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NYTimes
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Larry Ellison Personally Guarantees Paramount Bid for Warner Bros. - The New York Times
2 hours ago - Warner Bros. Discovery recently announced an $83 billion deal to sell a large part of its business to Netflix. Warner Bros. said Netflix offered a better deal for its shareholders than Paramount’s $108 billion bid to acquire the full company.
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Bloomberg
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Netflix Refinances Part of $59 Billion Loan for Warner Bros. - Bloomberg
13 hours ago - Netflix Inc. refinanced part of a $59 billion bridge loan with cheaper and longer-term debt, bolstering the financial package underpinning its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
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CNBC
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Netflix refinances part of $59 billion bridge loan tied to Warner Bros Discovery deal
12 hours ago - The deal, which includes HBO and HBO Max, is expected to close after Warner Bros spins off its Global Networks unit in the third quarter of 2026. The company announced the split in mid-2025 to separate high-growth streaming and studio assets ...
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Reuters
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Ellison offers personal guarantee to beef up Paramount's Warner Bros bid | Reuters
2 hours ago - But Warner Bros investors, including ... with deal terms. Under the Netflix agreement, Warner Bros would owe Netflix $2.8 billion as breakup fee if it walks away from that deal....
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Yahoo! Finance
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Netflix Refinances Part of $59 Billion Loan for Warner Bros.
13 hours ago - The streaming giant got a $5 billion revolving credit facility and two $10 billion delayed-draw term loans to refinance part of the bridge facility it took out for its Warner Bros. bid, according to a filing on Monday.
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The Motley Fool
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Why Netflix Is Likely to Receive Regulatory Approval for Its Warner Bros. Acquisition From the Trump Administration | The Motley Fool
1 day ago - Netflix (NFLX 1.23%) made a big splash recently, announcing its intent to acquire certain assets from Warner Bros. Discovery, including the company's film and television studios, as well as HBO and its associated streaming service HBO Max.
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Reuters
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Netflix refinances part of $59 billion bridge loan tied to Warner Bros deal | Reuters
11 hours ago - The deal, which includes HBO and HBO Max, is expected to close after Warner Bros spins off its Global Networks unit in the third quarter of 2026. The company announced the split in mid-2025 to separate high-growth streaming and studio assets ...
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Bloomberg
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Ellison’s Hardball Warner Bros. Tactics Gave Netflix an Opening
5 hours ago - On the night of Dec. 3, lawyers from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan sent a letter to Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., expressing “serious concerns about the fairness and adequacy” of the company’s sale process. Their client, David Ellison, chairman and chief executive officer of Paramount Skydance Corp., had been pursuing Warner Bros. for months and was worried the deal was slipping through his fingers.
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BBC
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Netflix-Warner Bros: Five takeaways from the blockbuster deal
2 weeks 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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Netflix
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Netflix Welcomes Warner Bros. Discovery Board Recommendation - About Netflix
On December 5, Netflix and WBD announced a fully negotiated and financed definitive agreement under which Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO.
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CNBC
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Why Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders might opt for Paramount's offer — and why they might not
8 hours ago - Hours before Warner Bros. Discovery agreed to sell its studio and streaming assets to Netflix, Ted Sarandos, the co-CEO of Netflix, called WBD CEO David Zaslav to inform him Netflix wouldn't be bidding any higher.
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Deadline
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Netflix Refinances Chunk Of Bridge Loan For Warner Bros. Acquisition
7 hours ago - Netflix secured new bank financing for $25 billion to replace part of the cash commitment under its previously disclosed bridge loan to acquire Warner Bros.
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CNN
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Paramount’s new, hostile offer to Warner Bros. Discovery: Larry Ellison will personally guarantee $40 billion | CNN Business
12 hours ago - Paramount offered $30 per share for WBD, including CNN and the rest of its cable channels. Netflix offered $27.75 per share for Warner Bros.
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NBC News
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Paramount beefs up its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery with new Larry Ellison guarantee
Warner Bros. rejected an initial Paramount bid and is pursuing a deal with Netflix for its movie, television and streaming assets.
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BBC
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Warner Bros favours Netflix offer over $108bn Paramount bid
5 days ago - Ted Sarandos, Netflix's co-chief ... to Warner Bros shareholders, Netflix reiterated its stance that its bid for Warner Bros involves a clearer funding structure and less regulatory risk....
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Wikipedia
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Proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery - Wikipedia
9 hours ago - The new offer of Warner Bros. Discovery for Paramount would now be $33 per share for $90 billion, while the new offer of Warner Bros. for Netflix would now be $30.75 per share for $86 billion.
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TipRanks
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Netflix Stock (NFLX) Rises as It Reworks $59B Loan for Warner Bros. Acquisition - TipRanks.com
2 hours ago - Netflix’s shares rose modestly early Tuesday as it replaced a significant portion of its $59 billion bridge loan for its Warner Bros.
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CBC News
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Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $72B US | CBC
2 weeks 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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CNBC
cnbc.com › 2025 › 12 › 08 › paramount-skydance-hostile-bid-wbd-netflix.html
Paramount Skydance launches hostile bid for WBD after Netflix deal
2 weeks 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.