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Warner Bros. Discovery's plans to split up.
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Reddit vs. Claude.
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Andy Cross: Warner Brothers files for divorce. You're listening to Motley Fool Money. Welcome to Motley Fool Money. I'm Andy Cross, joined here by Jason Hall. Hey, Jason.
Jason Hall: Hey, Andy.
Andy Cross: Jason, let's jump right into the big news of the day. Warner Brothers Discovery is planning to split itself up into two distinct companies. Warner Brothers Global Networks, that's home to CNN, and Warner Brothers Streaming and Studios, that's home to HBO and other things, too. Jason, since the merger between Warner Media and Discovery that created this $25 billion media company in 2022, shares are down 60%. Now, they're up 7% today, so maybe investors have some hope that WBD is finally creating, maybe it's equivalent of Netflix. Is this good for shareholders?
Jason Hall: I think that's the upside here is that we're finally seeing somebody make a true competitor to Netflix a stripped down streaming and content production company that's hyper-focused on that and not this legacy media giant that throws out a streaming brand, but still has all of its legacy businesses that are in transition it's having to navigate through. I think the response we're seeing with the stock price, Andy, is as much wanting to see change, just some positive change as maybe that bullishness Last week, we got an overwhelming rejection of management's pay package by shareholders at the annual meeting. More than 60% of voters voted against management's compensation package. Now, of course, that's a non-binding "advisory vote", but it's pretty clear that shareholders have not been happy about how things have gone.
