Gravity Falls Creator Alex Hirsch Not Buying Cartoon Network; Article Explores Merger Implications
An article clarifying a viral rumor that Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch is buying Cartoon Network. The piece explains that the rumor stems from a Bloomberg report about Paramount Skydance potentially divesting children's TV network assets (including Cartoon Network) as part of a $110 billion merger deal with Warner Bros. Discovery. The article uses the Hirsch rumor as a hook to discuss the broader corporate merger and what it could mean for animation, while humorously noting that Hirsch is not actually buying the network.
Key quotes
Paramount Skydance 'is prepared – if necessary – to divest some children's TV network assets'
wouldn't it be cool if a group of writers/animators did?
the deal between David Ellison's Paramount Skydance and David Zaslav's Warner Bros. Discovery had hit a bit of a snag
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