mrschimpf 1523 Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 2 hours ago, RCA TK47 said: Most likely a placeholder logo until the final one is designed. That slogan... hmmmm... "stuff"? Really a poor choice of wording. Put the blame on John Huston...it's a quote from The Maltese Falcon. As for this first logo...very deep Powerpoint/WordArt vibes. They'll fix it later in post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
channel2 840 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 21 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said: Why not just ditch "Discovery" altogether? Take a note from all of the failed combinations of the past.... Zaslav's ego probably wouldn't allow it. 21 hours ago, mrschimpf said: Put the blame on John Huston...it's a quote from The Maltese Falcon. As for this first logo...very deep Powerpoint/WordArt vibes. They'll fix it later in post. It's supposed to evoke the classic Warner Bros. shield... It's almost certainly a placeholder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonDonP1 113 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 25 minutes ago, channel2 said: Zaslav's ego probably wouldn't allow it. It's supposed to evoke the classic Warner Bros. shield... It's almost certainly a placeholder. Or just rename the merged company as either Warner Discovery or just plain Discovery for that matter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 2933 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 (edited) Here's a variant probably no one remembers, or has ever seen before. This was after Kinney National (a conglomerate, not the old shoe store) bought them after the Warner Bros.- Seven Arts era. Corporate scandal ensued soon after and the round "W" from the 70s and 80s came to be. Speaking of conglomerates, why don't they get back into the media business again? Fun fact, the Kinney Shoe store was bought by FW Woolworth, and they started Foot Locker in 1974. Flash forward to now, and Foot Locker (and their sister stores) are all that's left! Edited June 2, 2021 by tyrannical bastard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 4763 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 (edited) Hopefully you'll just trust me, because I don't have the tweet handy, but a reputable source in CNN's design department confirmed that this is a placeholder. They just needed a wordmark for a presentation to investors. Edited June 2, 2021 by 24994J 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
channel2 840 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 That tracks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam MadMan 172 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 6 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said: Here's a variant probably no one remembers, or has ever seen before. This was after Kinney National (a conglomerate, not the old shoe store) bought them after the Warner Bros.- Seven Arts era. Corporate scandal ensued soon after and the round "W" from the 70s and 80s came to be. Speaking of conglomerates, why don't they get back into the media business again? Fun fact, the Kinney Shoe store was bought by FW Woolworth, and they started Foot Locker in 1974. Flash forward to now, and Foot Locker (and their sister stores) are all that's left! I've known of that logo for a while, thanks to the logo community. Pretty rare picture there, since WB has historically liked to replace their old logos. Summer of 42 played earlier today on TCM, and the modern logo replaced the Kinney shield at the beginning (the ending still had the in-credit version, though). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megatron81 132 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 AT&T should've never have bought Warner Bros that was an epic fail everything that AT&T touches they ruin. And why does Jeff Zucker still have a job? The deal will be approved by the DOJ with rules I think DOJ is going to be tough on this deal just my opinion since the liberals don't like these types of mergers. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 992 Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share Posted November 10, 2021 Zaslav gave his comments on his plans for running WB-D at Paley Center for Media's online International Council Summit. Among them, he says he'll be "very hands on" while based in L.A. and calls CNN rival Fox News an "advocacy network, not a news network". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdude 100 Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 On 11/10/2021 at 10:52 AM, Action Newsroom said: Zaslav gave his comments on his plans for running WB-D at Paley Center for Media's online International Council Summit. Among them, he says he'll be "very hands on" while based in L.A. and calls CNN rival Fox News an "advocacy network, not a news network". Pot calling the kettle black much? CNN wasn't called The Clinton News Network for nothing? Of course Fox leans right but to say the others lean left is preposterous and that's all I'll say on the topic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1240 Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Has Zaslav made any comments about Turner Sports as well as AT&T SportsNet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 992 Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 AT&T plans to spinoff (rather than split) WarnerMedia as part of the merger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 992 Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 THE MERGER NOW HAS THE GREEN LIGHT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 992 Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 A shareholders' meeting to vote approval of the merger will be held by Discovery on March 11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1749 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 I'm sure after that shareholder vote, then can complete the spin-off and close it out. I thought this would've been a lengthier process, given the Biden-ran DOJ's stance in scrutinizing these kinds of M&As. