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Lou Whiteman

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Netflix Makes a Shocking Acquisition

Disney, Fox, I see what they were doing, but I do think the target matters and the target is better.

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Netflix Makes a Shocking Acquisition

Travis, on the pricing thing as a consumer, all I'd notice is that if you actually do want this content, I doubt Netflix raises their price by $11 per month.

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The minimum to be a Warner Brothers streaming customer was $11 per month.

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Netflix Makes a Shocking Acquisition

I think that speaks to the optionality here.

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Netflix Makes a Shocking Acquisition

Some of what the studios are upset about, will movies go to the theaters anymore, some of those questions, I think Netflix can give in on that pretty easily and maybe

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Netflix Makes a Shocking Acquisition

But let's look at the other way.

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Netflix Makes a Shocking Acquisition

And maybe I'm being too Pollyanna here, but does the bigger studio presence mean that it makes more economic sense to sort of lean into the theater as another source of revenue?

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Netflix Makes a Shocking Acquisition

Right.

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Netflix Makes a Shocking Acquisition

Well, that's it.

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Netflix Makes a Shocking Acquisition

I'd offer new ways to tackle that.

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Netflix Makes a Shocking Acquisition

I don't know.

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Netflix Makes a Shocking Acquisition

I think there's a lot of ways to play out.

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Netflix Makes a Shocking Acquisition

Disney has had good management and less good management over the year.

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Netflix Makes a Shocking Acquisition

The one thing, again, I would say, too, is that if you're going to bet the jockey, I'm going to bet on Netflix's management team to work through some of the wrinkles, iron out the wrinkles here.

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Netflix Makes a Shocking Acquisition

I don't want to be too positive.

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Netflix Makes a Shocking Acquisition

Like I said, I still wonder if it gets through.

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Netflix Makes a Shocking Acquisition

especially globally, with antitrust.

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Netflix Makes a Shocking Acquisition

But I do think that, man, you're putting a really smart people in charge of even more great assets.

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Netflix Makes a Shocking Acquisition

As an investor, there's a lot to like about that.

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Netflix Makes a Shocking Acquisition

Maybe it's the banking in my past, but every problem gets solved by a deal, guys.