The Funding File: The Biggest M&A and VC Deals in Media and Entertainment in 2025 [Yahoo! Finance]
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. - Series A (WBD)
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Source: Yahoo! Finance
What began as a year of stasis over uncertainty about a second Trump term, with dealmakers and their money sitting on the sidelines for several months, ended as those fears fell away with media and entertainment generating one of the most robust M&A waves in recent history. Distressed properties like local TV stations drew the interest not only of strategic buyers but of private equity, and we saw more sovereign wealth funds dipping their toes into U.S. M&A, especially those from the cash-rich Middle East. Of course, the pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery was the big headline of the year, a saga that still continues as of this writing. The match between Netflix's deep pockets and disruptive ways and the scrappy tenacity of the father-and-son tandem of Larry and David Ellison at Paramount is reminiscent of an earlier time of swashbuckling bidding wars. But WBD wasn't the only big deal that was announced coming out of early 2025's deep freeze. Video gaming giant Electronic Arts wa
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- 11/6/25 - Miss
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Sec Filings
- 12/23/25 - Form 4
- 12/23/25 - Form 4
- 12/23/25 - Form 4
- WBD's page on the SEC website