If you believe "assurances that they will let them to continue doing things that are against the parents core business" then you are a fool.

Assurances are worthless because they always are retracted after the sale is complete.

“Wide” is not “long.” There’s a recent Netflix theatrical release that hit the cinema for just long enough to qualify for Oscar consideration and then was pulled to stream only.

They’ll put Warner Bros. in every theater in the country, to no fanfare (no marketing budget), and pull them as soon as the qualifying duration is up.