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WarnerMedia to launch its own streaming service in late 2019

October 11, 2018 2 min read streaming video Tech Time Warner WarnerMedia

On Wednesday, CNN reported they’d obtained a memo from their corporate owner WarnerMedia. The memo states WarnerMedia (formerly known as Time Warner) will launch its own streaming service in the fourth

Time Warner is now known as WarnerMedia; also: what does AT&T now own?

June 17, 2018 3 min read AT and T infographic Media merger Statista Time Warner Warner Bros.WarnerMedia

AT&T certainly moved quickly after a judge threw out the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit over its Time Warner buyout. On Friday, AT&T announced that Time Warner’

Judge approves AT&T's merger with Time Warner; Comcast might try to outbid Disney for Fox's assets

June 13, 2018 2 min read 20th Century Fox Comcast Disney Fox Media merger Time Warner

On Tuesday, a federal judge handed down an approval for AT&T’s merger with Time Warner. The Justice Department opposed this merger, arguing the resulting company would be too large

What media companies own popular franchises now versus the 1980s?

January 11, 2018 4 min read CBS Comcast Disney Fox Media media ownership Time Warner Viacom

Decades ago, media ownership in the United States wasn’t as concentrated as it is today. In 1983, 50 companies owned 90% of American media. As of now, that 90% of media

AT&T to buy Time Warner for $85 billion

October 24, 2016 3 min read AT and T Media merger Time Warner

It had been talked about over the past week, but was officially announced on Saturday. Longtime telephone and internet giant AT&T will be buying media conglomerate Time Warner for $85 billion.

Scooby-Doo movie reboot, Hanna-Barbera cinematic universe coming

April 17, 2016 2 min read animation Hanna-Barbera Media Scooby-Doo Time Warner Warner Bros.

As bizarre as this post’s headline sounds, it’s true. Warner Bros., owners of the Hanna-Barbera library of characters, announced at last week’s CinemaCon (a trade show for

DC Comics finally exits New York after 80 years

April 11, 2015 1 min read California comic news DC Comics DC Entertainment Media New York Time Warner

DC Comics, which has been in New York City since its founding in the 1930s, announced a few years ago it was moving to southern California to join the rest of the Time

Fox tried to buy Time Warner for $80 billion

July 16, 2014 1 min read Fox Media merger News Corp.Rupert Murdoch Time Warner

Rupert Murdoch, owner of 21st Century Fox (the movie and TV divisions) and News Corp. (home of Fox News) has made an offer to Time Warner (which Time Warner’s rejected) to

DC Comics to relocate to California

October 30, 2013 2 min read California comic news DC Comics Media New York Time Warner

From “Justice League of America” (vol. 1) #123, Oct. 1975. Art by Dick Dillin. On Tuesday came news that DC Comics, who’s been based in the nation’s

Are Nickelodeon and SpongeBob worse than DC/WB and Batman?

October 09, 2013 2 min read animation Batman Media Nickelodeon SpongeBob SquarePants Time Warner Viacom

As we all know, DC Comics (and their parent company Time Warner) rely heavily on Batman. In a previous post, I wrote that by my count, about 42% of DC’s “