{"id":279368,"date":"2021-06-20T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/amazon-comes-for-netflixs-throne-with-8-45-billion-mgm-purchase\/"},"modified":"2021-06-20T16:00:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T13:00:14","slug":"amazon-comes-for-netflixs-throne-with-8-45-billion-mgm-purchase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazon-comes-for-netflixs-throne-with-8-45-billion-mgm-purchase\/","title":{"rendered":"#Amazon comes for Netflix\u2019s throne with $8.45 billion MGM purchase"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aefb74621b95\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aefb74621b95\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazon-comes-for-netflixs-throne-with-8-45-billion-mgm-purchase\/#Amazon_takes_the_lions_share\" >Amazon takes the lion\u2019s share!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazon-comes-for-netflixs-throne-with-8-45-billion-mgm-purchase\/#Redrawing_the_audiovisual_landscape\" >Redrawing the audiovisual landscape<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazon-comes-for-netflixs-throne-with-8-45-billion-mgm-purchase\/#The_race_for_subscribers\" >The race for subscribers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazon-comes-for-netflixs-throne-with-8-45-billion-mgm-purchase\/#Netflix_is_preparing_its_response\" >Netflix is preparing its response<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Amazon comes for Netflix\u2019s throne with $8.45 billion MGM purchase<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>The ruthless war between the world\u2019s leading video-on-demand companies reached a climax when the Amazon acquired the legendary Hollywood studio MGM (Metro Goldwyn Mayer) in a deal worth US$8.45 billion.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/5\/26\/22441644\/amazon-mgm-acquisition-prime-video-subscription-service-james-bond\">The sale of MGM<\/a> on May 26 followed more than six months of negotiations. The American studio known for its roaring lion had been weakened by major financial difficulties before the pandemic. The prolonged closure of movie theatres was the final nail in its coffin.<\/p>\n<p>Although the MGM studio had a low market value (estimated at only US$5.5 billion a few months ago), several giants of the digital industry, including <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le, were interested in buying it. But it was Amazon that won the bid and made history by becoming the first player in the video streaming industry to acquire a major Hollywood studio.<\/p>\n<p>In buying MGM, Amazon is clearly demonstrating its ambition to dethrone Netflix. The Prime Video service already has nearly 200 million users, which puts it close to its Californian competitor with 208 million subscribers. The race for the top spot in the video-on-demand market has never been tighter.<\/p>\n<p>As part of my research on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.decouvrabilite-francophonie.net\/\">discoverability<\/a> and access to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/diversity-content-digital-age\/analysis-local-national-content.html\">diversity in online content<\/a>, I regularly monitor the transformations and imbalances that are being brought on by the digital distribution platforms that control the global market for cultural goods and services.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Amazon_takes_the_lions_share\"><\/span>Amazon takes the lion\u2019s share!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In this age of multi-platform consumption, the most effective way for a company to stand out and attract audiences constantly searching for novelty and diversity is to regularly expand and renew its catalogue. In the war the different platforms are waging against each other to secure exclusive content, the ability to invest in the acquisition or production of original content has become crucial ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>A platform that cannot offer enough new content quickly to gain and retain subscribers will not be able to compete with its competitors. The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/amazon-would-add-james-bond-content-depth-in-expected-mgm-deal-11621980972\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a> speculated that the acquisition of MGM was a sign that Amazon was having difficulty producing enough content to satisfy the demand of its Prime Video subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cmf-fmc.ca\/now-next\/articles\/the-internet-the-worlds-biggest-video-store\/\">gigantic video club<\/a> that the internet has become, players cannot rely solely on the quality of their catalogue <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/apple-tv-plus-is-betting-on-quality-over-quantity-for-its-shows\">the way Apple does<\/a> with the Apple TV+ service. In the eyes of subscribers, the number of titles available is as important, or even more important, than the quality of the content being offered.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"align-center \">\n<p><figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1357425  js-lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"708\" height=\"472\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/06\/1MGM-796x531.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/06\/1MGM-796x531.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/06\/1MGM-280x187.