What to know about bidding war between Netflix and Paramount for Warner Bros. [Yahoo! Finance]
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Source: Yahoo! Finance
Paramount went hostile with its bid last week, asking shareholders to reject the deal with Netflix favored by the board of Warner Bros. Paramount is offering $30 per Warner share, or $77.9 billion, to Netflix's $27.75 per share. A Warner Bros. merger with either company would alter the landscape in Hollywood and will face intense scrutiny from U.S. regulators as it would impact movie making, consumer streaming platforms and, in Paramount's case, a major source of news for millions of people. The competing offers set the stage for combining some of the most beloved entertainment properties. Netflix's vast library includes “Stranger Things” and “Squid Game," while the much smaller Paramount owns its Hollywood studio and major TV networks like CBS and MTV. Both covet Warner, which owns Warner Bros. Pictures, HBO and the Harry Potter franchise. "Whichever media company, if any, ultimately secures (Warner), controls the calculus of the streaming wars and so much more,” said Mike P
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- Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount Skydance's hostile bid, saying Netflix's offer is superior [CBS News]CBS News
- Market Voices: WBD-Paramount, Trump's Venezuela blockade, Fed's Waller [Seeking Alpha]Seeking Alpha
- Warner Bros. execs rejects Paramount's bid, urges stakeholders to do the same [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- Warner Bros. chose Netflix over Paramount — again. Now what? [CNN]CNN
- Warner Bros. Urges Shareholders To Reject Paramount's Rival Bid For The Studio [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
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