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WR810 t1_j9rz4xz wrote

Reply to comment by vitorgrs in Warner Bros. Discovery Sees $2.1 Billion Loss in Q4 After Big Writedown; Ad Sales Tumble by Neo2199

Obviously new debt was created to pay off the old debt.

The point was Warner Brothers and its properties have been mismanaged well before Discovery and was a major albatross around AT&T's neck. We would see reductions like this even if Discovery hadn't borrowed the money to buy Warner Brothers because the last owner was also indebted.

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vitorgrs t1_j9ryh7i wrote

Reply to comment by WR810 in Warner Bros. Discovery Sees $2.1 Billion Loss in Q4 After Big Writedown; Ad Sales Tumble by Neo2199

Never said the their entire debt was new. Just saying Discovery indeed create a 30bi+ debt to acquire Warner. It's a fact.

https://deadline.com/2022/03/discovery-debt-sale-warnermedia-merger-att-1234974970/

The thing was, we don't really know how much WarnerMedia division had in debt prior to the sale because it was unified with AT&T.

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f_d t1_j9rxml4 wrote

Reply to comment by Coz91 in Warner Bros. Discovery Sees $2.1 Billion Loss in Q4 After Big Writedown; Ad Sales Tumble by Neo2199

They are, but I don't know how it compares with their long-term plans. Unlike Warner, they can afford to keep spending to overtake Netflix.

>Disney’s direct-to-consumer division, which also includes Hulu and ESPN+, on Tuesday reported an operating loss of nearly $1.5 billion, more than doubling its loss of $630 million during the same quarter a year earlier.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-11-08/disney-earnings-fourth-quarter-streaming-loses-1-5-billion-hulu-espn-chapek

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meowskywalker t1_j9rwuk7 wrote

Reply to comment by krazy_kat_laddie in What are some things the creators of a show later reconned that was absolutely terrible? by BlancoDelRio

I genuinely do not understand how anyone who enjoyed the first 8 seasons of the Simpsons could think that Armin Tanzanian is anything but hilarious.

And it’s barely a retcon. The only thing we knew about him before Principal and the Pauper that wasn’t true was his name. He’s still the principal that Bart has been screwing with for years, he’s still a Vietnam vet, he’s still strangely subservient to Agnes Skinner, he still a nerd who loves being a principal despite the fact he’s quite bad at it. And even his name stops being fake by the end of the episode, by court order.

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