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BBC
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Netflix-Warner Bros: Five takeaways from the blockbuster deal
3 days ago - Netflix said it hoped to complete the deal within the next 18 months. But executives are coy about how - or whether - they plan to incorporate Warner Brothers and its flagship HBO brand into the existing Netflix service.
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CBC News
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ANALYSIS | Why some worry the Netflix bid to buy Warner Bros. could kill moviegoing | CBC News
3 days ago - The movie theatre industry has expressed grave concerns over Netflix's potential takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery as it relates to the future of theatre going. (Evan Mitsui/CBC) When Sonya Yokota William heard that Netflix was poised to buy Warner Bros.
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CNBC
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Paramount Skydance launches hostile bid for WBD after Netflix deal
5 days ago - Netflix won a bidding war for the Warner Bros. film studio and HBO Max streaming service, but it doesn't plan to buy WBD's TV networks.
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The Guardian
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Netflix faces consumer class-action lawsuit over $72bn Warner Bros deal | Business | The Guardian
5 days ago - Netflix has been hit with a consumer lawsuit seeking to block the online video giant’s planned $72bn acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery’s studio and streaming businesses.
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Reuters
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Netflix to buy Warner Bros Discovery's studios, streaming unit for $72 billion | Reuters
1 week ago - Dec 5 (Reuters) - Netflix (NFLX.O), opens new tab on Friday agreed to buy Warner Bros Discovery's (WBD.O), opens new tab TV, film studios and streaming division for $72 billion, a deal that would hand control of one of Hollywood's most prized ...
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Variety
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Why Netflix Is Buying Warner Bros., Why Paramount Launched Hostile Bid
2 days ago - 5, Netflix landed a whale of a deal that sent shock waves through the community. The streamer that has upended traditional Hollywood is planning to join the ranks of studio owners with an $87.2 billion agreement to acquire Warner Bros.
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Reuters
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Netflix’s $72 billion Warner Bros deal faces skepticism over YouTube rivalry claim | Reuters
2 days ago - NEW YORK, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Netflix (NFLX.O), opens new tab says it must acquire Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O), opens new tab to compete with YouTube, but antitrust experts doubt regulators will buy that argument.
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CBC News
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Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $72B US | CBC
1 week ago - Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's TV and film studios and streaming division for $72 billion US, a deal that would hand control of one of Hollywood's most prized and oldest assets to the streaming pioneer that has upended the ...
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BBC
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Netflix to buy Warner Bros film and streaming businesses for $72bn
1 week ago - Netflix estimates it will find $2bn to $3bn in savings, mostly through eliminating overlaps in the support and technology areas of the businesses. Films made by Warner Bros will continue to be launched in cinemas, it said, and Warner Bros television ...
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Variety
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Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. and HBO Max in $82.7 Billion Deal
5 days ago - The announcement of Netflix’s ... and Comcast. News broke Thursday evening that Netflix had entered into exclusive negotiations with WBD on a deal for Warner Bros....
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CBC News
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Why the massive merger of Netflix and Warner Bros. is proving so contentious | CBC News
1 week ago - Discovery would merge Warner's television and motion picture division, including HBO Max and DC Studios, with Netflix's vast library and its production arm, putting two of the world's biggest streaming services under the same ownership.
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Deadline
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Netflix-Warner Bros: James Cameron Says Merger Can't Shut Down Theatrical
8 hours ago - Deadline Awards Editor Antonia Blyth caught up with the Avatar: Fire and Ash filmmaker, who shared his feelings on the pending merger, now that Warner has accepted Netflix’s bid (yes, nothing is done yet, as Paramount has launched a hostile takeover over the 102-year-old studio). “Look, it’s no secret that Netflix, they’ve kind of, in a funny way, they’ve had to make an accommodation with a few filmmakers like Guillermo del Toro and so on to keep a foot in theatrical, but I think it’s no secret that they want to replace theatrical,” Cameron told Deadline today.
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Los Angeles Times
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As Netflix and Paramount circle Warner Bros. Discovery, Hollywood unions voice alarm - Los Angeles Times
1 day ago - Last week, Netflix announced it agreed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery’s film and TV studio, Burbank lot, HBO and HBO Max for $27.75 a share, or $72 billion. It also agreed to take on more than $10 billion of Warner Bros.’ debt.
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Netflix
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Netflix - NETFLIX TO ACQUIRE WARNER BROS. FOLLOWING THE SEPARATION OF DISCOVERY GLOBAL FOR A TOTAL ENTERPRISE VALUE OF $82.7 BILLION (Equity Value of $72.0 Billion)
Today, Netflix, Inc. (the Company) and Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO. The cash and stock transaction is valued at $27.75 per ...
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Reuters
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Netflix faces consumer class action over $72 billion Warner Bros deal | Reuters
5 days ago - Dec 9 (Reuters) - Netflix (NFLX.O), opens new tab has been hit with a consumer lawsuit seeking to block the online video giant's planned $72 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD.O), opens new tab studio and streaming businesses.
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Reuters
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Exclusive: How Netflix won Hollywood's biggest prize | Reuters
6 days ago - Although Netflix had publicly ... the ring when Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O), opens new tab kicked off an auction on October 21, after rejecting a trio of unsolicited offers from Paramount Skydance PSKY.O....