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 992 Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 (edited) THE DISCOVERY SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE. EXPECTED COMPLETION SET FOR APRIL. Edited March 12, 2022 by Action Newsroom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1091 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 8 hours ago, Action Newsroom said: THE DISCOVERY SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE. EXPECTED COMPLETION SET FOR APRIL. Any chance you could remove that black background? The link in there is pretty much invisible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 992 Posted March 12, 2022 Author Share Posted March 12, 2022 (edited) On 3/11/2022 at 7:49 PM, mre29 said: Any chance you could remove that black background? The link in there is pretty much invisible. I never planned on putting it there, nor was there an option for that. Edited March 14, 2022 by Action Newsroom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyNewsOpens 82 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 On 3/11/2022 at 11:17 AM, Action Newsroom said: THE DISCOVERY SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE. EXPECTED COMPLETION SET FOR APRIL. If Malone is involved, of course it'll go. He somehow miraculously got Time Warner Cable-Bright House Networks-Charter's mega-merger to go without question from the DOJ. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLETVFan 362 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 There's news that HBO Max and Discovery+ will combine into one streaming service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 546 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 3 hours ago, CLETVFan said: There's news that HBO Max and Discovery+ will combine into one streaming service. Except not immediately, just after a transition period that would initially see them being bundled by default before Discovery+ is formally folded into HBO Max. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 2933 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 With Warner moving away from AT&T, I wonder if it will eventually take away the complimentary HBOMax I get with my fiber internet. I get Discovery+ billed from my Verizon service (free trial) along with the included Disney bundle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowBergen 406 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 35 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said: With Warner moving away from AT&T, I wonder if it will eventually take away the complimentary HBOMax I get with my fiber internet. I get Discovery+ billed from my Verizon service (free trial) along with the included Disney bundle. The same question goes for all of us who get HBOMax as part of our cable HBO subscription. Honestly, I have no desire to get Discovery+. HBOMax is the bigger service. There is a reason for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 2696 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, tyrannical bastard said: With Warner moving away from AT&T, I wonder if it will eventually take away the complimentary HBOMax I get with my fiber internet. I get Discovery+ billed from my Verizon service (free trial) along with the included Disney bundle. 24 minutes ago, NowBergen said: The same question goes for all of us who get HBOMax as part of our cable HBO subscription. Honestly, I have no desire to get Discovery+. HBOMax is the bigger service. There is a reason for that. THR reported back in November that AT&T would continue offering free HBO Max for wireless customers after the merger completes (I assume fiber internet customers are part of the deal, as well.) We have AT&T with their fiber internet package, and we get it for free. Edited March 16, 2022 by Georgie56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 546 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, NowBergen said: The same question goes for all of us who get HBOMax as part of our cable HBO subscription. Honestly, I have no desire to get Discovery+. HBOMax is the bigger service. There is a reason for that. HBO Max being available for free for HBO’s cable/satellite/IPTV/vMVPD subscribers, through a DirecTV-owned service or any other provider, most likely won’t change with the spin-off. (I get HBO Max access through HBO’s Hulu add-on [which can be added onto either of Hulu’s base VOD-only tiers as well as its live TV offering], but only use Max to watch non-HBO content; I have the Hulu add-on partly for the live East/West feeds of all seven linear HBO channels available on it, which have still yet to become available in any capacity on Max’s HBO portal.) Starz is the only other premium channel to have a hybrid TV Everywhere/direct-to-consumer streaming platform, interestingly (although HBO Max is technically more a hybrid of a premium channel streamer and a Netflix/Hulu/Prime Video-style general entertainment service), whereas Showtime and Epix still offer separate TVE and DTC services (Showtime Anytime and the Epix streaming service on the TVE side, and the Showtime streaming service and Epix Now on the DTC side). Edited March 16, 2022 by T.L. Hughes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.