# Amazon is buying MGM **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 26, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-buying-mgm/942954 "2021-05-26T14:02:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-buying-mgm/942954/1 "2021-05-26T14:02:47Z")
The price tag is US$8.45 billion. > **[Amazon to buy MGM, studio behind James Bond and 'Shark Tank'](https://apnews.com/article/whole-foods-market-inc-amazoncom-inc-lifestyle-entertainment-technology-6c8df317d3088280161f38d29fe7ab37)** > > NEW YORK (AP) — Online shopping giant Amazon is buying MGM, the movie and TV studio behind James Bond, “Legally Blonde" and “Shark Tank," with the hopes of filling its video streaming service with more stuff to watch. That’s going to give Amazon a whole lot of IP! I’m not enthusiastic about the deal, tho: it’s just consolidating more wealth and power, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-buying-mgm/942954/2 "2021-05-26T14:08:09Z")
That makes me feel better about the $127 I just paid for my Prime auto-renew. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-buying-mgm/942954/3 "2021-05-26T14:11:15Z")
Are we going to see the Young Bond novels being adapted for TV? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-buying-mgm/942954/4 "2021-05-26T14:20:54Z")
The articles I’ve read suggest that Amazon is overpaying and that the true worth is about $5 billion. But part of what MGM owns is Mark Burnett’s production company (which produces Shark Tank, among other things), so one of the late night shows jokingly suggested that the premium was worth it to Jeff Bezos so he could see the outtakes from The Apprentice. Supposedly Donald Trump says really racist and other offensive things in the bits that didn’t air. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-buying-mgm/942954/5 "2021-05-26T14:27:35Z")
MGM/Burnett owns the format for the apprentice. For the actual shows Trump owns 50% and he would need to write off any use of footage from them. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-buying-mgm/942954/6 "2021-05-26T14:54:36Z")
Would Bezos need Trump’s authorization to view the outtakes for himself? IF so, the overpayment might be worth it to him. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-buying-mgm/942954/7 "2021-05-26T15:06:04Z")
Which would only contribute to cementing Bezos position as a real-life super-villain, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-buying-mgm/942954/8 "2021-05-27T02:04:01Z")
Will this improve prime video streaming in any way? Will they put all of MGMs films on their site? ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-buying-mgm/942954/9 "2021-05-27T02:12:55Z")
Bezos would still hate me ( and I’d be damned if I’d ever work for him in one of his Slave Hubs). When/if he ever wants me to work for him, he will 100% Fully Fund WaPo, drop all the Pay Wall BS, and do his best to morph back into a normal human being. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-buying-mgm/942954/10 "2021-05-27T03:17:49Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > Are we going to see the Young Bond novels being adapted for TV? Those were commissioned by the Ian Fleming Estate, with no connection to the Broccolis or MGM. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-buying-mgm/942954/11 "2021-05-27T04:19:09Z")
I like the way that the headline hints that the pinnacle of MGM’s productions over the decades are the Bond movies and _Shark Tank_. I imagine the US version is as good as the Australian one. I didn’t make it through the one episode I tried to watch.