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Podcast: Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning with Sasha Stone
Episode: Netflix and the WB Just Killed Off Movie Theaters
Description: The deal is done. Netflix will purchase Warner Bros. Discovery for $82 billion. Yet another corporate monopoly drives a nail through Hollywood’s coffin. It was bad enough when Disney bought Fox, Star Wars, and Marvel. Now, Netflix will be among the most powerful corporate monopolies, replacing what Hollywood used to be.America gave up on Hollywood because Hollywood gave up on America. The result is empty movie theaters all over the country—one bomb after another. Of course, Warner Bros. knew. You’d have to be an idiot not to know. Does anyone think Netflix is swe...