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Xolodno

(7,367 posts) Mon Sep 22, 2025, 11:03 PM Sep 2025

They didn't want to jeopardize a merger, similar to CBS.

But I think the lost subscribers and boycott's spoke louder. They probably took a harder look at the numbers and realized it wasn't worth it. If anything, the planned acqusition just got cheaper.