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lol Zaslav is shitcanning all the classic Looney Tunes from HBO Max by new years. what a bunch of assholes -- (link)

Posted by hollywood big shot (aka pickmix) Nov 27 '23, 16:15

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https://twitter.com/ToonHive/status/1729258257363972136?s=20 (twitter.com)

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What exactly am I missing here (I mean, even theoretically). Is he going to bring it back at times to make it "special" and a draw when they do? Is - pmb Nov 27, 16:27 13
- some streaming executives....just want to watch the world burn -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 27, 16:51
- "What is the minimum product I can get people to pay the same amount for" -- nm - Reagen Nov 27, 16:41 4
  - But why? The content serves no purpose if you don't use it. You own it. Are they going to license it to another service? -- nm - pmb Nov 27, 16:43 3
    - this has been Zaslav's big revenue idea, e.g., selling older b-list HBO shows back to Netflix -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 27, 16:46 2
      - Ah. I can actually see that argument here if you think these things aren't really driving customers to Max. I don't really know what kind of kid - pmb Nov 27, 16:48 1
        
        there's an argument for it but (1) it still undermines Max; and (2) when you're trying to slash billions in buyout "costs" these are penny-ante sums -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 27, 16:50
- There was a NY Times Magazine feature a couple of weeks ago that compared him to the leads in The Producers, intentionally bankrupting the project. - Mop🧹 Nov 27, 16:39
- Cynic -- if they're not there, he doesn't owe royalties. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 27, 16:39 4
  - But what royalties? They own the content. -- nm - pmb Nov 27, 16:43
  - I just don't know what royalties are owed on animated shorts that *they* produced decades ago. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 27, 16:40 2
    - Wouldn't they owe writers / voice actors etc money? - Will Hunting Nov 27, 16:44 1
      - Likely not. - Mop🧹 Nov 27, 16:56
- Presumably there's more money licensing it (exclusively) elsewhere. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 27, 16:38
Are we sure this is new news? I can't find anything more recent than Jan of this year about removal. -- (link) - TWuG Nov 27, 16:24
I think you mean bunch of maroons. -- nm - Dano Nov 27, 16:16 1
- precisely -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 27, 16:37

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