Warner Bros. Discovery Rejects Paramount $30/Share Acquisition Offer, Alleging Deal Financing Does Not Have ‘Full Backstop’ From Ellisons

Warner Bros. Discovery rejected the $30/share takeover bid from David Ellison's Paramount Skydance, with WBD unanimously ...

Netflix, Paramount battle over Warner Bros. will reshape streaming | Opinion

Since 2021, streaming costs jumped 54%. Now two giants are fighting over HBO Max. Whoever wins, consumers will likely pay ...

As Netflix, Paramount battle over Warner Bros, what’s at stake?

Who ends up buying Warner Bros is likely to impact the entertainment industry for decades to come. Read more at ...

As Netflix and Paramount circle Warner Bros. Discovery, Hollywood unions voice alarm

Several Hollywood unions, including the Writers Guild of America and Teamsters, have expressed serious concerns over a ...

Paramount’s $54 billion debt plays a starring role in Warner bid

Paramount has a temporary financing package in place for the combined company, but it hasn’t locked in a maximum rate on more permanent borrowings for the transaction.

Box Office Studio Report Card: Warners’ Bets Pay Off, Disney Scores but Marvel Struggles, Tom Cruise Can’t Save Paramount

Family films flourished, video game adaptations triumphed, and superheroes flew too close to the sun. Welcome to 2025 at the ...

Debt plays a big role in Paramount’s Warner bid

Even if Paramount Skydance Corp manages to take over Warner Bros Discovery Inc against the company's will, it faces another ...
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Major Warner Bros. Discovery shareholder dismisses Paramount's revised bid as 'Not sufficient'

Harris Associates, WBD's fifth-largest shareholder, holding approximately 4% of the company's shares (about 96 million shares ...

Debt, Drama, and Dry Powder: Paramount’s $108 Billion Cage Fight

Hollywood titans Paramount and Netflix are locked in a debt-fueled showdown for Warner Bros., powered by Wall Street muscle, ...
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Whether Netflix or Paramount buys Warner Bros., entertainment oligopolies are back – bigger and more anticompetitive than ever

Meanwhile, Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack Warner – the Warner brothers – had been pioneer theater owners during the nickelodeon era, the period from roughly 1890 to 1915, when movie exhibition shifted ...
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Warner Bros. Discovery Rejects Paramount’s $108 Billion Bid, Stands Firm Behind Netflix Deal

Warner Bros. Discovery has officially shut the door on Paramount and Skydance, rejecting their $108 billion acquisition bid and make it clear the offer doesn’t come close to matching the value or ...