Netflix wins the bidding war for Warner Bros. [Verge, The]
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. - Series A (WBD)
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Source: Verge, The
selected as the winner of the bidding war for the media giant. The two companies will now move forward into exclusive deal talks, TheWrap reports , likely including a $5 billion break-up fee in case regulators block the buyout. Netflix reportedly offered $30 a share for the studio and its streaming assets, which include HBO Max and the rights to brands including Harry Potter and DC Comics. Netflix's bid won out over interest from Comcast and Paramount, fresh from its own merger with Skydance , though early interest had been reported from Amazon and Apple too. Warner Bros. Discovery announced that it was open to an acquisition in October, months after announcing plans to split the company in two : the studio and streaming business on one side, and cable on the other. While Paramount, which had three early bids rejected , had reportedly hoped to buy both halves of the company, Netflix is focused on the studio side. Any deal will have to clear regulatory hurdles, with opposition al
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- Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal: Streaming Superpower Or Streaming Monopoly? [Forbes]Forbes
- Exclusive-How Netflix won Hollywood's biggest prize, Warner Bros Discovery [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- What does the Netflix-WBD deal mean to the future of streaming? [Los Angeles Times (CA)]Los Angeles Times
- Hollywood unions alarmed by Netflix's $72 billion Warner Bros deal [Yahoo! Finance Canada]Yahoo! Finance Canada
- Old Hollywood meets new: Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros. and HBO Max [MSNBC.com]MSNBC.com
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