Netflix's messy transition set to rock Hollywood, NBCU in the…

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorVariety says Netflix's messy transition will rock Hollywood, and the whole thing started with a dinner between Peter Rice and Ynon Kreiz in late September.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA dinner! Two executives broke bread, and days later one of them jumped from Mattel to Skydance.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA dinner between two executives? That is peak romance in the business world.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorRomantic? Nobody orders the appetizer unless a takeover is on the menu. I'd like to know who sat facing the door.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe report came from Page Six, so it's a dinner and nothing more.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCan I just say, the entire industry is about to be reshaped, and Hank thinks the bread basket is innocent.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe bread basket is always involved. And who paid? Whoever picked up that check owns NBCU by Christmas.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSplit it.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSplit it? Hank, that is how wars start. One side asks for separate checks and suddenly it's a streaming war.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd the dessert menu is a declaration. Two forks, one cheesecake, a merger. I've seen it before.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOrder, please. I have not been invited to a dinner since twenty nineteen, and it was a retirement party for a printer.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWe're back same time tomorrow.