the big headline is that it's going to cost $16 a month which is the same cost as hbo max even though this will have so much discovery content. you said so many times, david, you are focused on profitability. why does it make sense to charge the same amount and give more content? >> first we want a real lie seamless transition. we have a very significant business with hbo max right now with subscribers that love it paying $16 to provide more value to those subscribers and have a seamless transition, i think will be helpful to us in terms of, number one, secure, the strength and power that we have in the market right now in addition, one of the big issues with this business for everybody is churn and by increasing the amount of content we have, content for kids, content for families, nonfiction content, food, home, the biggest motion picture and tv library, by putting that whole bouquet of content, we think the broadest array available that the churn will come down so it'll be a significant amount of economic gain for us, just by subscribers feeling more nourished, happier, less churn,

it combines hbo max and discovery plus and there will be multiple subscription plans. there will also be a cheaper ad-supported tier that may cost $10 a month. and ikea has a new interior design service that brings in a professional to pick out your new furniture. it costs $99 per room or 299 for a business setting. it's accomplished digitally over three video calls. after you book an appointment and fill out a wish list to help ikea figure out your needs. the designer will map out your space and work with you on furnishings, materials and lighting. you can also use ikea's task rabbit service to take the plans and build them out in your home. back to you. >> makes it simple for you. >> we have a professional helping you. thank you, pippa. >>> 4:43 right now. caught on camera. next on "today in the bay," surveillance video from when a resident captures a moment when an intruder breaks in robbing her home. she said things only got worse from there and the response she'still waiting os n >>> good morning, bay area. it is wednesday. trash day in my neighborhood. but, you k

. >> we understand hbo max now has a new name. you can just call it max. what is behind that? is part of a merger . now, warner media, discovery joined together. it is warner brothers. as part of this merger, there will only be hbo max content in addition to content from discovery. they have content from hdtv, the food network . it will all be on one platform. this will launch on may 23. on may 23, they will have one platform that has both of those companies content on one service but you won't have to describe to both of you have both. this is something that will be rolling out very soon. another indication of this is the constantly changing media landscape. >> we look to weather writers will strike . there is so much to talk about. thank you so much for talking to me. it is always a pleasure. i will stop sharing my password. thank you so much. >>> hello. i'm meteorologist mary lee with your first alert weather forecast. definitely a chilly start to your day. grab your jacket and bundle up as you head out the door. as we look to the afternoon, plenty of sunshine, breezy condi

of subscriptions we're paying for, from tv and music streaming to meal plans and fitness apps >> hbo max, netflix and hulu, spotify, i think gym memberships. >> reporter: charged automatically each month whether we remember them or not and as "the wall street journal" recently reported, they add up. in a 2022 survey, respondents estimated they spent $86 a month on subscription. the actual average amount, $219 and it was far more for lakisha moseley. >> the pandemic really put us all financially in a tizzy so i was going through, trying to establish a budget. >> reporter: she found a plethora of forgotten subscriptions. >> oh, my gosh, i'm paying for this and i'm paying for that. >> reporter: including a recurring class pass membership that was costing her about a thousand dollars a year >> i can count on one hand, maybe once or twice. >> reporter: moseley added up over $700 a month in subscription charges. she ended up canceling more than half subscribers like her say enough is enough cancellations for netflix, hulu, hbo max and others rose about 50% in 2022 from thehe previous year. are

well, hbo, max is no more on may 23rd the streaming combining with discovery-plus to create one platformly called max. there will be 3 membership options with ads and free or at free, ultimate ranging in price from 10 to $20. a month in computing out there, >> so if you subscribe to hbo, max, your membership is going to automatically be transferred to max. and then your app will update itself to become max discovery. plus is going to remain a separate service. i'm max will offer content that was available on both hbo, max and discovery. plus, as well as new original programming. you got that. you needed here. all that out. okay. one of those series will take viewers back to hogwarts. one of others announcing today a new ad that patient of harry potter. now the streaming series promises to be more faithful adaptation of the books. the new actors are going to be cast in all the roles they're expected to sign on for 10 years in order to bring all 7 books back to life. take a raleigh will serve as the show's executive producer. there's no schedule yet for any of the filming norwin. the serie

