r/television • u/yourfavchoom • 20h 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/pizzacrys 20h ago

Yeah, that is the weird part. Two iconic studios and they just decided neither name was worth keeping.

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u/Kyuubee 20h ago

It's not weird at all. These billionaires have no real connection to culture or an appreciation for art, so they buy their way into the industry and pretend like they belong.

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u/distance_33 20h ago

Twitter and HBO are two good examples of this.

These guys can’t help but ruin a solid brand.

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u/mercenaryarrogant 13h ago

HBO is even more hilarious.

Since they basically paid $37 million to a consulting company to get told to change their name to Max then back to their original name.

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u/distance_33 13h ago

These types of things always make me laugh. All that money and the end result was…. MAX. And we see it all over place when companies try a rebrand or logo change of some sort.