I wouldn't be surprised if there IS some kind of internal accounting situation where Max gets "charged" for content that's owned by WB. (This seems similar to the fact that a number of Max original series are no longer available on Max.)
That said, in June, the WB Archive is releasing Volume 1 of yet another physical media series of the classic cartoons, so WB's not completely disavowing the existence of the original Looney Tunes. https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=36122 > On Mar 18, 2025, at 4:12 PM, M-D November <mdnovem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Saying Looney Tunes are "children's fare" shows that Zazlav didn't actually > grow up with Looney Tunes. Because they were NOT written for children. > > Someone make this make sense. How does dropping the Looney Tunes library > help WBD financially? Doesn't Warners own the library outright? It's not > like they're paying to license the shorts... > > On Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 2:59:57 PM UTC-4 Mark Jeffries wrote: >> As "The Day the Earth Blew Up," the first all-animated feature starring any >> classic Warner Bros. characters had a meh box office last weekend for the >> indie distributor that picked i up when Warner Bros. dropped it, Daddy >> Zaslav's underlings have dropped all classic Looney Tunes shorts from Max, >> saying that they are just children's fare and that the streamer's new focus >> is on "family and adult programming"--Daddy Zaslav, you're dithpicable: >> >> https://deadline.com/2025/03/original-looney-tunes-removed-max-warner-bros-1236327964/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email >> >> Made-for-TV shows starring the characters, including the recent "Looney >> Tunes Cartoons" series (which is pretty good), will remain on the streamer, >> but the classics are the heart and soul of the series and almost worth a Max >> subscription by themselves. Daddy Zaslav--what a maroon! > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/3868de86-224e-43bc-a7fc-39a48401f85bn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/3868de86-224e-43bc-a7fc-39a48401f85bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/8C06EA45-B997-4561-A590-2CE13414DBD4%40ellwanger.tv.
