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It's a sequel, it's a remake, it's a reboot: Lawyers grow wistful for old corporate rumbles as Paramount, Netflix fight for Warner

Will Paramount or Netflix win the fight for Warner? Hollywood's takeover drama is in some ways a flashback to the 1980s, in other ways quintessentially 2025.

Fortune

Paramount chief does damage control over ‘60 Minutes’ MTG interview that incurred Trump’s wrath

While the Ellisons have looked to temper the president’s rage over the Marjorie Taylor Greene sitdown, they’ve also assured Donald Trump that they’d make sweeping changes at CNN if Paramount buys Warner Bros. Discovery.

The Independent UK

Why does Netflix want to buy Warner Bros? To copy, not kill, traditional TV

The recent news that Netflix has agreed to buy part of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) for US$83 billion (£61.8 billion), followed by Paramount Global’s hostile counterbid to acquire WBD in its entirety for US$108.4 billion (£81 billion), has triggered shockwaves through Hollywood and the wider entertainment industry.

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Berlusconi's MFE backs Paramount over Netflix in Warner Bros ownership battle

Italy’s largest media group, MFE-MediaForEurope, has publicly thrown its support behind Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery, arguing that Paramount’s offer would preserve competition in the global streaming market.

Euronews

Netflix’s takeover of Warner Brothers is a nightmare for consumers

Netflix promotes itself as an innovator, but its skyhigh bid for Warner Brothers suggests that its trendsetter days have peaked.

Fortune

Why This Analyst Says the Warner Bros. Deal Is Bad News for Netflix Stock

Down almost 30% from all-time highs, Netflix stock trades at a sizeable discount to consensus price target estimates in December 2025.

Barchart

'We actually didn't attribute any value' to Warner's game studios, Netflix boss says about the acquisition deal: 'They're relatively minor compared to the grand scheme of things'

Ouch, that hurts.

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“When people throw around the Lennon/McCartney comparison to Bob Mould and Grant Hart, I think that’s fair”: Greg Norton believes Hüsker Dü were always going to break up, but it happened too soon

The current Ultrabomb bassist discusses the instruments that led to his custom Reverend, how a 1985 concert video got lost, and how easy it was to learn from bandmate Mould

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Paramount chief reportedly promised Trump ‘sweeping changes’ at CNN as part of Warner Bros. takeover

David Ellison’s father has also brought up with White House officials which CNN anchors they’d like to get rid of if Paramount were to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery.

The Independent UK

Skydance, Netflix Vie For Warner Bros. — A Trump-Era Antitrust Meltdown In The Making?

Paramount Skydance Corp (NASDAQ:PSKY) has made a hostile all-cash $108-billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. (NASDAQ:WBD), giving rival bidder Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) a run for its money and turning the streaming wars into a TV drama-worthy showdown.

Benzinga

Netflix vows to keep Ted Lasso on Apple TV if it buys Warner

Warner shows, like Ted Lasso, won't be switched to Netflix if it buys the studio – but that might not be the case if Paramount is the new owner

Behind Paramount's Hostile $108 Billion Bid For Warner Bros Discovery Was— Unanswered Texts?

David Ellison-led Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY) launched a hostile bid worth $108.4 billion for Warner Bros Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) on Monday, in a last-ditch effort to outbid streaming giant Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) and create a content powerhouse. A regulatory filing on Monday revealed that the HBO owner’s lack of response fueled Paramount’s…

Benzinga

Media Giants Clash: Paramount Launches $108.4 Billion Hostile Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery

Paramount's $108.4bn hostile, all-cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery ignites a head-to-head showdown with Netflix's signed, narrower deal.

International Business Times UK

Takeover bid of parent company means limbo for CNN, some fellow cable networks

It's a tough time for CNN, which looks like it will be in management limbo for some time with Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid of its parent company, Warner Bros

The Independent UK

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Benzinga

Trump May Require '60 Minutes' Apology Before Blessing Paramount's Warner Bid

A race to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) by Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY) intensified with an all-cash offer from the latter for the media company on Monday.

Fortune

Netflix CEO brushes aside Paramount’s ‘entirely expected’ hostile bid, ‘superconfident’ of closing deal with Warner Bros. Discovery

The Netflix co-CEO also said he’s talked with the president “many times” since the election, and that he’ll be good to movie theaters once he’s running a studio.

Inverse

The Historic Netflix-Warner Merger May Not Be As Certain As You Think

A new player has entered the corporate arena.

Fortune

Jared Kushner suddenly emerges in the Warner brawl between Paramount and Netflix, backed by Saudi billions and fresh off brokering another megadeal

Trump’s son-in-law is emerging as a central conduit for Gulf money moving into American media, and they’re backing the Ellisons and Paramount.

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The Independent UK

Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner is investor in Paramount’s hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros

Jared Kushner’s Affinity Capital, along with the sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi, have ‘agreed to forgo any governance rights – including board representation – associated with their non-voting equity investments,’ according to Monday’s regulatory filing.

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Paramount, backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, launches hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, one day after US president Donald Trump says the Netflix deal 'could be a problem'

The Paramount bid is also supported by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, so that's probably not great for Netflix's ambitions.

The Guardian - US

Netflix buying Warner Bros is bad news for cinema and those of us who love it

The proposed acquisition would see yet more of Hollywood controlled by a tech company and one that doesn’t seem to care about the theatrical experience

The Independent UK

MTG on 60 Minutes sends Trump into tailspin rant against ‘No Better’ CBS-Paramount as he demands apology

The president’s screed against Paramount’s ownership — which he had previously praised incessantly — came at the same time the media giant launched a hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery that was joined by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.

Barchart

2 Reasons to Hit Pause on Netflix Stock Now

Netflix’s recently announced deal to acquire Warner Bros. introduces regulatory risk and execution challenges.

The Independent UK

Hostile takeover launched over Netflix-Warner deal with new $108B Paramount bid after Sarandos woos Trump at White House

The Netflix chief’s pilgrimage to DC came as Paramount’s ownership believed it had the inside track to acquire Warner Bros. due to the Ellison family’s close ties to the president.

Euronews

Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros, challenging Netflix

The announcement comes just days after Netflix said it had agreed a $72 billion takeover deal for Warner Bros Discovery.

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