EPISODE · Dec 5, 2025 · 18 MIN
"Hollywood is Truly Freaked Out." Inside the Netflix/WBD Deal with Lucas Shaw
from Channels with Peter Kafka · host Vox Media Podcast Network
In 2013, Netflix wanted to become HBO. Now Netflix is going to buy HBO along with the Warner Bros. Studio, in a blockbuster $83 billion deal. Wowza. Here to talk me through this is Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw, who has been deep in the deal talks for weeks. Discussed in this one: *How did Netflix maneuver its way into a deal everyone thought Paramount would win? *Will this deal actually get past Donald Trump and U.S. regulators? *What does this deal — a kind of deal Netflix has never, ever made in the past — tell us about Netflix today? *What happens to my favorite HBO shows? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Embed this episode
NOW PLAYING
"Hollywood is Truly Freaked Out." Inside the Netflix/WBD Deal with Lucas Shaw
No transcript for this episode yet
Similar Episodes
No similar episodes found.
Similar Podcasts
No similar podcasts found.