I knew it!
No one believed me, but now there is proof.
We all did 1999 twice!

Unfortunately this is the opening chapter of a lot of spy stories. Depending on the decade it was written, we are now looking for someone leaving the country with microfilm, a CDROM, a thumb drive, or an immersive portable VR headset device containing viable plans for fusion reactors/weapons.

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In MN 1 in 5 cars are a Subaru Outbacks. From the same official stats, 2/3 of MN cars are trucks, 6/137 are RV, 5/16 are compact electric suvs, and 1/2 of those are boats.

Gosh, I wonder who she thinks should have the job?

Cities 97: The music's on, but nobody's home

ah, that is a much cleaner deal for them.

What is the journalism analog for "crisis actor"?
This room is full of whatever that is.

Owning CNN is another thing altogether. First, CNN is a brand in distress and in need of some rehab. Second, CNN instantly makes Netflix political whether it likes it or not. Being political puts subscriptions in the activists crosshairs (just ask Disney)

Sports is hard to argue with keeping in some way. Disney has ESPN/ABC sports coverage, Peacock has the Olympics, Apple now has MLS coverage. Owning TNT would give Netflix access to live sports, and possibly some streaming rights.

If it goes through, it will be interesting to see what assets they sell off. Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch famously understood that live sports and live news were the stickiest content around. WB owns TNT (sports) and CNN (news) and I assume they are part of the bid to acquire.

The massive acquisition debt is really what killed everyone else that bought WB (AOL, etc.) In Netflix's case, some of this is shifting an operating cost to capital/debt service from content licensing fees they'd no longer pay. Plus, you still need to invest in new content creation.

Wakko fights dirty, but Dot is just straight up mean.