>>16728013>>16728232>>16728464>ran at a loss>make back money before becoming profitable>path to profitabilityEric Bischoff, and Jim Cornette and all of you guys really reveal yourselves to have an understanding of running a business based on like an episode of a sitcom or cartoon from 30 years ago or something. AEW is not Ned Flander's left-handed store. Shit just doesn't work that way, which is why Eric Bischoff and Jim Cornette have failed at all their business ventures. You can't run a business in the 21st century like it's an owner-operated restaurant or gas station in the 1960s. This fucking delusion is so common among Dave/Eric/Jim's age group that people born 30 years after the 1960s know exactly what I'm talking about. AEW's profitability in the current quarter does not have to retroactively make up for it's losses in 2019. Tony is not the sole investor. And that's not even getting into how TV production actually works.
TV is a fucking cartel. There are a limited number of network and cable stations, which dictates the price of content. These stations air content produced by production studios, some of those studios directly owned by the TV network. There are three ways in which television content is produced.
>directly by a production studio, at cost, and then sold via syndication non-exclusivelyCops, most of the daytime talk shows, WWE in the 80s
>directly produced by a production studio, under contract by the network who is paying the bills, and then aired by the network who owns the syndication rights for a set number of yearsSimpsons, South Park, Cable Dramas
>produced by a production studio owned by the television network/conglomerateThis is how Warner Brothers have always done it.
WWE currently runs exclusive syndication deals, similar to the sports leagues. This is where AEW is different. AEW is entirely produced in-house by WBD, and WBD has exclusive rights to it's distribution. AEW's "profitability" only matters if WBD stops paying.
