2024 Hollywood Predictions: Consolidate or Crumble

After a quiet year for deals, media industry experts predict major companies will merge or shut down their streaming services.

Paramount+ signage in the Times Square neighborhood of New York, US, on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. held talks on a possible merger with Paramount Global, potentially combining two of the biggest media companies in the world, according to people with knowledge of the matter.Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg

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By Lucas Shaw

January 2, 2024 at 11:00 PM UTC

Happy New Year and thank you for reading. If you’re feeling generous, please share the newsletter with a friend.

If you are looking for a final dose of year-end podcasts, I broke down the biggest stories of the year with Kim Masters and Matt Belloni on The Business, where we offered some predictions for 2024. Matt and I also handed out the second annual townies on his show.