DionR
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FYI, it's not Discovery that is on the hole by itself. It's the parent company Warner Brothers that is in the hole overall.
Roadkill and other Motortrend shows are cancelled.
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Because it’s true. The junk he builds is exactly that, junk.
Not surprising they were that much in debt . How could they possibly pay the nut on so many niche shows ? I would only watch Engine Masters , Road Kill and Finnegan . On occasion I would watch the one with the Mexican interior guys .
No interest in watching semi hot girls with their tits hanging out pretend to fix cars ….
No interest in watching semi hot girls with their tits hanging out pretend to fix cars ….
junkyardhero
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i knew it was in the cards as soon as the warner bros merger.
David Zaslav can go gargle donkey balls.
junkyardhero
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as @DionR said above: it's not MotorTrend that's 41B in debt, it's all of Discovery Warner bros the parent company that is carrying that debt.
without doing a case study here: it's basically a function of big company (AT&T) buying warner bros and then spun them off, they then acquired discovery and their properties. MT was already in debt from when they were purchased from primemedia back when by a PE firm for something like 1.5B and that never fully dissolved as print media went down the toilet and the pivot to online/video was an additional investment-- but that's neither here nor there.
41B in the hole is for warner bros/discovery and all of their various arms as a whole, and importantly to note here this includes property.
WB gambled and lost, now they're restructuring. they'll cut the fat and the lower probably 20% of performing shows, probably sell off a bunch of IP and close up a few divisions while holding onto the rights for future use.
without doing a case study here: it's basically a function of big company (AT&T) buying warner bros and then spun them off, they then acquired discovery and their properties. MT was already in debt from when they were purchased from primemedia back when by a PE firm for something like 1.5B and that never fully dissolved as print media went down the toilet and the pivot to online/video was an additional investment-- but that's neither here nor there.
41B in the hole is for warner bros/discovery and all of their various arms as a whole, and importantly to note here this includes property.
WB gambled and lost, now they're restructuring. they'll cut the fat and the lower probably 20% of performing shows, probably sell off a bunch of IP and close up a few divisions while holding onto the rights for future use.
Dan the man
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I've never seen anything that he's built in person but going by what I've seen on his show I would disagree but I don't know as a fact cause I have never seen his work in true life. Have you? I'm not saying that I agree with everything that he does but I do like the idea that he shows what can be done with a limited budget and what you already have on hand
Dan the man
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At once time I had written down how many of these shows are no longer around, if I remember correctly it was something like 15. Fast and Loud, misfit garage, goblin works, west coast customs
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