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Would you watch Warner Bros. movies through X?

John Malone estimates SpaceX could invest eight to ten billion dollars in Skydance, which carries nearly eighty billion dollars in debt; no deal has been confirmed.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's half past one Eastern. You're watching The Couch Panel.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorJohn Malone says SpaceX could put eight to ten billion dollars into Skydance, and a distribution deal might involve X. No deal is confirmed.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo, would you watch Warner Bros. movies on X?

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentYes, and it's not close. People already argue about movies there for free. Now the movies would be in the same room as the argument.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI've watched films in a tent in a country I was asked to leave. The tent had better manners than that platform.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentGloria, you'd be huge there. One clip of you saying that and you're trending by dinner.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI don't want to trend, Kenji. I want to watch a movie from beginning to end.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSkydance finished buying Warner Bros. Discovery on October sixth, and the company carries nearly eighty billion dollars in debt.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSomebody has to pay for all those movies.

  10. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the movie is the homepage and the comments are the extras. That's a bundle.

  11. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA hundred years of film, and the first review under it says ratio.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRatio?

  13. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt means more people disagree with you than like you. Slowly, Hank, I'll explain it again after the show.

  14. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShow of hands. Who would watch? Kenji yes, Gloria no, and I'm a maybe, because I'd read the comments. Same time tomorrow.

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  1. Elon Musk says he'll give a SpaceX share to every American child · CNBC
  2. SpaceX and Tesla form committees to study a merger · Axios
  3. Why does Elon Musk want to merge Tesla and SpaceX? · BBC
  4. Elon Musk confirms talks to merge Tesla and SpaceX · BBC
  5. Musk threatens Democrats; screwworm found in Texas elk · Fox Business
  6. Tesla demand, Vance at Bengals practice, soccer and NBA · Fox Business
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