Show Notes
On this emergency episode of THE HOT MIC, John Rocha and Jeff Sneider discuss the massive and shocking news that Netflix has won the bidding war for WB over Paramount and Comcast. They dive into how this happened, why it happened so quickly, how Netflix won the bid, how Paramount lost it, Hollywood's panicked reaction, the antitrust issues and if it's even going to get approved!
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