2024.
Associated Artists Productions - bought 1933–1957 Fleischer/Famous Studios Popeye cartoons and pre-1950 WB library in 1956; the latter library would find its way back to Warner ownership in 1996 as part of the Turner merger (which also incorporated the Popeye cartoons) Animalist; Achievement Hunter - closed in 2023; Bamzu.com
Prior to the merger, Warner was spending $36 billion on content and losing money, Zaslav said. He took issue with many media companies’ breathless pursuit of streaming subscribers, spurred by ...