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.

2 weeks 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 studio will continue to be able to produce for third parties.

2 weeks ago - Netflix on Friday agreed to buy Warner Bros Discovery's TV, film studios and streaming division for $72 billion, a deal that would hand control of one of Hollywood's most prized and oldest assets to the streaming pioneer.

2 days 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) ...

2 weeks ago - The acquisition is expected to close after Warner Bros. Discovery carves out its cable unit, which the companies expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2026. That means there will be a separate public company controlling channels like ...

1 day ago - Whether or not Netflix’s $82.6 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. goes through, the deal encapsulates a fraught moment for Hollywood, as the entertainment business is increasingly overshadowed by tech giants. On the latest episode of the Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec and I discussed the deal’s implications, both for Netflix and the larger Hollywood ecosystem.

2 weeks ago - The streaming giant announced its plan to become the new owner of the storied studio on Friday morning, after entering a successful bid of $27.75-a-share to parent company Warner Bros. Discovery.

7 hours ago - Netflix and Warner Bros. have a deal, but regulators must approve the move. The question of how to define Netflix's market is a major consideration.

5 days ago - The deal will unite beloved historic franchises like Looney Tunes, Harry Potter and Friends and HBO hits like Succession, Sex and the City and Game of Thrones under the same roof as Netflix's less conventional output, including Stranger Things and KPop Demon Hunters. The purchase also includes TNT Sports outside the US. 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.

3 days ago - If Netflix gets the deal they want, they will buy Warner Bros' crown jewels – the 102-year-old studio, HBO, and its vast archive of films and TV shows – leaving Warners's legacy TV networks, like CNN, TNT Sports and Discovery, for another buyer.

2 weeks ago - Netflix announced Friday it's reached a deal to buy pieces of Warner Bros. Discovery, bringing a swift end to a dramatic bidding process that saw Paramount Skydance and Comcast also vying for the legacy assets.

1 week ago - The Warner Brothers deal would give Netflix control of the studio behind franchises including Harry Potter, Batman and Superman, as well as HBO, home to shows including Game of Thrones, The White Lotus and Succession.

4 days ago - Break out the popcorn and a jumbo box of Raisinets, because just when we thought the Warner Bros. Discovery drama was over, it turned out we had barely gotten started. The suspense over the company’s pending sale is mounting, and new questions are developing faster than writers can resolve old ones.

2 weeks ago - Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) said it is moving forward with its plans to split into two publicly traded halves in 2026. Once the split takes effect, Netflix intends to acquire the Warner half.

4 days ago - The top question right now: Is Netflix still buying Warner Bros.? Paramount’s $108 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. on Monday, less than three days after Netflix struck its agreement, has thrown the future of the deal, and of media generally, into uncertainty.

1 day ago - Netflix Inc. co-Chief Executive Officers Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos tried to reassure employees’ concerns about the company’s bid for much of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., reiterating that there is no business overlap and therefore won’t ...

1 day ago - The chiefs said their bid would be good for the company and for entertainment workers. Netflix is battling Paramount Skydance for some of Hollywood's crown jewels. Netflix's co-CEOs want to assure staffers that its bid to acquire Warner Bros.