>>17635795I wouldn't even guess that much. Think about the business deal that Zaslav made Tony fly all the way to Paris for. They were trying to make the meeting as inconvenient as possible aka Big Timing him, a common negotiation tactic.
Putting AEW on their streaming service was just a "value add". Didn't cost WB a thing. Think of it like getting free breadsticks at a restaurant or unlimited drink refills at a theater.
The consumer (mark) thinks they're getting over on the business, but these perks cost them nothing in the long run. That's why it's embarrassing to see Meltzer bring up MAX every wk. That'd be like,
>"Steaks are Ribiera are so expensive! But you get a spoonful of corn and free water and that makes it all worth it."Nobody cancelled their cable to switch to MAX for Dynamite. And nobody signed up for MAX when they already have TBS. It's one big farce. The cable ratings have been static (didn't fluctuate with the addition of MAX) and AEW has been in steady decline for years now, reflected in their live attendance #s.
>t. I went to an actual Big Ten business school, not some satellite college like Tony with his bullshit analytics degree 
