About this episode
The episode discusses Paramount Skydance's acquisition attempt of Warner Bros Discovery, Netflix's response, and changes at RTings regarding product reviews.
Paramount Skydance gave their best and final offer to buy Warner Bros Discovery, and Netflix declined to match it. RTings now requires a paid membership to view their full product reviews, a change made in light of AI scraping all their data and leading to far fewer page visits. Tom has updates about his back, […] The post AV Rant #999.5 – Too Many Names appeared first on AV Rant .
People in this episode
Host: Tom Andry
Topics covered
- media acquisition
- streaming services
- product reviews
- AI impact
- health updates
Keywords
- Paramount Skydance
- Warner Bros Discovery
- Netflix
- RTings
- AI scraping
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros Discovery, Netflix, RTings
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