version incorporating both discovery and hbo content that will cost about $16, which is the same hbo max right now. the company has reassured discovery fans its streaming content will continue to be offered as a standalone option truist initiated with a buy rating saying it expects the relaunch to drive average revenue momentum zaslav has been talking about the importance of this streaming combination for quite some time now and just last month warner bros./discovery cfo described this launch as a critical milestone saying,quote, we'll see better churn, we're going to see better engagement, and we're going to see a revenue inflex shun once that's in the market how often a combined service as currently hbo max costs could impact subscriber growth and also profitability all the announcements are going to start right here at 1:00 p.m. and then coming up later today we're going to have an exclusive interview with warner bros./discovery ceo david zaslav at 3:15 p.m. eastern back over to you, carl >>> a quick question on the stock. it had such a rough year last year and then a big comeback ear

strene and warner bros discovery, which is the owner of cnn and wbd has said they will combine the hbo maxiscovery app together and it'll be called max and starting at $16 a month and it's like the hbo max price good stuff. stuart: moderna chief medical officer said they'll have cancer and heart disease vaccines ready by the end of this decade, 2030. doc seeinger is with us fortunately. doctor, what kind of cancers are we talking about? >> we're talking about potentially all kinds and i'm really glad to be talking about moderna mrna than covid and covid all the time. let me tell you what this does and it looks for protein that's causing the cancer or can identify the cancer and basically the mrna can alert your immune system to that protein. we've been doing that already with immunotherapy and with mrna you can be more specific and can shift target all the time and not always the same target and the way we do and other immunotherapies and do it in advance and calling it a vaccine and doing it in advance and tumor cells alert the immune system and attack before it becomes a full cancer. >>

your thoughts was yellow so, yeah, basically max is a new service that combines hbo max and a streamingme together last year as a combination of discovery and water media. it is all very complicated. one of the things max is going to try to do is complete with netflix and disney+ by offering more family friendly programming. in this reboot, revival, reimagining of the harry potter books in a tv form, a streaming form, is a central part of the strategy, they are trying to create material that has instant identification with young viewers and with parents and that parents will trust to put their kids in front of as a way to draw them away from other more established kid friendly brands like disney. so do you think this will work? some say the reboot of lord of the rings for amazon was not as successful as they hope. to these kind of reboots work? i think they reboot works when you have a creative reason for doing the reboot beyond business reasons. it's great they want to create material that speaks to children and families and parents, but if there isn't a real creative reason, a story t

and season three of her series, "the other two," premieres may 4th on hbo max everyone, please welcomemama call ♪ [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: i love you come on! >> oh, my gosh >> jimmy: you're just as lovely >> you're so sweet >> jimmy: you look gorgeous. >> so do you, jimmy. >> jimmy: welcome! >> oh, my gosh >> jimmy: oh, come on. i'm so happy when you're here. i want to talk to you about "saturday night live." >> oh, my gosh >> jimmy: you're hosting this is the second time you're up >> oh! >> jimmy: i'm looking forward to this. [ cheers and applause this is the episode i'm looking forward to it's going to be my favorite of the whole season >> oh, my gosh that's so sweet. you know what's so funny i mean, honestly, i forget how hard it is i mean, you do your show every night. because i haven't done variety in a long time, i forget how fast-paced and -- so, i'm definitely very nervous. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: but you can crush. i've seen you do every -- do you remember all the sketches? >> do you want to know the truth is i seriously have a fear -- like, i can perform for strangers

will combine programming from hbo and discovery on max.ill cost $16 a month and will automatically replace hbo max starting may 23rd in the u.s. the transition comes one year after that big media merger. >>> and last call is getting extended for some baseball fans in response to the new mlb pitch clock and shorter games. four teams are extending alcohol sales through the eighth inning this season. that includes arizona, texas, minnesota, and milwaukee, miami and the new york mets are considering the change. >>> that's your cbs "money watch" report for this thursday morning. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. >>> new york city's mayor has named a former elementary school teacher to tackle one of its biggest problems. kathleen corradi is the city's first-ever official rat czar. she's tasked with reducing the number of residents that live in the subways, parks, and empty lots that are believed to be in the millions. >> rat mitigation is more than a quality of life issue. rats are the symptom of systemic issues including sanitation, health

