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CruelBuffalo 04/19/24 10:56:48 AM #1:	https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/business/paramount-sony-apollo-bid.html <cite>CruelBuffalo posted [p:979992767] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/business/paramount-sony-apollo-bid.html</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Turbam 04/19/24 10:58:17 AM #2:	No more sexy Squidward --- ~snip (V)_(;,;)_(V) snip~ I'm just one man! Whoa! Well, I'm a one man band! https://imgur.com/p9Xvjvs <cite>Turbam posted [p:979992781] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>No more sexy Squidward </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheGoldenEel 04/19/24 10:58:59 AM #3:	Massive conglomerates forming even massiver conglomerates is always bad for consumers --- BLACK LIVES MATTER Games: http://backloggery.com/wrldindstries302 \\ Music: http://www.last.fm/user/DrMorberg/ <cite>TheGoldenEel posted [p:979992792] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>Massive conglomerates forming even massiver conglomerates is always bad for consumers </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
name_unknown 04/19/24 11:11:10 AM #4:	columbia was never big enough for sony. Did sony make a bid for mgm before it went to amazon? <cite>name_unknown posted [p:979992932] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>columbia was never big enough for sony. Did sony make a bid for mgm before it went to amazon?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Crimsoness 04/19/24 11:11:34 AM #5:	Turbam posted... No more sexy Squidward Oh no he's hot! --- She/Her She is like a cat in the dark. And then she is the darkness <cite>Crimsoness posted [p:979992938] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>Turbam posted... </cite><quote>No more sexy Squidward</quote>Oh no he's hot! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
itcheyness 04/19/24 11:12:45 AM #6:	I'm sure FTC will fight this just as hard as they fought the Microsoft acquisition of ABK right? --- Seattle Sounders 1-3-2 5 points 261 Refugee <cite>itcheyness posted [p:979992950] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>I'm sure FTC will fight this just as hard as they fought the Microsoft acquisition of ABK right? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheHoldSteady 04/19/24 11:13:16 AM #7:	so tired of these giant companies buying out already giant companies man --- If she said we partied, then I'm pretty sure we partied. I really don't remember. I remember we departed from our bodies. <cite>TheHoldSteady posted [p:979992959] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>so tired of these giant companies buying out already giant companies man </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CADE_FOSTER 04/19/24 11:14:14 AM #8:	itcheyness posted... I'm sure FTC will fight this just as hard as they fought the Microsoft acquisition of ABK right? ms should have been broken up long ago but ftc doesnt do shit <cite>CADE_FOSTER posted [p:979992969] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>itcheyness posted... </cite><quote>I'm sure FTC will fight this just as hard as they fought the Microsoft acquisition of ABK right?</quote>ms should have been broken up long ago but ftc doesnt do shit</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
R1masher 04/19/24 11:15:26 AM #9:	What does skydance think about this? --- R1R1R1R1R1R1 <cite>R1masher posted [p:979992987] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>What does skydance think about this? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Prestoff 04/19/24 11:55:17 AM #10:	I was against Disney buying Fox studios and I'm still against big companies buying each other out now. I have no idea how they were able to bypass the anti-trust laws. --- DI MOLTO! <cite>Prestoff posted [p:979993572] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>I was against Disney buying Fox studios and I'm still against big companies buying each other out now. I have no idea how they were able to bypass the anti-trust laws. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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CADE_FOSTER 04/19/24 11:56:20 AM #12:	Prestoff posted... I was against Disney buying Fox studios and I'm still against big companies buying each other out now. I have no idea how they were able to bypass the anti-trust laws. anti trust laws are never enforced our gov doesnt actually care about shit like this <cite>CADE_FOSTER posted [p:979993598] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>Prestoff posted... </cite><quote>I was against Disney buying Fox studios and I'm still against big companies buying each other out now. I have no idea how they were able to bypass the anti-trust laws.</quote>anti trust laws are never enforced our gov doesnt actually care about shit like this</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
itcheyness 04/19/24 11:56:54 AM #13:	CADE_FOSTER posted... ms should have been broken up long ago but ftc doesnt do shit The FTC fought the MS-ABK merger so hard that the judge had to remind them they weren't supposed to be on Sony's payroll... --- Seattle Sounders 1-3-2 5 points 261 Refugee <cite>itcheyness posted [p:979993604] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>CADE_FOSTER posted... </cite><quote>ms should have been broken up long ago but ftc doesnt do shit</quote>The FTC fought the MS-ABK merger so hard that the judge had to remind them they weren't supposed to be on Sony's payroll... </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ScazarMeltex 04/19/24 12:05:07 PM #14:	TheHoldSteady posted... so tired of these giant companies buying out already giant companies man That's how capitalism has to work the way it's practiced in the US. It's not that companies don't make a profit, it's that they can't grow past a certain point, and shareholders want growth year over year, not just profit. So the only way to get that growth is buying out other companies. