Tisha MorrisFounder & Principal Attorney, Legacy Arts Law PC · 🎬 Entertainment Attorney | Protecting & Empowering Filmmakers, Authors, Artists & Creators | Founder of Legacy Arts Law® | Legal Clarity for Creatives

Legacy Studios vs. Content Creators

26 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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Entertainment attorney Tisha Morris compares today's media consolidation to the AOL-Time Warner merger, citing Warner Mount's pending deal, Fox acquiring Roku, and rumors Netflix may buy Lionsgate. Despite studio mergers, YouTube remains the most-watched platform and top talent incubator for creators and filmmakers.

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There's a huge amount of consolidation going on right now in media and entertainment. I'm Tisha Morris, entertainment attorney, and we haven't seen quite this much since probably 2000s with AOL and Time Warner and that era of mergers. We have Warner Mount, which is probably going to go through. Um, it was just announced that Roku is getting bought out by Fox. That's a huge consolidation. Um, it's rumored that Netflix might buy Lionsgate. I That's just rumored, but you know, if it's not one studio, it's another. Now here's what's not being said is that they're all competing with YouTube. YouTube is still the most watched platform out there, and it is an incubator for talent of which they're all going after, whether it's podcasts, content creators, filmmakers. YouTube is the incubator for the best talent. And so for my independent creators,