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hbo max had the 20-year reunion from where the first movie was streamed. it's been 20 years. the series goes on and on. >> my daughter absolutely loves it. she watches them over and over again and some soap operas, i wish she wouldn't. >> i'm surprised she finds those. >> what soap opera. >> gray's anatomy. she's not well versed in peacock yet. >> many seasons. she needs to finish her homework. >>> a look at the forecast today, kari. >> it's easter week and we are going to have, finally, some spring weather, but it takes its time getting here. so we still have cold weather today and it's going to be a clear start. if you've been dealing with a lot of allergies, pollen, seeing it coating your car and also sneezing all day long, right now it's mostly grasses, ash trees, alder trees and juniper trees. ragweed is low. if you are going out for a hike today, you do still need to keep the jacket on, especially for the start of the day, with our temperatures in the low 40s throughout much of the morning. at noon, it's at 53 degrees and breezy, and reaching into th

discovery ceo david zaslav just unveil a new streaming service combining health care bo max's concern hbo max's and unscripted shows. the service is called max. here are the prices, starts at $9.99 for max ad light. okay, that means it has ads. just for comparison, netflix's ad-supported tier is $6.99 a month, and max's ad-free tier will cost $15.99 a month. the news is not helping the stock. right now you can see that year to candidate the stock has cone -- to date, the stock is up 48, but since the merger became official in april of last year, warner brother brothers discovery is still down about 42%, and today the stock is down 6% and, in fact, it just hit session lows a few minutes ago. it is dropping. and so, hmm, max. we'll see if max can pull in more than the minimum. and there's this streaming headline: now new yorkest could soon pay the price for cutting the cord. law maersk in the empire state are proposing a sales tax on digital media subscriptions? let's get to lydia hu joining us live. taxed by how much and for what? [laughter] >> reporter: there, liz. they're talking about an 8% i

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brothers, discovery, launching a new combined streaming service a year in the making that combines hbo maxlus warner brothers's max pricing plan includes $9.99 for ad-lite, l l-i-t-e. and $15.99 for offline downbroads and for $19.99 a month you can get the ultimate, that's four streams, downloads, and hk ultra high def the max streaming service launches may 23rd. shares down more than 3% today an exclusive interview with david zaslav coming up on cnbc with scott wapner on the next hour of "closing bell. >> very much looking forward to that as complex a transition as it's been by dropping hbo and calling it max but no one wants to bet against david zaslav. >>> in recent years social media has been a minefield amid growing regulation, tiktok the latest lightning rod in the space because of its chinese ownership in particular. many popular social stocks have been on the rise well, congress and the white house are raising alarm bells on china's part in tiktok according to new research, four of the top five most downloaded apps in the u.s. this year has chinese ownership, tiktok is number three

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as these companies plan is big event wednesday and will unveil the new hbo max, they need these marquees to keep subscribers engaged. that's really the big payoff for warner bros., its a long-term term, high-quality franchise. caroline: seven seasons, we will see who can get their way through all of it. great to have you, thank you. let's return to what's happening in new york city. former president donald trump is preparing to surrender to authorities. his arraignment is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. eastern in lower manhattan. lawyers say he will plead not guilty. annmarie hordern is in the crowd outside the new york supreme court and it seems to be more people, more jostling so how does it feel? annmarie: since the last time we spoke about an hour ago, more people are starting to gather. many of these individuals are split 50/50. those in favor in here to the former resident and those that are here to support his indictment and this arraignment and want to see the end of trump world. there has been a higher presence of security of nypd and journalists that want to capture a moment of histo

the plan would involve turning each potter book into a season worth of tv for hbo max. would be excited. >> never read the book or saw the movies. >> me either >> i went on a ride at the park and got sick i'll get tweets. silvana, thank you >>> turning attention to the energy market. opec plus with surprise production cut wti and brent crude gaining 6% yesterday. the best performance in a year this morning, goldman sachs says prices could rally to $100 a barrel by next april on the pop, the energy sector coming off a 5% gain the best day in six months chevron is up 4% and exxonmobil up 6%. conoco phillips up 6%. marathon oil gained 10%. let's talk to jason gabelman here about this issue. >> thank you. >> are the fundamentals in place for oil to rise to $100 a barrel next year? >> it will have support the rest of the year before the opec cuts announced over the weekend it was an expectation that oil would rise in the second half of the year the costs support that further it has been our view that opec would underpin the market regardless of demand we are seeing that happ