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed <cite>ScazarMeltex posted [p:979993704] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>TheHoldSteady posted... </cite><quote>so tired of these giant companies buying out already giant companies man</quote>That's how capitalism has to work the way it's practiced in the US. It's not that companies don't make a profit, it's that they can't grow past a certain point, and shareholders want growth year over year, not just profit. So the only way to get that growth is buying out other companies. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CADE_FOSTER 04/19/24 12:07:09 PM #15:	itcheyness posted... The FTC fought the MS-ABK merger so hard that the judge had to remind them they weren't supposed to be on Sony's payroll... man you sure are bitter over nothing ms greased the right hands and it went through <cite>CADE_FOSTER posted [p:979993725] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>itcheyness posted... </cite><quote>The FTC fought the MS-ABK merger so hard that the judge had to remind them they weren't supposed to be on Sony's payroll...</quote>man you sure are bitter over nothing ms greased the right hands and it went through</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shamino 04/19/24 1:07:55 PM #16:	Can Sony afford that? --- Switch/PC 16 GB 6700k RTX 3080 Cards/Suns/'Yotes/Diamondbacks/ASU Fan <cite>Shamino posted [p:979994577] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>Can Sony afford that? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Necronmon 04/20/24 1:40:23 AM #17:	That's how capitalism has to work the way it's practiced in the US. It's not that companies don't make a profit, it's that they can't grow past a certain point, and shareholders want growth year over year, not just profit. So the only way to get that growth is buying out other companies. And the end game is Amazon owning the world. <cite>Necronmon posted [p:980004428] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote><quote>That's how capitalism has to work the way it's practiced in the US. It's not that companies don't make a profit, it's that they can't grow past a certain point, and shareholders want growth year over year, not just profit. So the only way to get that growth is buying out other companies.</quote>And the end game is Amazon owning the world. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hyena_Of_Ice 04/20/24 1:43:49 AM #18:	Prestoff posted... I was against Disney buying Fox studios and I'm still against big companies buying each other out now. I have no idea how they were able to bypass the anti-trust laws. They didn't. The FTC hasn't gotten remotely enough funding to enforce anti-trust laws for decades. <cite>Hyena_Of_Ice posted [p:980004454] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>Prestoff posted... </cite><quote>I was against Disney buying Fox studios and I'm still against big companies buying each other out now. I have no idea how they were able to bypass the anti-trust laws.</quote>They didn't. The FTC hasn't gotten remotely enough funding to enforce anti-trust laws for decades.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Enclave 04/20/24 1:43:58 AM #19:	This will go through if they actually do buy, it's bs but I've long since accepted the fact that the US government doesn't actually give a shit about potential monopolies forming any more. --- The commercial says that Church isn't for perfect people, I guess that's why I'm an atheist. <cite>Enclave posted [p:980004455] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>This will go through if they actually do buy, it's bs but I've long since accepted the fact that the US government doesn't actually give a shit about potential monopolies forming any more. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
noisetank 04/20/24 2:15:38 AM #20:	CADE_FOSTER posted... man you sure are bitter over nothing ms greased the right hands and it went through lmao weird spin but okay. ftc was obviously going up to bat for sony and not the consumer the entire time lol --- Grim Reaper: "Your time has come" Xsquader: "sir whats your badge number?" <cite>noisetank posted [p:980004663] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>CADE_FOSTER posted... </cite><quote>man you sure are bitter over nothing ms greased the right hands and it went through</quote>lmao weird spin but okay. ftc was obviously going up to bat for sony and not the consumer the entire time lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DoesntMatter 04/20/24 2:18:30 AM #21:	jfc --- It don't matter. None of this matters. he/him <cite>DoesntMatter posted [p:980004685] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>jfc </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Board_hunter567 04/20/24 2:39:01 AM #22:	Not quite Paramount-Viacom-ABC-Disney, but we're getting closer. https://www.theonion.com/just-six-corporations-remain-1819564741 Shamino posted... Can Sony afford that? They can do a leveraged buyout, which never turns out badly at all. --- http://i.imgur.com/szMsu.png Validate your purchases and discredit the purchases of others whenever possible. Numbers objectively define quality and enjoyment. <cite>Board_hunter567 posted [p:980004804] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>Not quite Paramount-Viacom-ABC-Disney, but we're getting closer.https://www.theonion.com/just-six-corporations-remain-1819564741Shamino posted... </cite><quote>Can Sony afford that?</quote>They can do a leveraged buyout, which never turns out badly at all. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Auto_Chrisbot 04/20/24 1:54:37 PM #23:	Hey man, I only recently found out that I get Paramount Plus for free through my cable provider because I subscribe to Showtime. I'm currently trying to catch up on all the new Star Trek shows, and am curating my watch list. If this sale goes through and that gets cancelled or revoked I'll... I'LL... be mildly annoyed. --- "Freedom is the right of all sentient beans" - Optimus Pintobean <cite>Auto_Chrisbot posted [p:980009630] in Sony in ta... [t:80750984]...</cite> <quote>Hey man, I only recently found out that I get Paramount Plus for free through my cable provider because I subscribe to Showtime. I'm currently trying to catch up on all the new Star Trek shows, and am curating my watch list.If this sale goes through and that gets cancelled or revoked I'll... I'LL... be mildly annoyed. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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