WARNER MEDIA merging with DISCOVERY

NETFLIX orders BRIDGERTON spinoff / Fall TV cancellations & orders / VENICE film fest goes 100% IRL

Mornin! This is Sean McNulty and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on MONDAY May 17, 2021.

Where… ok admittedly, it’s a lotta Media Biz news today… including some big WARNER MEDIA + DISCOVERY merger details so - let’s start our day calmly at the new Malibu home of the former head of marketing for WARNER BROS, Blair Rich, who put down a cool $6.1…