you can catch my full interviews with bernie sanders and carol burnett anytime you want on hbo max. please join us here on cnn every friday night to find out who's talking next. >>> welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and from around the world. ahead on cnn newsroom, a desperate search for survivors after russia unleashed one of its deadliest attacks on ukrainian civilians in months. >>> the latest ceasefire in sudan appearing to break down in hours, the fighting picking back up even as hundreds remain trapped. we'll hear from a heroine who managed a harrowing escape from the country. >>> plus a draft opinion from the u.s. supreme court overturning the right to an abortion and now the man who wrote it says he has a pretty good idea who was responsible. >>> we begin with a race against time after russian missile strikes in ukraine. rescuers are scrambling to reach two children believed to be trapped under a building. a boy and girl are believed to be somewhere in the lower floors of these high rise. officials say at least 17 other people have been rescued. at least

that looseness is driven by the ceo cost cutting and also anticipation of the merger of hbo max and discoveryplatforms. he's expected to unveil the combined streaming platform on wednesday. research says that the transformation and combination of warner media and discovery creates a content powerhouse for the direct to consumer streaming services. we heard from deutsche bank who said they believe most of the pain related to the merger is behind them and they now see it as being on the offensive. >> that is an interesting story unfolding. stick around. the key for them is content. companies now want sure things that come with a built-in audience. hbo with the rights of the popular game series the last of us. they are rebooting harry potter. amazon that big on brands like lord of the rings and tom clancy. paramount has star trek and is having success in the box office with dungeons and dragons. nbc hoping for a super mario brothers blockbuster thanks to its partnership with nintendo. joining us is elaine, staff writer. they are basically saying we will try to reduce our risk by sticking with br

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you can catch my full interviews with bernie sanders and carol burnett anytime you want on hbo max. and join us here on cnn every friday night to find out who's talking next. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm allison, welcome to "cnn tonight." it's friday night. the culture wars are in full swing. there is a plot television. in the republican-controlled state legislatures of south carolina and nebraska restrictive abortion bills were voted down. are republican lawmakers having second thoughts about abortion bans. >>> and then the battle over transgender rights. montana's governor just signed a bill into law tonight banning gender-affirming care for minors even though his own nonbeinary son urged hip to rejiect it. and the bud light transgender brouhaha, an update in a moment. >> i have been offline for a few weeks. a lot has been said about me, some of which is so far from my truth i was like hearing my name and i didn't know who they were talking about sometimes. >> okay. plus, we will have never-before-seen photos from inside the white house situation room the day that bin laden was

discovery combining their streaming platforms , hbo max and discovery+, into one service.are making it simple. it is called max. it is a rebranding of the streaming service combining offerings from the company's multiple holdings, including warner bros. , hbo, hgtv, and more. among the new shells, the first-ever harry potter series, with j.k. rowling serving as executive producer. matt is set to launch may 23, and that is a check up in money watch headlines. >>> tech company texas instruments is taking a claim in santa clara. that is good news after bad news this week. the headline intact is that salesforce is getting rid of their remaining offices in salesforce tower. len ramirez spoke with business people happy for more work in the area. >> reporter: there is no word when texas instruments would occupy these buildings, but this is a major real estate deal in silicon valley and could have a big impact on neighboring businesses. michael mayor london breed welcomed the news that his indian cuisine restaurant mayor breed would get new neighbors, potentially 1000 texas instru

of subscriptions we're paying for, from tv and music streaming to meal plans and fitness apps >> hbo maxurnal" recently reported, they add up in a 2022 survey, respondents estimated they spent $86 a month on subscriptions the actual average amount, $219. and it was far more for lakeisha mosely >> the pandemic really put us all financially in a tizzy i was going through, trying to establish a budget >> reporter: she found a plethora of forgotten subscriptions. >> i was like, oh, my gosh, i'm paying for this and for that >> reporter: including a recurring class pass membership that was costing her about $1,000 a year. >> i could count on one hand the times i signed in, maybe once or twice. >> reporter: mosely added up over $700 a month in subscription charges she ended up canceling more than half subscribers like her are saying, enough is enough cancellations for netflix, hulu, hbo max and others rose about 50% in 2022 from the previous year >> are subscriptions one of those easy things to forget about because they're automatic? >> absolutely. subscriptions are so often just small amounts,

