Streaming Into the Void - Episode 44 - AT&T's Retreat

<p>This week, AT&amp;T is pulling the ripcord on their venture into media and streaming, costing them billions of dollars.</p> <p><a href="https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/top-ten/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Nielsen Ratings</a></p> <p><strong>Show Notes</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/business/att-discovery-merger.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><u>AT&amp;T, in Abrupt Turn, Will Shed Media Business in Deal With Discovery</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://deadline.com/2021/05/discovery-warnermedia-att-merger-streaming-david-zaslav-1234758225/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><u>David Zaslav And John Stankey Outline Plans For Merging Discovery And WarnerMedia, Addressing Future Of Jason Kilar, CNN, Streaming</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://tvrev.com/att-decides-its-not-a-media-company-hilarity-ensues/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><u>AT&amp;T Decides It's Not A Media Company; Hilarity Ensues</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/discovery-warnermedia-john-malone-jason-kilar-1234975211/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><u>Jason Kilar Exit Watch Begins as Industry Parses WarnerMedia Deal</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/jason-kilar-warnermedia-discovery-merger-1234976638/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><u>Jason Kilar Talks WarnerMedia-Discovery merger</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://deadline.com/2021/05/hollywood-att-warner-bros-hbo-max-streaming-dune-david-zaslav-1234758654/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><u>Hollywood Cheers AT&amp;T Retreat; 'Dune' Gets Theatrical Rethink – Deadline</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/amazon-mgm-acquisition-talks-9-billion-1234975168/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><u>Amazon in Talks With MGM About Potential Acquisition</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.leichtmanresearch.com/major-pay-tv-providers-lost-about-1895000-subscribers-in-1q-2021" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><u>Major Pay-TV Providers L