Talk:WarnerMedia

Puzzling sentence about TW merger

At the end of the section 1990s was the following sentence that I have removed:

However, instead of the companies becoming defunct, the impact of the merger and its resultant financial shock wave gave off a new corporate structure, resulting in the new company being called "Time Warner".

This makes no sense to me. What issue is it addressing? No one expected "the companies" to become "defunct" or the name to be anything much different from "Time Warner". Zaslav (talk) 01:54, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Vertical merger; will one entity defunct?

Apprently, the AT&T-Time Warner deal is a vertical merger (two companies that are co-owned but managed seperately and produce non-competing products).[1] It is not made clear here what exactly will happen to Time Warner as a company, will it defunct and merge entirely into AT&T, or will it stay a subsidiary? If anyone has more details or sees news regarding this, please let me know. Lordtobi (✉) 21:21, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

Time Warner is still a publicly traded company

@BBMatBlood:, In response to this reversion, this article should continue to list Time Warner as a publicly traded company because that is what it is, and that is what it will continue to be until the acquisition closes (even if the closure will happen "in a matter of days"). To list it as a subsidiary is factually incorrect, as it will not legally be a subsidiary of AT&T until the sale closes, and most importantly, Time Warner is still listed as a publicly traded company by NYSE and its stock will continue to be traded publicly on NYSE until the merger closes. It is NOT yet a subsidiary of AT&T. The information should not be changed after the acquisition closes. 青い(Aoi) (talk) 01:29, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

Out of curiosity, how typically long the acquisition between two companies closes? XXzoonamiXX (talk) 02:40, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

It takes as long as it takes, as each transaction is unique. - BilCat (talk) 02:56, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

Like 3 to 4 months or something? XXzoonamiXX (talk) 03:08, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

In this case, the closure should happen fairly quickly--Reuters is reporting that the sale should close by June 20th (since the two companies have been working behind the scenes since October of 2016 to get this done, the quick turnaround is not surprising). 青い(Aoi) (talk) 03:15, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 14 June 2018

Time Warner → ? – The merger of Time Warner with AT&T was approved. As a result, the Time Warner brand will be phased out after the merger is completed. DiscoveryFan181 (talk) 22:29, 14 June 2018 (UTC)