Re:Apple Eyeing Time Warner Acquisition
by wrice314 on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @09:36AM
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Time Warner Cable (cable service) and Time Warner Media (HBO, CNN, Warner Bros Studio, etc) are distinct companies. The media business spun out the cable division years ago. Apple would be buying the media assets.
Re:Apple Eyeing Time Warner Acquisition
by madeofpalk on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @09:37AM
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Time Warner is also looking at spinning off parts of it's business. I could see Apple acquiring the content-creating businesses (such as HBO) and leaving the, for example, cable delivery business with TW.
Aligning yourself with a company that has a notorious history of screwing its customers and providing less than decent customer service I think would instantly take that bulletproof Apple reputation and tarnish it immediately.
This alone makes me think this is another Apple head fake into the area of content creation.