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/06\/1MGM-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/06\/1MGM-202x135.jpg 202w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/06\/1MGM.jpg 799w\"\/><figcaption>Credit: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/pigliapost\/2607392834\/in\/photolist-4Ypz3S-aG7SRr-7jVfh1-8fEqoc-mmst-993Dtd-3SiuTu-3ShSU1-4LhzYp-3Sgpfz-479SoK-3SiVhA-3SgrWg-3SeswB-7fKCuS-3Sdx3V-3SgkLB-3Si8aN-4Th5f9-xrbLc-3ShGzC-3SfP8S-3SdzaB-3Skz6G-3Si9Gy-6EDmB5-3SdTMT-96brn-3SdBVT-3Si8HJ-bW5FG1-6EzbWz-3SdJJ4-biaBW-bW5FvW-BhpQGv-bW5Fkw-3SfRs5-dueur4-3ScrBe-3SgByd-3SdvmR-993Ccm-3SdSQP-3Scbet-3Sm2rC-3SegTn-5UMvyX-kb2FX4-3Sgy5N\">Carmelo Speltino\/Flikr<\/a><\/figcaption><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Ftech%2F2021%2F06%2F20%2Famazon-netflix-throne-with-8-45-billion-mgm-purchase-syndication%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: MGM Studios\u2019 catalogue contains cinematic works that have won more than 180 Oscars and 100 Emmys.\" data-title=\"Share MGM Studios\u2019 catalogue contains cinematic works that have won more than 180 Oscars and 100 Emmys. on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share MGM Studios\u2019 catalogue contains cinematic works that have won more than 180 Oscars and 100 Emmys. on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>MGM Studios\u2019 catalogue contains cinematic works that have won more than 180 Oscars and 100 Emmys.<\/figcaption><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1357425\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/06\/1MGM-796x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"708\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/06\/1MGM-796x531.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/06\/1MGM-280x187.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/06\/1MGM-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/06\/1MGM-202x135.jpg 202w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/06\/1MGM.jpg 799w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Amazon has acquired a veritable treasure trove to enrich its catalogue, having obtained the exclusive intellectual property of 4,000 feature films, including <em>The Silence of the Lambs<\/em>, <em>The Hobbit<\/em>, <em>The Wizard of Oz<\/em>, <em>Rocky<\/em>, <em>Terminator<\/em>, <em>The Pink Panther<\/em> and the entire <em>James Bond<\/em> collection. To add to that, there are about 17,000 MGM television programs, including popular <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> like <em>Stargate<\/em>, <em>Vikings<\/em> and <em>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em>. This catalogue includes <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/amazons-8-45b-mgm-deal-includes-icons-like-the-james-bond-movies-and-the-film-thelma-louise-11622038088\">cinematographic works<\/a> that have won more than 180 Oscars and 100 Emmys.<\/p>\n<p>For that matter, the exponential growth of revenues generated by e-commerce and cloud services during the pandemic allowed Amazon to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lifestyle-health-coronavirus-technology-business-16a950ba630045281458500081d562e6\">triple its profits<\/a> in 2020, when the company saw a 44 per cent increase in revenue over the year.<\/p>\n<p>This has left the company with a very comfortable profit margin of nearly US$11 billion that it can invest in producing original content. That will allow Amazon to increase its offerings by nearly 40 per cent over the previous year. It has also invested nearly US$465 million in the first season of the <em>Lord of the Rings<\/em> series, considered the most expensive series in the history of television.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Redrawing_the_audiovisual_landscape\"><\/span>Redrawing the audiovisual landscape<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2021-03-18\/streaming-milestone-global-subscriptions-passed-1-billion-last-year-mpa-theme-report\">forecasts<\/a> anticipated the number of subscriptions to video-on-demand services would reach nearly one billion worldwide by 2019, demand for these services once again boomed during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.csa.fr\/Informer\/Collections-du-CSA\/Thema-Toutes-les-etudes-realisees-ou-co-realisees-par-le-CSA-sur-des-themes-specifiques\/Les-etudes-corealisees-avec-le-CSA\/Etude-Hadopi-CSA-La-multiplication-des-services-de-video-a-la-demande-par-abonnement\">A recent study<\/a> by France\u2019s Conseil sup\u00e9rieur de l\u2019audiovisuel concluded that the market is now structured around a few global digital players who are all stepping up their investment in local production. As a result, these players are pushing the historically dominant players to change their own differentiation strategies through ambitious takeovers or mergers, editorial positioning, aggregation of exclusive content and by expanding their offer.<\/p>\n<p>The dramatic increase of new content is also confronting players with the challenge of catering to a new type of consumer (including a high proportion of young people) who regularly subscribes and unsubscribes from one audiovisual service in order to test others.<\/p>\n<p>To be able to compete with digital giants, which have gone from being simple distributors and broadcasters to content producers, Hollywood\u2019s major studios now have to be agile and rethink their business models.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_race_for_subscribers\"><\/span>The race for subscribers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>MGM was one of the last pioneers in American film production not to have partnered with an online video platform or to have created its own video-on-demand service.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/3\/20\/18273142\/disney-fox-acquistion-final-hulu-marvel-streaming-21st-century\">Disney acquired 21st Century Fox<\/a> in March 2019 and got its hands on the Hulu platform even before launching its own Disney+ service. The latter passed the 100 million subscribers mark in one year with a catalogue that was enriched with content from Fox, Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm Studios.