HBO Max cuts dozens of titles in a cost-cutting move before a merger with Discovery+

The beloved animated series Summer Camp Island is among the list of 36 titles HBO Max says it will no longer host on its streaming service. (Cartoon Network Studios, Inc.)

HBO Max is pulling 36 titles from its streaming platform this week, the company confirmed to NPR, citing the pending merger of HBO Max and Discovery+, which are both owned by parent conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery. It's the platform's latest and largest content purge in a series of recent cost-cutting moves.

"As we work toward bringing our content catalogs together under one platform, we will be making changes to the content offering available on both HBO Max and discovery+," HBO Max said in a statement emailed to NPR. "That will include the removal of some content from both platforms."