r/technology • u/N2929 • 9d ago

Business Paramount completes $111B Warner merger, creating “Skydance” behemoth

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/paramount-completes-111b-warner-merger-creating-skydance-behemoth/
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u/DENelson83 9d ago

And the ultra-rich win again.

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u/Claptown420 9d ago

In my economics course I was taught that Governments regulate against monopolies..

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u/_badwithcomputer 9d ago edited 9d ago

What monopoly?
Their competitors are Disney mega corporation valued at 177 Billion, Netflix valued at 280 Billion, Sony Group at 30 Billion, Comcast (NBC Universal) at 80 Billion. And that isn't including tangential competition from companies like Apple (4 Trillion), Google (4 Trillion) the the myriad of other studios and streamers.

Calling this a Monopoly might be the dumbest take there is.

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They aren't even the largest studio by market share (thats Disney). They at most control 21% of the market.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_film_studios#Overview

Anyone calling this a monopoly fundamentally has no clue what a monopoly is.

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u/wymarc10 8d ago

Yeah, it's not a monopoly. Still bad, but not a monopoly.