https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/26/22441644/amazon-mgm-acquisition-prime-video-subscription-service-james-bond

Amazon has reached a deal to acquire the film and TV company MGM for $8.45 billion, the companies announced today. It’s a significant acquisition for the e-commerce giant, and it means it will own a library of content that’s reported to consist of around 4,000 films and 17,000 hours of TV. The acquisition is likely to help Amazon attract even more big-spending Prime subscribers as its Prime Video service competes with the likes of Netflix and Disney Plus.

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

I'm good with it for now, even though I generally never do amazon for anything beyond shopping.

Y'all buy those labels, I was born supreme

but i use the fuck out of it

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

This deal still doesnt include pre 86 MGM movies (Wizard of OZ, Gone with the Wind, Singing in The Rain)
i would nerd out here but....not the place

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No Connery bond on Amazon?

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what I mean is...they thought this was a good enough deal to purchase, which means they ran the numbers and expect to make a projected sum of billions down the road

what that projected sum is, is the part I can't seem to understand because it must be a mountain of money

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why would this be different?
catalogue was available since Feb with various bids

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We sweat and life is not safe
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When we unite we hedge amen

the projected sums of money TO BE EARNED are so the fuck far out of a realm of understanding for my smooth brain

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Old School Content Players are consolidating. Look at this chart and remember what you know about the laws of gravity.

https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/media-universe-1.png?w=681&h=383&crop=1


When you look at it it seems clear that the tech companies should be gobbling up the much smaller (content) companies (because they live on content and they have so much f'ing money). This chart is old but already you see Discovery has been sucked up into ATT and the MGM library is too small to be out there floating alone all by itself.

AMC and Liongates are no brainers and it will probably happen in the wake of this.....unless we had an anti-trust justice department worth a damn to step in and say all this consolidation is terrible for consumers.

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https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-mgm-and-outtakes-from-the-apprentice-heres-what-to-know/

Amazon has just signed a deal to purchase Hollywood studio MGM, and it remains to be seen exactly what the tech giant will do with the studio's portfolio of movies and TV shows. Comedian Stephen Colbert has a suggestion.

Since MGM's portfolio includes The Apprentice, a reality show that starred Donald Trump, the late-night TV host mused Tuesday that Amazon might have access to the outtakes from the show. People involved in the show have said the clips include racist and sexist comments by the former president.

During his Late Show, Colbert wondered if Amazon would release the outtakes as a next move in an ongoing feud between Trump and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who announced earlier this year that he would hand over the his leadership role to Andy Jassy. On Wednesday, Bezos set the date as July 5.

The Bezos-Trump feud has involved a tweet by the Amazon boss saying he'd save a space on a rocket to send Trump into space. (Bezos owns the space company Blue Origin.) It's also featured accusations that Trump's animus was behind Amazon being shut out of a valuable government contract, which is the subject of an ongoing lawsuit. Trump, meanwhile, has criticized the Bezos-owned Washington Post, accused Amazon of not paying enough taxes and suggested that Amazon's employees go on "a really long strike."

A cast member from The Apprentice claimed that Trump used the N-word while on set during the show's 13-year run. The show's creator and producer, Mark Burnett, and MGM said in a joint statement in 2016 that Burnett was contractually prohibited from releasing the show's outtakes and that MGM also had contractual obligations that "restrict" the company's ability to release the outtakes.

Trump didn't respond to a request for comment. Amazon declined to comment for this story.

"MGM Studios owns The Apprentice and all its materials, including all footage," said MGM in a statement, adding that "various contractual and legal requirements restrict MGM's ability to release such material."

At Amazon's annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, Bezos painted the MGM acquisition as a win for "people who love stories," and said the giant e-tailer will keep building on the studio's intellectual property.

"We can reimagine and develop that IP for the 21st century," Bezos said.

Correction, 1:06 p.m.: This story has been updated to reflect that Stephen Colbert hosts the Late Show.

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they're gonna live forever and will never expand or diversify that brand/universe, and there are so many creators right now that would do incredible work with the Bond world...

Yes, I'm mad. Let's move on.

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