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Netflix
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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) - About Netflix
1 week ago - This acquisition brings together two pioneering entertainment businesses, combining Netflix’s innovation, global reach and best-in-class streaming service with Warner Bros.’ century-long legacy of world-class storytelling.
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BBC
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Netflix-Warner Bros: Five takeaways from the blockbuster deal
2 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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Marketplace
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What would stop the Netflix-Warner Bros. deal from going through?
1 day ago - Warner Bros. Discovery’s board rejected Paramount’s offer to purchase the company, so Paramount has launched a takeover bid by going directly to Warner’s shareholders and offering to buy the company for about $78 billion in all cash — several billion more than Netflix.
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BBC
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Netflix and Paramount battle for Warner Bros. Who is likely to win?
2 days ago - Its offer values those holdings which include brands such as Warner Bros, New Line Cinema, and HBO Max, at $82.7bn, including debt. Netflix is offering to pay $23.25 per share, and give existing Warner Bros investors a stake in the new company ...
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ABC News
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Bids for Warner Bros. Discovery face uncertain Trump approval process, some experts say - ABC News
2 days ago - Discovery this week, just days after Netflix struck a deal to acquire the legacy media company. The rival multi-billion dollar efforts to purchase streaming platform HBO Max and movie studio Warner Bros., among other assets, could upend the ...

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Since late 2025, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has drawn multiple acquisition offers from several entertainment companies. On October 21, 2025, the WBD Board announced it would consider a "broad range of alternative … Wikipedia
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Target Warner Bros. Streaming & Studios (Netflix Inc.)
Warner Bros. Discovery (Paramount Skydance)
Type Partial acquisition; spin-off of Global Linear Networks (Netflix Inc.)
Full acquisition (Paramount Skydance)
Factsheet
Target Warner Bros. Streaming & Studios (Netflix Inc.)
Warner Bros. Discovery (Paramount Skydance)
Type Partial acquisition; spin-off of Global Linear Networks (Netflix Inc.)
Full acquisition (Paramount Skydance)
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Wikipedia
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Proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. by Netflix
1 day ago - Netflix emerged victorious in the bidding war and announced its deal with WBD to acquire its streaming and studios division (which includes assets like Warner Bros., HBO/HBO Max, DC Studios/DC Entertainment, and the company's media library) ...
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Deadline
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Bob Iger Weighs In With Concerns Over Netflix “Pricing Leverage Over The Consumer” If Streamer Acquires Warner Bros’ Streaming & Studio Assets
2 days ago - With his eyes on the streaming wars endgame, Iger wouldn’t openly reveal whether he prefers David Ellison‘s Paramount or the Ted Sarandos– and Greg Peters-run Netflix to be the new owner of Warner Bros.
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NYTimes
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Opinion | Netflix? Paramount? They’re Both Terrible for Warner Bros. - The New York Times
4 days ago - Netflix’s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery would be damaging not just in economic terms but also in terms of cultural creativity. In the long run, buying Warner Bros. would probably be as harmful for Netflix as it would be for Warner Bros.
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Yahoo! Finance
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'Lowest-probability outcome': Netflix's $72 billion deal for Warner Bros. Discovery stuns Wall Street
5 days ago - Netflix’s (NFLX) $72 billion agreement to acquire Warner Bros.’ (WBD) studio and streaming assets has set off a high-stakes debate about whether regulators will allow the world’s largest streamer to get even bigger.
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CNN
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What is Netflix buying? A visual history of 100 years of Warner Bros. | CNN Business
1 week ago - Warner Bros. released psychological horror "The Shining" in 1980. ... Link Copied! ... Netflix announced Friday that it has agreed to acquire Warner Bros.
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ABC News
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The $108 billion Warner Bros and Netflix deal has sparked backlash — here's why - ABC News
1 week ago - The agreement came after a weeks-long bidding war between Netflix and Paramount. After downplaying speculation about buying a major Hollywood film this year, the streaming pioneer threw its hat in the ring when WBD kicked off an auction for the company on October 21 after rejecting several unsolicited offers from Paramount Skydance. In June, WBD announced plans to split into two publicly traded companies, separating its cable television networks from Warner Bros Studios, HBO and the HBO Max streaming service.
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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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USA Today
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Could Netflix, HBO Max merge? What to know about Warner Bros. deal
1 week ago - The deal would also bring more consolidation to the video streaming space by adding HBO Max's nearly 130 million streaming subscribers to Netflix's 300 million or so. The companies expect the merger to be completed in the third quarter of 2026, ...
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Financial Post
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What the $83-billion Netflix-Warner Bros. deal could mean for Crave and Canadian streaming
1 week ago - The Netflix logo is seen at the Netflix Tudum Theater in Los Angeles, California. The streaming giant has agreed to acquire film and television studio Warner Bros. Discovery for nearly US$83 billion. Photo by Patrick T.
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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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CBC News
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Why the massive merger of Netflix and Warner Bros. is proving so contentious | CBC News
1 week ago - The Warner Bros. water tower is seen on Dec. 5 at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif. Netflix’s $72 billion proposal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, which includes HBO Max, would put two of the world's biggest streaming services under the same ownership.
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BBC
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Netflix to buy Warner Bros film and streaming businesses for $72bn
1 week ago - The takeover is set to create a new giant in the entertainment industry, but the deal will still have to be approved by competition authorities. Some in the film industry, including the Writers Guild of America, have criticised the deal, saying ...
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Reddit
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r/freefolk on Reddit: So Netflix will probably kill off HBO, owned by Warner Bros?
1 week ago - You only watching slop in Netflix doesn't mean they only make that, Netflix makes everything, you get to chose what to watch, you want slop Netflix will serve you slop ... Warner Bros makes slop.