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Oxley Comments on HBOmax & Warner Bros. Streaming News

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Counsel Jamice Oxley, member of our Intellectual Property, Media + Entertainment, and Digital Media Groups, spoke to the Los Angeles Times about the recent news that Warner Brothers will simultaneously release its 2021 cinematic lineup in theaters and on HBOmax. The news sparked a larger conversation on what this announcement will mean for the industry as a whole. According to the Times

[...] the abrupt way WarnerMedia announced its HBO Max plan signaled to many that the industry is now dealing with a different animal.

“If the biz model suddenly gets changed, it’s going to take some time to understand the economics behind that,” said entertainment business attorney Jamice A. Oxley of law firm Pryor Cashman LLP’s Century City office.

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