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From PWInsider’s coverage of the ALL OUT Media call. Clearly seems to be teasing putting stuff on MAX, but I bet it’s going to be on MAX’s more costly sports tier that’s supposed to be coming. I really hate this all in one basket strategy though, WBD is in deep trouble financially, if I were guessing which “Legacy Media” company would go out of business first, I’m looking at them. Also I am still slightly concerned over this extended negotiation term, it’s just so weird when every other sport negotiates a year ahead of time, even WWE had deals in place at the start of this year.
Yeah I don’t wanna say things are ‘fishy’ but the way it’s been going down is definitely abnormal.
But has WBD been goddamned anything but abnormal these last few years? Shit. WBD surviving this late into 2024 I think is only due to how deep their pockets were to begin with, otherwise with how whatshistits has cannibalized them I’d have expected em to have bled out already.
Just think of WBD as the TNA of Media Conglomerates, then it all makes sense.