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HBO Max has joined Coca-Cola and Netflix among prominent companies that have undergone well-publicized pivots.
Max will become HBO Max again this summer, Warner Bros. Discovery said this week — two years after the name change that hasn't stuck. Here's what to know about the rebrand (and some others of note).
Warner Bros. Discovery's (WBD) streaming service Max will be called HBO Max starting this summer, bringing back a name that WBD curiously ditched a couple of years ago.
WBD CEO David Zaslav announced the move, with the company declaring, "no consumer today is saying they want more content, but better content."
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