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The episode discusses Paramount Skydance's acquisition offer for Warner Bros Discovery, Netflix's response, and changes to RTings' review access due to AI scraping.

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 .

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Host: Tom Andry

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Organizations: Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros Discovery, Netflix, RTings

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