Warner Bros. Bidding War, Paramount-Skydance Merger Headline an Active Year of Media M&A [Yahoo! Finance]
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. - Series A (WBD)
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After a sluggish start for M&A, dealmaking across the media landscape escalated in the back half of 2025, capped off by the frenzy over Warner Bros. Discovery in moves that could shake up the industry next year and beyond. There were a total of 982 deals announced by media and telecommunications companies during 2025, down from 1,176 deals in 2024, according to S&P Global Intelligence. Despite total deal values coming in lower in the first half of the year, M&A bounced back in the second half with September alone hitting a total of $80.2 billion, compared to $47.8 billion a year ago. And these figures don't include final tallies for December, when Netflix announced a massive $82.7 billion deal for Warner Bros. Discovery's studio & streaming assets. “2026 should be a banner year for M&A if the current trends continue,” PwC analyst Bart Spiegel told TheWrap. “With a more predictable macro-economic backdrop, we expect companies to put significant dry powder to work.” For Hollywood
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