{"id":481214,"date":"2022-08-05T00:24:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T21:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/warner-bros-discovery-lost-3-4-billion-in-first-quarter-after-the-merger\/"},"modified":"2022-08-05T00:24:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T21:24:52","slug":"warner-bros-discovery-lost-3-4-billion-in-first-quarter-after-the-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/warner-bros-discovery-lost-3-4-billion-in-first-quarter-after-the-merger\/","title":{"rendered":"#Warner Bros. Discovery Lost $3.4 Billion In First Quarter After The Merger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 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-6a34d5d7ab702\" 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-6a34d5d7ab702\" 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-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/warner-bros-discovery-lost-3-4-billion-in-first-quarter-after-the-merger\/#%E2%80%9CWarner_Bros_Discovery_Lost_34_Billion_In_First_Quarter_After_The_Merger%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Warner Bros. Discovery Lost $3.4 Billion In First Quarter After The Merger&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/warner-bros-discovery-lost-3-4-billion-in-first-quarter-after-the-merger\/#What_does_this_mean_for_you\" >What does this mean for you?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWarner_Bros_Discovery_Lost_34_Billion_In_First_Quarter_After_The_Merger%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Warner Bros. Discovery Lost $3.4 Billion In First Quarter After The Merger&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap  lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/953357\/warner-bros-discovery-lost-3-4-billion-in-first-quarter-after-the-merger\/\" data-post-title=\"Warner Bros. Discovery Lost $3.4 Billion In First Quarter After The Merger\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"953357\">\n<picture><source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/img\/gallery\/warner-bros-discovery-lost-3-4-billion-in-first-quarter-after-the-merger\/intro-1659648004.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/img\/gallery\/warner-bros-discovery-lost-3-4-billion-in-first-quarter-after-the-merger\/intro-1659648004.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/img\/gallery\/warner-bros-discovery-lost-3-4-billion-in-first-quarter-after-the-merger\/intro-1659648004.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/953357\/warner-bros-discovery-lost-3-4-billion-in-first-quarter-after-the-merger\/\" data-post-id=\"953357\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-slide-title=\"Warner Bros. Discovery Lost $3.4 Billion In First Quarter After The Merger: \" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Space Jam 2\"\/><br \/>\n                                <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                                                                                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Warner Bros.<\/span>                                  <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n                                                            Warner Bros.\u00a0Discovery has found itself at the center of a somewhat less-than-ideal quagmire of its own making, and that was before today&#8217;s investor&#8217;s call revealed the extent of the studio&#8217;s financial losses in the im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te aftermath of this year&#8217;s momentous merger. These sorts of business developments are typically made with an eye set squarely on future profits down the line \u2014 we&#8217;re talking a timeframe of years and possibly even decades. As lucrative as those eventual windfalls may be, however, there&#8217;s just no getting around the simple fact of the matter that Warner Bros. Discovery has experienced incredible losses in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>As a matter of course as a publicly traded company, Warner Bros. Discovery released its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/s201.q4cdn.com\/336605034\/files\/doc_financials\/2022\/q2\/WBD-2Q22-Earnings-Release.pdf\">earnings report<\/a>, which provided an eye-opening look at the studio&#8217;s financials. According to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2022\/08\/warner-bros-discovery-q2-earnings-hbo-max-1234747146\/\">IndieWire<\/a>, the merger&#8217;s first quarter of business saw the conglomerate suffer a whopping $3.4 billion in net losses. That figure includes $1 billion in &#8220;restructuring and other costs,&#8221; an additional $983 million in &#8220;transaction and integration expenses,&#8221; and roughly $2 billion in &#8220;amortization of intangibles.&#8221; If you notice that this doesn&#8217;t quite add up to $3.4 billion, well, welcome to Hollywood accounting, folks!<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, stocks are predictably down in the aftermath of these figures (at an excess of 5%, according to the report) and losses per share are coming in far above Wall Street predictions. If it&#8217;s any solace to Warner Bros. Discovery (which it won&#8217;t be), not even the financial gurus were able to pin down exactly how to assess the company&#8217;s pricey and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>-changing merger.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_this_mean_for_you\"><\/span>What does this mean for you?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap  \" data-slide-num=\"1\" data-post-id=\"953357\">\n<picture><source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/img\/gallery\/warner-bros-discovery-lost-3-4-billion-in-first-quarter-after-the-merger\/what-does-this-mean-for-you-1659648004.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/img\/gallery\/warner-bros-discovery-lost-3-4-billion-in-first-quarter-after-the-merger\/what-does-this-mean-for-you-1659648004.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image lazyload \" bad-src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/img\/gallery\/warner-bros-discovery-lost-3-4-billion-in-first-quarter-after-the-merger\/what-does-this-mean-for-you-1659648004.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/953357\/warner-bros-discovery-lost-3-4-billion-in-first-quarter-after-the-merger\/slide\/what-does-this-mean-for-you\/\" data-post-id=\"953357\" data-slide-num=\"1\" data-slide-title=\"Warner Bros. Discovery Lost $3.4 Billion In First Quarter After The Merger: What does this mean for you?\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" alt=\"HBO Max\"\/><br \/>\n                            <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                                                                                <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">HBO Max<\/span>                                   <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder  added-content\">\n                                                            In a statement accompanying the release of the numbers, embattled CEO David Zaslav had this to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve had a busy, productive four months since launching Warner Bros. Discovery, and have more conviction than ever in the massive opportunity ahead. We have the most powerful creative engine and bouquet of owned content in the world, as highlighted by our industry leading 193 Emmy nominations, and we intend to maximize the value of that content through a broad distribution model that includes theatrical, streaming, linear cable, free-to-air, gaming, consumer products and experiences, and more, everywhere in the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>We&#8217;re confident we&#8217;re on the right path to meet our strategic goals and really excel, both creatively and financially, and couldn&#8217;t be more excited about the future of our company.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As far as consumers are concerned, the cascading effect means a newly reorganized streaming service that combines both HBO Max and Discovery+, though hefty price hikes could end up being part of the equation. Amid fears that various\u00a0titles have been removed from HBO Max unannounced and with many more to be discovered missing, viewers must brace for plenty more changes on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this is only the c<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>er to the company&#8217;s chaotic last few days. All of this began with the shocking decision to shelve &#8220;Batgirl&#8221; and the animated &#8220;Scoob!&#8221; sequel,\u00a0despite pouring millions of dollars of resources into both productions, before pulling the plug egregiously late in the process. Rumors surrounding the &#8220;Supergirl&#8221; solo film\u00a0have only reinforced questions about the prized DC Universe roster of projects. It remains to be seen how exactly these eye-popping financial numbers will further upend a studio in the midst of major upheaval.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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