HBO Max cuts dozens of titles in a cost-cutting move before a merger with Discovery+

is among the list of 36 titles HBO Max says it will no longer host on its streaming service.HBO Max is pulling 36 titles from its streaming platform this week, the company confirmed to NPR, citing the pending merger of HBO Max and Discovery+, which are both owned by parent conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery. It's the platform's latest and largest content purge in a series of recent cost-cutting moves.

"As we work toward bringing our content catalogs together under one platform, we will be making changes to the content offering available on both HBO Max and discovery+," HBO Max said in a statement emailed to NPR."That will include the removal of some content from both platforms."

Consider who now own HBO Max 🤔

It's truly annoying that HBO bought Infinity Train from Cartoon Network only to then axe it

ANIMATION IS NOT NOTHING

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copyright protects the artist they say *deplatforms artists due to copyright*

Zaslav is gutting a great product with good content and a solid interface.

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My kid and I watch those regularly. We will not be watch GOT. You also canceled Raised by Wolves. This is a stupid play hbomax Fire the bean counter. He doesn’t know good tv

Very irritating. They are cutting some really wonderful shows.

The titles already appear to be removed

Jordan meme incoming

Good.

It’s weird to see such a great brand screw itself over and alienate its customer base after witnessing Netflix do the same thing

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HBO Max is removing 36 shows ahead of Discovery+ merger | EngadgetHBO Max is pulling 36 shows ahead of its union with Discovery+, and creators aren't pleased.. Corporate mergers only benefit executives & shareholders. Consumers, employees, creatives, all get the shaft. Market consolidation is making our lives worse. Translation: Corporate bean counters are giving you less choice so they can pocket more of the money. As always happens with corporate mergers. With the heavy slant towards animated shows being removed, it makes you wonder if Discovery+ is trying to add another service (in this case it would be animation-focused) to make the bundling options more attractive.
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