HBO Max to Remove 36 Titles, Including 20 Originals, From Streaming
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HBO Max will remove almost 36 titles from its service as early as this week, Variety has confirmed. A spokesperson for HBO Max attributed the decision to the pending merge of the platform with Disc…

‘Some of the shows being memory-holed were hits; Summer Camp Island had 100 episodes and tons of fans! Others were about to premiere new seasons, which now no one will ever see. Creators spent YEARS pouring themselves into these projects; most weren’t even told this was happening.’

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‘This picture of our crew represents 37 teams of artists who found out online that their shows were being stripped from HBO MAX and for some, episodes we worked on for two years during a pandemic would never be released. @discoveryplus has no respect for artists’

In related news:

HBO Max is expected to layoff around 70% of their development staff

And interestingly:

During #WarnerBrosDiscovery’s earnings call, HBO Max was identified as “male skew” while Discovery+ was considered “female skew.”

  • @i_must_destroy@lemmygrad.ml
    19•3 years ago

    I believe this is basically just an accounting trick to get a tax write off. Very sad for those who worked on these projects and those who enjoy them.

    In a broader sense, it seems like companies are desperately trying to squeeze all possible profit as fast as possible. Not that they don’t always do that, but it seems more desperate recently. This is pretty concerning. The insiders at these companies usually have info that the rest of the society doesn’t.