If Youre Not Keeping Up, Cartoon Network Sold Off Most Of Its Original Programming Over The Last Few

If you’re not keeping up, Cartoon Network sold off most of its original programming over the last few years to run exclusively on HBO Max, but after a merger with Discovery, HBO has taken them all down, including those that were still in production, for what is long story short a big tax write-off.

And it’s not a simple matter of them just airing or streaming somewhere else now. It’s a very complicated issue of rights and contracts and money but essentially it’s very possible that these shows will never be available again in official capacity and their creators will never see another penny from them again, either. Some completed episodes may also be lost media, indefinitely.

For a couple of series, such as Mao Mao and Infinity Train, Cartoon Network has gone back and scrubbed all tweets, youtube clips or other mention of the series existence, confirming they likely no longer have the rights to take them anywhere else.

The tweet today by the art director of Tig N’ Seek made me saddest.

A lot of people this week have simply given up on their industry careers, seeing years of their life’s work just vanish into a corporate vault overnight. Being able to point to your work on a streaming service had apparently even become a pretty critical part of the portfolios they now rely on to get new jobs.

Streaming media went from an optimistic new frontier to even worse than cable TV so suddenly.

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Fourth in a series I of comics about protesting safety tips I made with @this.is.ysabel . This one is about the dangers of police surveillance and how to avoid it if possible. Keep being safe when you go out. Don’t get snatched!

holy shit the sky news is absolutely fucking heartbreaking. i grew up with their content. what the hell

Holy shit is Cartoon Network really dead

Keno9988 has always been Racist and Pedophilic

CONTENT WARNING FOR: PEDOPHILIA, RACISM, GROOMING MENTIONS, PHOBIC BEHAVIOR

Keno9988, the creator of Spongetale, FNF: Crystal, FNF: Vs. Onek, current owner of Storyspin, is a racist predator. Please do not work with him.

Here is a document on his behavior, dating as far back as 2016 and as recent as 2022.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w8IET_ehqx78ohJqEITrjOG-MI8ccSbTguY05ExmMgI/edit?usp=sharing

Please spread this to anyone who may currently work with Keno.