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fromExchangewire
1 month ago
Business

Digest: Oracle Co-Founder Backs Paramount's Hostile Bid for Warner Bros Discovery; Instacart Terminates AI Price Tests - ExchangeWire.com

fromFortune
1 month ago
Media industry

Not only did Larry Ellison personally guarantee $40.4 billion for his son's pursuit of Warner Bros., Paramount upped the break fee to $5.8 billion | Fortune

fromFortune
1 month ago
Business

Billionaire Larry Ellison comes to his son's rescue, agreeing to personally guarantee over $40 billion to finance Paramount's bid for Warner Bros. | Fortune

fromExchangewire
1 month ago
Business

Digest: Oracle Co-Founder Backs Paramount's Hostile Bid for Warner Bros Discovery; Instacart Terminates AI Price Tests - ExchangeWire.com

fromFortune
1 month ago
Media industry

Not only did Larry Ellison personally guarantee $40.4 billion for his son's pursuit of Warner Bros., Paramount upped the break fee to $5.8 billion | Fortune

fromFortune
1 month ago
Business

Billionaire Larry Ellison comes to his son's rescue, agreeing to personally guarantee over $40 billion to finance Paramount's bid for Warner Bros. | Fortune

Bicycling
fromBikerumor
6 days ago

Mountain Biking Gets More Monster as World Cup Gets New Main Sponsor

Monster Energy named sponsor of WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series; will appear at all 14 events starting with May's South Korea race.
US politics
fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

Trump says he's staying out of the fight between Netflix and Paramount to take over Warner Bros. Discovery

Donald Trump received calls from Netflix and Paramount Skydance about their dispute with Warner Bros. Discovery and declined involvement, leaving the Justice Department to handle it.
#antitrust
fromThe Verge
1 week ago
US politics

Republicans haul Netflix before Congress for being too 'woke'

Senators questioned Netflix's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery over antitrust and cultural concerns, including accusations of producing 'woke' content.
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago
US news

Elizabeth Warren says both bids to buy Warner Bros. Discovery are bad for consumers

Competing bids for Warner Bros. Discovery raise antitrust concerns and could concentrate media power, reduce competition for viewers and workers, and risk political influence.
#netflix
fromFortune
3 weeks ago
Business

On Netflix's earnings call, confident co-CEOs can't quell investors' fears about the Warner Bros. bid | Fortune

fromFortune
3 weeks ago
Business

On Netflix's earnings call, confident co-CEOs can't quell investors' fears about the Warner Bros. bid | Fortune

Television
fromTasting Table
2 weeks ago

Why Did Food Network Cancel The Kitchen? - Tasting Table

The Kitchen will air its final episode on December 13, 2025 due to Food Network's restructuring under Warner Bros. Discovery's corporate split.
#paramount-skydance
#netflix-acquisition
fromFortune
1 month ago
Media industry

Netflix co-CEO faces the $100 billion question: 'Why are you doing this deal?' | Fortune

fromFortune
1 month ago
Media industry

Netflix co-CEO faces the $100 billion question: 'Why are you doing this deal?' | Fortune

#paramount
Business
fromFortune
1 month ago

Warner Bros. Discovery's board isn't choosing a deal - it's avoiding one | Fortune

WBD's board must run an open, rigorous, even-handed process and seriously evaluate competing bids to fulfill its duty to maximize shareholder value.
#paramount-skydance-bid
Business
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Warner Bros. sticks with Netflix merger, calls Paramount's $108B bid "illusory"

Warner Bros. Discovery's board unanimously rejected Paramount's $108.4B hostile bid and supports Netflix's $82.7B acquisition plus a cable division spinoff due to financing and execution concerns.
Media industry
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

It Hasn't Gone Well': CNBC's David Faber Admits Parent Company Versant's Wall Street Debut Has Been a Flop

Versant, Comcast's spinoff of cable networks, plunged about 26% after its Nasdaq debut, prompting valuation concerns for comparable media assets.
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Read the memo WBD CEO David Zaslav sent employees after rejecting Paramount for the 8th time

Team, As we begin the year, I want to share an update on where things stand and where we are focused. Following a thorough review, the Warner Bros. Discovery Board of Directors has completed its consideration of Paramount Skydance's most recent proposal. After careful evaluation, the Board has determined not to pursue that proposal.
Business
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Warner Bros. Discovery Board Shuts Down Paramount's Revised Hostile Takeover Push

Warner Bros. Discovery board members delivered a blunt rejection of Paramount's revised hostile takeover bid on Wednesday, warning investors the offer was inadequate and still too risky. In a letter to shareholders on Wednesday, obtained and first reported by CNN, the WBD board rejected Paramount's revamped bid, insisting it falls well short of the certainty offered by its existing deal with Netflix. To effect the transaction, it intends to incur an extraordinary amount of incremental debt more than $50 billion through arrangements with multiple financing partners, the board wrote.
Business
Television
fromFortune
1 month ago

The Netflix-Paramount saga caps a 2025 turning point, S&P says: Cable TV is in the 'decline stage,' with a long, slow bleedout ahead | Fortune

U.S. cable networks have entered a structural decline with falling revenues, shrinking viewership, and legacy assets being restructured amid streaming-driven consolidation.
Film
fromVulture
1 month ago

Warner Bros. Discovery Rejects Paramount

Warner Bros. Discovery's board recommends shareholders accept Netflix's $27.75-per-share offer, spinning off cable assets, instead of Paramount's $30-per-share hostile bid.
Business
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Paramount wanted to use $24 billion in Middle Eastern money to help buy WBD. That's not why Netflix won.

WBD opposes the Ellisons' bid mainly because Larry Ellison did not provide the firm personal guarantee WBD demanded, amid regulatory and partner complications.
Business
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Jared Kushner's Firm Pulls Out of Paramount's Warner Bros. Hostile Takeover Bid

Affinity Partners withdrew from Paramount Skydance's bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, undermining political and regulatory support for the hostile takeover.
#paramount-skydance-takeover
fromFortune
2 months ago
Media industry

CNN turns from cheering independence to dreading limbo as Paramount rides into town for Warner-Netflix showdown | Fortune

fromFortune
2 months ago
Media industry

CNN turns from cheering independence to dreading limbo as Paramount rides into town for Warner-Netflix showdown | Fortune

#mergers-and-acquisitions
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Deal or no deal? The inside story of the battle for Warner Bros

Donald Trump is seeking to influence major media mergers and push buyers to restructure and sell CNN, aiming to shape media ownership and oversight outcomes.
US politics
fromFortune
2 months ago

Trump says Warner Bros. deal should include sale of CNN | Fortune

President Trump opposes any Warner Bros. Discovery deal that leaves CNN under current management and demands CNN be included in a sale or sold separately.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

BREAKING: Trump Declares That Any Deal' for Warner Bros. Must Include CNN

I think the people that have run CNN for the last long period of time are a disgrace. I think it's imperative that CNN be sold. Because you certainly wouldn't want to put people-, just leave those people with some money, good money at CNN so that, you know, they could spend even more money spreading poison. Because it's lies, it's a disgrace.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Paramount Pictures X Account Hacked with Fascist Regime' Message

Paramount Pictures' official X account was hacked on Tuesday, briefly rebranded as a proud arm of a fascist regime message as it attempts a hostile takeover of Warner Bros Discovery. For several minutes, the pointed message was emblazoned on the account's bio. It quickly vanished restored to The official X account for Paramount Pictures but not before screenshots ricocheted across the internet.
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