WarnerMedia launching HBO Max Spring 2020
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jj abrams involved in any way is a big negative plus a big inclusivity and representation push. modern dc needs to die a painful death
spronk
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i didn't think HBO max would be the one to finally figure out the reality first
An internal graphic comparing the audiences of Discovery+ and HBO Max showed a stark demographic difference between the two streamers. Where HBO Max is popular with diverse groups, single people, and drivers of hybrid cars, Discovery+ is popular with white, married people who drive SUVs, minivans, and “traveling buses.” HBO Max viewers are on TikTok and Instagram, while Discovery+ viewers use social media platforms Facebook and Twitter, with the added caveat, “if any.” HBO Max viewers have no kids. Discovery+ viewers are either “empty nesters” or have grandchildren. Discovery may be trying to pull HBO into its orbit as it focuses on what it does best.
Overall, there’s a sense that HBO Max’s executives of color were just another casualty in the company’s quest to get itself out of debt, content quality be damned.
“In terms of people seeing themselves reflected, whether it’s ethnic or LGBTQ, when you have people who are diverse, the lens with which they evaluate [content] factors in things that I think my white colleagues just don’t think about,” one former executive said.
“It’s deep,” said another. “What are they going to do with this disproportionate amount of people of color that were let go? They need to replace them in some capacity. Or do they not care? That’s what we’ve been told, that they just don’t care.”
Laid-Off HBO Max Execs: They’re Killing Off Diversity and Courting ‘Middle America’
Warner Bros. Discovery has axed about 13 non-white executives as it tries to climb out of debt. It will likely affect the shows and movies that are made.
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An internal graphic comparing the audiences of Discovery+ and HBO Max showed a stark demographic difference between the two streamers. Where HBO Max is popular with diverse groups, single people, and drivers of hybrid cars, Discovery+ is popular with white, married people who drive SUVs, minivans, and “traveling buses.” HBO Max viewers are on TikTok and Instagram, while Discovery+ viewers use social media platforms Facebook and Twitter, with the added caveat, “if any.” HBO Max viewers have no kids. Discovery+ viewers are either “empty nesters” or have grandchildren. Discovery may be trying to pull HBO into its orbit as it focuses on what it does best.
Overall, there’s a sense that HBO Max’s executives of color were just another casualty in the company’s quest to get itself out of debt, content quality be damned.
“In terms of people seeing themselves reflected, whether it’s ethnic or LGBTQ, when you have people who are diverse, the lens with which they evaluate [content] factors in things that I think my white colleagues just don’t think about,” one former executive said.
“It’s deep,” said another. “What are they going to do with this disproportionate amount of people of color that were let go? They need to replace them in some capacity. Or do they not care? That’s what we’ve been told, that they just don’t care.”
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spronk
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more on the movie side not TV but not great for HBO, although since Zaslev is a reality TV guy they may not give a single fuck
Legendary controls IPs like Godzilla, Dune but also movie/TV rights to stuff not obvious like The Expanse, Pacific Rim, Tomb Raider, Sin City. They have quite a few TV shows in production.
Legendary controls IPs like Godzilla, Dune but also movie/TV rights to stuff not obvious like The Expanse, Pacific Rim, Tomb Raider, Sin City. They have quite a few TV shows in production.
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It is an entire article bemoaning the skin color of the executives that were unable to compete successfully in the streaming business for whatever reason instead of addressing the reality that people who are shit at their jobs get fucking fired. Diversity for diversity's sake is the foundation of get woke, go broke.
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Sanrith Descartes
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Fucking shocked. A CEO who cuts cost from money losing segments. More shocked. He is an old white guy. I bet that bastard doesnt even put his pronouns in his bio.
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