No Mercy / No Malice: The Worst Acquisition in History, Again
The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
Vox Media Podcast Network
4.4 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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| 0:52.8 | And for some, it's a form of resistance. |
| 0:55.2 | I think a lot of people have a sense that, like, we live in this very consumerist society |
| 0:59.3 | and feel kind of a desire and need to, like, push back against that. |
| 1:03.7 | How to Live with Less. |
| 1:05.3 | That's this week Unexplated to Me. |
| 1:07.4 | New episodes, Sundays, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:25.0 | I'm Scott Galloway, and this is no mercy, no malice. When is a deal, a bad deal before it's even consummated? When one of the companies is Warner Brothers. The worst |
| 1:31.2 | acquisition in history, again, as read by George Hahn. After six months and eight failed bids, the Ellison's made the Warner Brothers Discovery Board an offer they couldn't refuse. |
| 1:52.3 | The potential Netflix acquisition would have been akin to fusing LVMH and Walmart, |
| 1:57.9 | HBO's prestige TV and Warner's iconic IP, plus Netflix's scale. |
| 2:05.0 | Paramount Skydance buying WBD is the fusion of a dog and a car bumper traveling 80 miles an hour. |
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