Netflix vs. Paramount 101
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast
WNYC Studios
4.4 • 675 Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From WNYC Studios. |
| 0:07.1 | I'm Brian Lerer. |
| 0:08.1 | This is my daily politics podcast. |
| 0:10.8 | It's Tuesday, December 9th. |
| 0:14.7 | If you're anyone from a baby boomer down to Gen Z, |
| 0:18.8 | what American media giant does this song make you think of? |
| 0:23.6 | Music Yes, that's right. It's the Mary Melodies cartoon theme, as some of you recognized. |
| 0:47.5 | So you might have thought first of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, upon hearing that theme. |
| 0:54.0 | But if you remember the visual, upon hearing that theme. |
| 1:01.3 | But if you remember the visual, it said, Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. presents Warner Brothers. |
| 1:06.0 | And so most of you have probably figured out already where I'm going with this, but we don't know where that Warner Brothers theme will be going. Maybe it will be going to live with this little theme. |
| 1:16.1 | Much less fun, but more contemporary, right? The Netflix. A Dome. Maybe a decent mix. Who knows? |
| 1:23.2 | Even though so many people think Netflix already broke Hollywood and think a Warner Brothers |
| 1:28.6 | Discovery Netflix merger, which would also sweep in HBO, would put too much of the |
| 1:34.0 | streaming business, too much control of cultural content in one ginormous company's hands. |
| 1:39.8 | Or maybe the silly cartoon theme, did I mention Porky Pig or Tree Bird, will now wind up on a |
| 1:47.2 | mixtape with this more serious theme. |
| 2:00.7 | Yes, that's the CBS Evening News theme. |
| 2:04.5 | See how long they extend that last note. |
| 2:06.5 | Hello Barry Rice. |
| 2:08.0 | Hello, Paramount Skydance, |
| 2:09.5 | and the David Ellison, Arab Amirati Jared Kushner Investment Group, |
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