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they took off 68 titles from hbo max. 68 titles that nobody watched. the horror.ut it happens all the time in hollywood. you don't put your real suit on, if you don't put your real suit back on and fight actual crime for a change, we all may suffer not just bat girl. so, yesterday, we told you how the mayor of new york is planning to limit the city's beef consumption to help save the environment. we figured new yorkers wouldn't like this so "primetime" sent johnny out to get some answers. ♪ ♪ >> what do you guys serve here. >> chicken, ox, curry chicken. >> what's your favorite type of food. >> steaks, lamb and rice. >> chicken. >> steak and baked potato with garlic bread. >> mayor eric adams wants you to stop eating meat. >> i can think of other things to save the planet. >> people have always been eating meat. we are doing well. >> foolish to change the way people live. >> if he stops drinking alcohol, i will stop eating meat. i don't think that's going to happen. >> what the hell is wrong with you? >> what should the mayor focus on more? cleanings up the city o

>> sorry >> combines hbo max and discovery plus into one flagship service.ill better stand up to its competitors. he spoke to julia boorstin earlier this afternoon >> by putting that whole bouquet of content, we think the broadest array of content available, that the churn will come down. so, it will be a significant amount of economic gain for us >> so, do we see momentum for max? did he say bouquet of content? did i hear that right? >> yeah. >> i heard bouquet >> well, that can be an aggregation of flowers, but it can also be a bouquet. >> guy pronounces it bouquet >> i feel like -- we start ed with this with netflix, we're like, cable got all bundled, then it got unbundled. and now look what we're having with streaming it's the same thing in a way and here's the deal. he's, like, the guy you want to kind of figure out how to rebundle this sort of thick. so, to me, every time i hear him talk about the opportunity set, these sorts of things, i want to be behind a guy like that, not some huge come flom rat that wants a foray into that kind of thing. >> all r

joining me now is bomani jones the host of game theory with bomani jones streaming season two on hbo maxf the critics of this understand they were never going to sell dylan mulvaney cans of beer. you couldn't walk into your package store and say, hey, give me a six of that. it was just a sort of a tip of the hat to an influencer. >> yeah, i mean, that assumes a sincerity in the actions of those people that i'm not really willing to assume is the case with them. i do think, though, this is an interesting play for bud light. typically a company like that, like we think about them advertising at sporting events where the whole game is whatever you do, just don't offend anybody, and this was something that was guaranteed to offend somebody. we're not talking about the wrong or right of it right now. somebody was going to be mad and they did it anyway. i think that's part of what made it so surprising. >> i think there was a mistake by the vice president of marketing whose name i can never pronounce. the mistake was not putting dylan mulvaney on cans of beer. the mistake was in then doing an

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we excess a lot of this conten early on, i'm watching thing on netflix and hbo max - spill the tea, iether i think it is just so important, the show in particular, they have seven more episodes to go please don't ruin, editors please let people -- their time >> let us watch succession and peace. now, the, i am in the camp wit chris. but there are people in th streets that would say, look you need to watch on time. you know what time successio comes on, you know what time are shows come on, you kno when the new episode is, tun in and let the rioters right what say you >> see, i'm a little torn. i am the girl who waits to watch and then when i see th spoiler sometimes it will make me be like, okay, i will check in i am like, well, it seems like the streets think this i great. because maybe i'm on the fence but when i'm watching th actual show and i'm really invested, i am at. i am at. i block it on twitter. it will pop up on your timeline because now it is gettin ridiculous especially if it is headline on major outlets >> it is so crazy. i'm the person that if y'all stop talking about i

