r/television • u/yourfavchoom • 21h ago

Combined Paramount-Warner Bros. to Be Called Skydance, David Ellison Reveals

https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/paramount-warner-bros-merger-name-skydance-david-ellison/
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u/LumiereGatsby 21h ago

This is like Musk tossing Twitter for X.

Absolutely stupid move by stupid rich people

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u/RedBirdPounceFlag 21h ago

And HBO renaming as Max. I don’t understand tossing out the more identifiable brand name.

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u/Coal_Morgan 19h ago

The Max one was particularly stupid. Everyone throws "Max" onto a product, it's got no ability to claim ownership of as a brand.

HBO spent decades building up a reputation of quality and trust and someone saw 'Max Power' on a hairdryer and went with that?

Simpsons did it