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Warner Bros. Discovery Announces Post-Split Company Names, Executive Leadership Teams

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[–] 81 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Only the business consultants who recommended rebranding "HBO Max" to "HBO Max" (over the course of three years) could've come up with something so bold.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    it would be HBO MAX+ next, or HBO ULTRA MAX+

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It was McKinsey both times, and they made over 100 million dollars on it (not kidding)

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  • [–] 65 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Points to them for not calling Warner Bros. "Discovery" and Discovery "Warner Bros.".

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  • [–] 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I was hoping for

    Disco Bros and Warnervery

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  • [–] 53 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    So they merged, fucked up a whole bunch of properties and canned others and then just split like nothing happened?

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  • [–] 45 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Warner Brothers > fast forward > Time Warner (when i was child) > AOL Time Warner > WarnerMedia > Warner Brothers Discovery > Warner Brothers.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Merging the 2 companies is the best idea ever!

    Splitting into 2 companies is the best idea ever!

    Well, which is it?

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    "I hate Discovery."

    "This isn't the Star Trek show."

    "Oh... never mind."

    Hey, are we going to get the original Discovery channel back? Or any of the good ones from old cable? No? Oh well...

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    Damn, just lost a lot of money on my bets of "Warner Discovery" and "Brothers".

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    How many meetings were wasted on that

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    12 meetings, countless emails, a 7-day relaxation retreat for all the CEO's and their spouses, and a separate 4-day retreat for the CEOs and their side pieces.

    They decided this via the group message before the first meeting, but they had to make it look good for the shareholders.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Ah, yes, I too remember AOL/Time-Warner...

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago*

    “You have no idea of the physical toll that two mergers have on a company”

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    I totally thought this was a joke...

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    The people in charge are not smarter than you.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    “We Fucked It Up Corp.”

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    That must takes a long time to decide :)

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Some consulting firm surely was paid a few million to come up with these names.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    What's in a name?

    Apparently a whole lot

    We're at the point that any name recognition is worth serious coin

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    [–] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I feel like these fuckers only just merged

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You feel that way because they just did.

    They merged in April of 22.

    Was the whole thing a ploy to rearrange debt?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Warner Bros and Discovery Global, not much surprise there

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The new publicly traded companies will be Warner Bros. (streaming and studios) and Discovery Global (comprising TV networks, Discovery+ and other assets).

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