MovieMadness Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 If I am reading this right, it looks like Fox would have acquired TCM in the deal. Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) today confirmed that it rejected a proposal from Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ:FOXA) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the Company for a combination of 1.531 of Twenty-First Century Fox Class A non-voting common shares and $32.42 in cash per share (the " Proposal"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 If I am reading this right, it looks like Fox would have acquired TCM in the deal. Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) today confirmed that it rejected a proposal from Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ:FOXA) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the Company for a combination of 1.531 of Twenty-First Century Fox Class A non-voting common shares and $32.42 in cash per share (the " Proposal"). So, what would that mean to tcm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JREwing Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 I saw that on "Varney & Co." From the way it sounded, Rupert Murdoch will likely make another bid. This could be either good or bad. Good, because this would add 20th Century Fox films to those controlled by Time-Warner. Bad, because look what happened to the Fox Movie Channel. I would hate to see that happen to TCM, though it is unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMadness Posted July 16, 2014 Author Share Posted July 16, 2014 I also think it would be horrendous to this channel. I don't want to scare anyone but new management would take over and look at FMC and the reruns they have. People think some movies are played too much now? Lol. Maybe the new TCM is commercial free only from midnight to noon and that is only when they run classic movies. The other 12 hours have commercials with recent "pretend classic" movies like Harry Potter and Transformers. Fox is all about the dollar signs and this station I gather would have to tow the line and go along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Oh, c'mon now, people! Have some faith that that bald old rich Aussie will do right by us lowly sorts. (...he always has in the past, now hasn't he?!) LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Oh, c'mon now, people! Have some faith that that bald old rich Aussie will do right by us lowly sorts. (...he always has in the past, now hasn't he?!) LOL Maybe tcm would hafta show more John Wayne movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Maybe tcm would hafta show more John Wayne movies. LOL Yeah, and once he gains control of this baby around here, MY guess is he'll have 'em show "Big Jim McLain" first thing!!! LOL (...AND with commercial interruptions, of course....gotta make that money, ya know!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matey Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 80 BILLION??? with a B??!! man... all of TW and Fox together are not worth 8 bucks to me... I mean what they do... otherwise I am glad some people are employed there and put food on their families tables and send their kids thru college with their earned salaries. but 80 billion? man... u.s dollar must have dropped a lot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewrite Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I have to grudgingly admit that Murdoch did not ruin The Wall Street Journal (as I expected he would) when he took that over. it certainly didn't get any better, but he didn't ruin it. My guess is that a Murdoch-controlled Time Warner would keep TCM about the same, figuring it has its own niche that differs from Fox Movie Channel. At least if the takeover happened, I'd wait a few months before I canceled the pricey Comcast tier that carries TCM around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM108 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Maybe tcm would hafta show more John Wayne movies. More likely we'd be getting more Mel Gibson, and lot of interviews with Ginger Rogers' mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenRipper66 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I'm sure we'd be seeing Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead incessantly... :-( The only thing that movie reminds me of is how badly Gary Cooper treated Patricia O'Neil... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Maybe tcm would hafta show more John Wayne movies. More likely we'd be getting more Mel Gibson, and lot of interviews with Ginger Rogers' mother. Yeah...well...I'm tellin' ya RIGHT now, I'M drawin' the line when they replace Bob Osborne with that fat*** Karl Rove!!! LOL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenRipper66 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 O'Neil... NEAL, ugh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 NEAL, ugh... That's okay, General. We knew who you were talkin' about. (...and btw...the only thing that film reminds ME of is how badly overt archetypes serve in pressing one's overly simplistic personal world view) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenRipper66 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 That's okay, General. We knew who you were talkin' about. (...and btw...the only thing that film reminds ME of is how badly overt archetypes serve in pressing one's overly simplistic personal world view) LOL, so true... Cooper was such a cad too. I love what Clara Bow said about him... 'Biggest **** in Hollywood but no **** to push it...' Apparently, Gary had MAJOR mommy issues even though he really got around... Grace Kelly when she was barely in her 20s and he in his 50s?! Ick... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenRipper66 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 LOL, so true... Cooper was such a cad too. I love what Clara Bow said about him... 'Biggest **** in Hollywood but no **** to push it...' Apparently, Gary had MAJOR mommy issues even though he really got around... Grace Kelly when she was barely in her 20s and he in his 50s?! Ick... My, my... Filters.... Well, the first **** is another name for a rooster and the second **** is another name for donkey.... Must be more careful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMadness Posted July 18, 2014 Author Share Posted July 18, 2014 Rupert Murdoch has lined up one of the largest takeover loans ever written as the media mogul pushes forward with his $73bn bid to bring together his own 21st Century Fox with rival television and entertainment group Time Warner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Rupert Murdoch has lined up one of the largest takeover loans ever written as the media mogul pushes forward with his $73bn bid to bring together his own 21st Century Fox with rival television and entertainment group Time Warner. Eeh! Now that I think about this, is this REALLY such a big deal here??? (...I mean, the AIRLINES have been merging since the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, and just look at how "wonderful" air travel is NOW, huh?!) LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMadness Posted July 18, 2014 Author Share Posted July 18, 2014 Dargo usually when a company pays this much for such a large takeover they see ways to cut costs and raise profits. Microsoft is laying off 18,000 people after acquiring Nokia. How can Fox raise profits with TCM????????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Dargo usually when a company pays this much for such a large takeover they see ways to cut costs and raise profits. Microsoft is laying off 18,000 people after acquiring Nokia. How can Fox raise profits with TCM????????? Ummmm...I dunno. Wait! By maybe goin' the "AMC route"??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Regarding Rupert Murdoch, and to quote the great Groucho, "There's my argument, restrict immigration". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Maybe tcm would hafta show more John Wayne movies. There are MORE John Wayne movies than what TCM shows?? Dear God. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JREwing Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 The interest in Time Warner by Fox is for Warner's huge movie library. Like it or not(I don't), streaming is the future, and content will be king. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewrite Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 It's not just the movie library. It's HBO and all of its original series like The Sopranos, and it's TBS and TNT sports broadcasting rights like the NBA and the NCAA Tournament. TCM would be an afterthought, at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JREwing Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 HBO Go is also a big piece of the pie, which would get Fox right into the streaming business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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