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all of the different platforms, whether it was disney plus or you had first-run movies coming to hbo max in the early days of the pandemic all of these platforms were offering family-friendly content. now we're seeing that they're willing to get out to the theater again and pay up for those tickets. and it seems like they think it's worth it. but i also have to point out it wasn't just this movie cinemark issued a release saying they had their biggest single day at their theaters since christmas of 2019. so what this means is it's not just super mario but people are going and seeing other films as well, whether it was "air," which was released by amazon, or whether it was the "john wick" sequel i think there was a sense that some of the older movies have held up and people are ready to be back in theaters. >> my son went to see the "air" movie. >> is it good? did he like it i'm curious about it what did he say? >> eh. but julia, one thing that seems to stand out here to me is the idea that the mario movie is one that would apply cross-generationally to men and women, right and to young k

it will combine programming from hbo max and discovery. company's new bubble service will launch on may 23rd. it will cost between 10 and $20 a month live from the nasdaq market site. i'm jane king. i that another service like any at all. and they too okay. >> thanks, rob. see later right? well, tuesday versus the supervisors are trying to get a measure on the 2024 ballot that would help increase police staffing. >> that proposal would actually aim to establish a fully staffed. police department was about 5 years. the measure would appear on the ballot next march. if it passes, it would establish minimum police staffing levels as well as a minimum funding level to ensure that the standards are met. currently, the city is short. more than 500 officers supervisor matt dorsey said the proposal is in response to the closure of the mid market. hosso stu food store earlier this week the store announced it was closing because of employee safety concerns. well, we're talking about a nationwide study and it looked at how some cities in the u.s. are

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the new service dubbed max will combine hbo max and discovery plus to compete with netflix and disney's suite of streaming services. warner brothers discovery had more than 96 million global streaming subscribers across all of its platforms as of the fourth quarter. >>> juul is paying out after facing numerous lawsuits in recent years. claiming it marketed its addict-cigarettes to underage teens. the money will be paid out over eight years, and it will go toward combating underage use and developing cessation programs. >>> and a restaurant in new york is bringing back a record-breaking sandwich just in time for national grilled cheese day. serendipity three's take on the classic sandwich costs -- braise yourself -- $214. >> come on. >> reporter: it needs to be ordered almost two days in advance. rare cheeses. champagne, truffle butter, gold flakes, some of the ingredients that apparently justify that lofty priceing to. >> i don't need gold -- price tag. >> i don't need gold in my grilled cheese. finish i'm eating. >> yeah. does it add flavor? i don't know. again, i'd pay a lot. i wouldn

you're going to get the $16 option that combines discovery and hbo max. >> how about the cnn master planticking with their streaming. profitability is the key question here. they're still saying they're going to do $11.3 billion in ebitda this year a lot of that's goip tng to be c half >> but paydown will be substantial. >> the question is also free cash flow. that's the key, jim, as you know for the company generating that free cash flow that zaslav has pointed people to so many times in contrast, for example, to paramount. >> meanwhile, "journal" has this piece of subscription fatigue. for two quarters, cancellations surpassing growth in all kinds of digital memberships >> what are people doing with their time >> we get netflix earnings on tuesday, i believe >> i saw some people this weekend that were reading books. mostly on tape, don't worry. >> a lot of people, audio. i still just read books. you do too >> i listen to music while my wife has the books on tape, all these women's books, which is, like, i don't know, you know they always have, like, i don't know -- i don't get it >> wh

on hbo, or should we just say max on hbo? hbo man he thinks we have to say max. yes again.have to say max do oh, it's great. whatever you call it . honestly it cannot wait to watch the rest of the funny, you guys. i've seen all five episodes. you're going to have it. thanks guys with you. so nice to be here. thank you. now in battle, congressman jorge santos says he is ready to run again, harry antin, but this morning number harriet got your number, buddy. said. harry has jordanan's guys work way back wn . will build freelance teams with more. working is better than me. your 60 ft. i strgled with cpap every night, but now that get the inspire impnt, it's making me thinof doing other things i've been putting off like removing the tattoo of your first wife's name and view important safety information and inspire sleep .com. could save hundreds for safe driving with liberty mutual because demise your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. who we gotta go again for what you need is liberty. liberty liberty. isn't pretty. it's the moment when you realize that a good d

