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PARAMOUNT LAUNCHES All-CASH TENDER OFFER TO ACQUIRE WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY FOR $30 PER SHARE | Paramount
1 week ago - Paramount"), today announced it has commenced an all-cash tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of · Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
Reuters
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Warner Bros fight heats up with $108 billion hostile bid from Paramount | Reuters
5 days ago - Dec 8 (Reuters) - Paramount Skydance (PSKY.O), opens new tab on Monday launched a hostile bid worth $108.4 billion for Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O), opens new tab, in a last-ditch effort to outbid Netflix and create a media powerhouse that ...
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Even if Paramount Skydance Corp. manages to take over Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. against the company’s will, it faces another high hurdle: coping with the colossal $54 billion of debt it’s planning to take on (at $30 a share)
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Warner Bros likely to reject $108.4 billion Paramount bid, back Netflix in bidding war, sources say | Reuters
3 hours ago - Netflix earlier this month emerged victorious with a $27 cash-and-stock bid for Warner Bros' non-cable assets. Paramount CEO David Ellison then went directly to Warner Bros' shareholders with a $30-a-share, all-cash bid for the whole company.
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Warner Bros to reject $108bn Paramount bid, reports say
7 hours ago - Paramount has said its offer is "superior" to a $72bn deal that Warner Bros struck with Netflix for its film and streaming businesses.
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Initiator Netflix, Inc.
Paramount Skydance
Paramount Skydance
Target Warner Bros. Streaming & Studios (Netflix Inc.)
Warner Bros. Discovery (Paramount Skydance)
Warner Bros. Discovery (Paramount Skydance)
Type Partial acquisition; spin-off of Global Linear Networks (Netflix Inc.)
Full acquisition (Paramount Skydance)
Full acquisition (Paramount Skydance)
Initiator Netflix, Inc.
Paramount Skydance
Paramount Skydance
Target Warner Bros. Streaming & Studios (Netflix Inc.)
Warner Bros. Discovery (Paramount Skydance)
Warner Bros. Discovery (Paramount Skydance)
Type Partial acquisition; spin-off of Global Linear Networks (Netflix Inc.)
Full acquisition (Paramount Skydance)
Full acquisition (Paramount Skydance)
Wikipedia
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Proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. - Wikipedia
7 hours ago - Discovery, on December 8, 2025 directly to its investors. Paramount's offer values WBD at $108.4 billion at $30 per share. The move has widely been viewed as a hostile takeover and WBD said it would take several weeks to review it, while also evaluating its previous agreement with Netflix. Warner Bros.
The Hill
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Warner Bros. Discovery preparing to tell shareholders: Back Netflix deal over Paramount
10 hours ago - The decision, which was reported by multiple news outlets on Tuesday, comes after Paramount announced a hostile bid to buy the entirety of the Warner Bros.
Financial Times
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Warner Bros to rebuff $108bn Paramount hostile offer
11 hours ago - Hollywood studio and streaming company open to new bid but there are doubts over Ellison family funding
NYTimes
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Paramount Makes Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery - The New York Times
1 week ago - Paramount has offered to buy all of Warner Bros. Discovery, including the Warner Bros. movie studio, the HBO Max streaming service and a portfolio of cable channels including CNN.
NBC News
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Jared Kushner's private equity firm drops out of Warner Bros. takeover battle
Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners pulls out of Paramount bid for Warner Bros.
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BBC
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Netflix and Paramount battle for Warner Bros. Who is likely to win?
5 days ago - Netflix is offering to pay $23.25 per share, and give existing Warner Bros investors a stake in the new company - a mix of cash and equity it says is worth about $27.75 per share. Paramount, by contrast, says it wants control of the entire company, including the firm's traditional pay-TV networks, which are seen as a declining business.
AP News
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Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros., challenging a $72 billion offer by Netflix
Paramount has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. The effort announced Monday initiates a potentially bruising battle with Netflix to buy the company behind HBO and CNN, along with the power to reshape much of the nation’s entertainment landscape.
Published 1 week ago
Fox Business
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Paramount launches hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery | Fox Business
Sanctuary Wealth chief investment ... of Warner Bros. Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, announced Monday it has launched an all-cash tender offer to acquire the outstanding shares of Warner Bros....
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CNBC
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Paramount questions Warner Bros. Discovery on 'fairness and adequacy' of sale process: Read the full letter
2 weeks ago - Discovery had begun the process of splitting its company into two — Warner Bros., the streaming and studio businesses which would be led by Zaslav, and Discovery Global, the cable TV networks division that would be run by current WBD CFO Gunnar ...
PR Newswire
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PARAMOUNT SENDS LETTER TO WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY SHAREHOLDERS
1 week ago - Paramount has launched an all-cash tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Warner Bros. Discovery ("WBD") for $30.00 per share. We believe our offer provides superior value through a simple all-cash structure and a quicker, clearer ...
The Guardian
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Paramount launches $108.4bn hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery | Business | The Guardian
1 week ago - David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance is not giving up in its aggressive campaign to acquire Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), launching a hostile bid for the entertainment company despite the announcement on Friday that Netflix had agreed to buy its studio and streaming operation.
Bloomberg
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Paramount Makes Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. (PSKY, WBD, NFLX) - Bloomberg
1 week ago - Paramount Offers to Buy Warner Bros.
BBC
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Paramount launches rival bid for Warner Bros Discovery
Paramount, which is backed by the billionaire Ellison family, said it was making a direct offer to shareholders of $30 (£22.50) per share to scoop up the whole of Warner Bros, including its traditional television networks.
Published 1 week ago
TechCrunch
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Paramount goes to war with Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery with hostile $108.4B bid | TechCrunch
1 week ago - Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile, $108.4 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, days after Warner Bros. agreed to be acquired by Netflix for $82.7 billion.
Axios
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Paramount could go hostile for Warner Bros Discovery after losing to Netflix
2 weeks ago - Paramount was bested by Netflix on Friday in its efforts to buy Warner Bros.