Amazon to buy MGM, Bezos announces his exit date – Sydney Morning Herald

The proliferating streaming services are scrambling for brands that they can expand and libraries of older shows and movies. Analysts have said this is a big motivation for another round of consolidation of media properties after a brief hiatus during the pandemic.
Underscoring the trend, AT&T announced a $US43 billion deal last week to spin out its WarnerMedia business and combine it with Discovery, one of the most ambitious yet in the streaming era.
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