we have third party media partners, hbo max, paramount plus, stars, showtime, with their content is availableng to build the best collection of streaming content for people to see, and live sports turns out to be something that people really like it draws a lot of people our thursday night football has the largest number of new prime customers sign up for, and live sports has been successful for us in europe, too with epl and uefa >> you bought mgm. do you think you will see more consolidation? we all debate consolidation in the media space, like what happens to pair mount plus or others >> we acquired mgm they have such incredible ip we just started finding ways to bring it to customers. i think it's -- there is a number of businesses everybody is trying to figure out that business model. we have a little bit different business model because prime is bundled. >> how much do you focus on the stock price these days >> not a lot of time focused on that at amazon, i've been at amazon almost 26 years now, so i kind of grew up here. we have always had this perspective that you can't be -- first of

warner brothers discovery is working on a deal to bring the series to hbo. maxa different book in the original harry potter book series. the media company is also in talks with author j. k rolling to be involved as a producer. this would be the latest creation about the hogwarts world following a broadway show video games and a fantastic beasts movie spin off series time in 6 48 the past few years, skiers and snowboarders started wrapping up their winter sports season this year. it is definitely a different story. spring break, 2023 has been extended that resorts across california plan to stay open, big bear mountain and southern california will keep operating at least through the end of this month, the workers say. all of the storms have dumped snow since the first of the year, and it's keeping them employed and visitors coming back for more. i couldn't really ask for more were expected to ride all the way through april and across the state. i mean, all the snowpack that we've been receiving is really going to be great to offset the drought conditions. we've be

hbo on may 29th 10 p.m. and will be available for streaming on max. we should note hbo is owned by cnn's parent company, warner brothers. discovery can't wait to see that first peak that anyone has gotten at the film and so timely. just talk about the name reality winner. what a name name the name. make sure you tune into that. yes so we'll have more perspective on this settlement between fox news and dominion voting systems coming up. we're going to be hearing from dominions lead lawyer and a free also ahead of frequent guest on fox republican presidential candidate vivek ramaswamy. he joins us at the table next. why are there two extra seats? are we getting a dog? a grereat dane. two great danes. i know china. dana, whose giant beard, maybe a dragon. no dragons are boring. twin sisters . and what is the robot in one of the night and i'll be on the side of octopus. volkswagen atlas more room for possibilities. for avocado sustainability comes first. we handcraft are organic mattresses , pillows and bedding in our own organic certified facility in los

max is a new warner brothers hbo offering. they are announcing all sorts of new material.ts of things like that. netflix, first mover advantage, big disruptor but it is a tough market now, isn't it?- market now, isn't it? very different _ market now, isn't it? very different from _ market now, isn't it? very different from what - market now, isn't it? very different from what it - market now, isn't it? very different from what it was | market now, isn't it? very - different from what it was two or three years ago and that is probably where netflix should have rolled out the advertising product which is also anything for them. they resisted it for many years but in the meantime many years but in the meantime many other services came in, most of them either fully ad supported all with ad supported tears. i think netflix was like to the game and they have made that turnover advantage into playing catch up so they are in a tough spot because of the competition but also because they have grown to a point where they are really approaching saturation in a lot of big markets. ther

announced a new streaming service — combining the drama content of hbo and the factual and lifestyle shows of discovery under the new name max series, as well as old favourites such as game of thrones. but with household budgets under pressure, will people fork out for another streaming service? 0scar wall is from recurly, which makes subscription management software for companies. welcome, 0scar. so what you think, is there an appetite for this? , ., , , ~ this? yes, i absolutely think so. this? yes, i absolutely think s0- this _ this? yes, i absolutely think so. this merger— this? yes, i absolutely think so. this merger is _ this? yes, i absolutely think so. this merger is about - this? yes, i absolutely think i so. this merger is about scale and reach and it does have the potential to put max in the top echelon of global streaming services. i think it also provides some degree of future proofing in that max will provide —— preside over enough content that will narrow subscription offers potentially at a lower price point, which is something we predict will be increasingly important going forward. and over the past couple