<\/p>\n<p>Another example: after purchasing the conglomerate Warner <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> in 2018 and launching its HBO Max platform in May 2020, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-05-16\/at-t-is-said-in-talks-to-combine-content-assets-with-discovery-kor6r2uj\">telecommunications giant AT&amp;T has just decided to merge its activities with Discovery<\/a>. This will allow it to invest more in original content and offer viewers more choices and new types of video experiences.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"align-center \">\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1357429 \" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/06\/cardmapr-nl-RQ8zOzo-x_k-unsplash-796x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/06\/cardmapr-nl-RQ8zOzo-x_k-unsplash-796x531.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/06\/cardmapr-nl-RQ8zOzo-x_k-unsplash-280x187.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/06\/cardmapr-nl-RQ8zOzo-x_k-unsplash-404x270.jpg 404w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/06\/cardmapr-nl-RQ8zOzo-x_k-unsplash-202x135.jpg 202w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/06\/cardmapr-nl-RQ8zOzo-x_k-unsplash-1592x1063.jpg 1592w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\"\/><figcaption>Credit: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/RQ8zOzo-x_k\">Cardmapr-nl\/Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Ftech%2F2021%2F06%2F20%2Famazon-netflix-throne-with-8-45-billion-mgm-purchase-syndication%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: What\u2019s next for Netflix? There are rumours that the platform is interested in entering the video game market.\" data-title=\"Share What\u2019s next for Netflix? There are rumours that the platform is interested in entering the video game market. on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share What\u2019s next for Netflix? There are rumours that the platform is interested in entering the video game market. on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>What\u2019s next for Netflix? There are rumours that the platform is interested in entering the video <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> market.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Amazon\u2019s aggressive strategy is enough to make Netflix shake in its boots: Netflix\u2019s number of <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size: 16px\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.statista.com\/infographie\/24678\/nombre-de-nouveaux-abonnes-payants-de-netflix-par-trimestre-et-par-region\/\">new subscribers is decreasing<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"> because of insufficient content renewal and saturation in certain markets (especially in the United States and Canada).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, by purchasing MGM and acquiring its rich catalogue of movies, Amazon is assured that its Prime Video subscriber numbers will skyrocket in the coming months or years. Amazon could also prevent its main rivals (Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, Apple TV+) from exploiting the exclusively licensed content in its new catalogue.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Netflix_is_preparing_its_response\"><\/span>Netflix is preparing its response<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In order to maintain its leadership position, Netflix will have to accelerate its growth in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jeuneafrique.com\/1114880\/culture\/netflix-lorgne-lafrique-francophone\/\">promising markets such as French-speaking Africa<\/a> and diversify its services by offering new content.<\/p>\n<p>The multinational <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.protocol.com\/netflix-survey-nplus-show-playlists\">recently surveyed some of its users<\/a> about a new platform called N-Plus, which could offer the features of a social network (with reviews and comments that can be shared with friends or the community), combined with a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> site that could include podcasts, personalized playlists and information on upcoming productions.<\/p>\n<p>There are also rumours that Netflix has ambitious plans to enter the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.futura-sciences.com\/tech\/actualites\/jeux-video-jeux-video-nouveau-grand-chantier-netflix-87587\/\">video game market<\/a> and is considering launching a service to compete with Apple Arcade by 2022.<\/p>\n<p>By going beyond its core business to position itself in the video game industry, Netflix would be taking a measured risk. The move would allow it to offer interactive entertainment with content that mixes fiction and video games so it can engage users and attract new audiences.<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. Please DO NOT REMOVE. --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0 !important;max-height: 1px !important;max-width: 1px !important;min-height: 1px !important;min-width: 1px !important;padding: 0 !important\" alt=\"The Conversation\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/counter.theconversation.com\/content\/162158\/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic\"\/><!-- End of code. If you don't see any code above, please get new code from the Advanced tab after you click the republish button. The page counter does not collect any personal data. 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The sale of MGM on May 26 followed more than six months of negotiations. 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