Netflix Buying Warner Would Be a Disaster w/ AS Hamrah

Paris Marx is joined by AS Hamrah to discuss the proposed Netflix-Warner Bros Discovery merger and what it might mean for the state of decline already facing modern cinema. AS Hamrah is a film critic at n+1 and the author of Algorithm of the Night and Last Week in End Times Cinema. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon. The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson. Also mentioned in this episode: AS Hamrah wrote the piece Time to Face Reality on reality television, and this piece on the state of modern cinema New York Magazine published a feature on the Ellisons and their vision for Hollywood after taking over Paramount Here’s the latest on the Netflix-Warner deal Here’s more information on the ruling on Paramount Consent Decrees