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Speculation Intensifies About Possible Merger of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global

Elizabeth Parks, president of Parks Associates was quoted in USA Today this week as saying: “It’s a challenging time for service providers to make the money work. It makes sense that there will be a lot of consolidation in the market. We expect to see this as a strategy in 2024 for companies to grow subscriber and revenue growth.”

From the article, "Speculation Intensifies About Possible Merger of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global" by Edward Moran

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