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Larry Ellison offers $40 bn guarantee for Paramount's Warner Bros bid

After Warner Bros board rejected its offer, Paramount Skydance said Larry Ellison will provide a $40.4 billion irrevocable personal guarantee backing its $108.4 billion bid

Netflix to bring FIFA football game ahead of world cup 2026: What to expect

The Netflix-exclusive football game will launch ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026, be playable on TVs and phones, and is being developed by Delphi Interactive

Warner Bros Discovery board rejects Paramount's $108 bn hostile bid

Paramount took its bid directly to Warner Bros' shareholders last week after the company announced a deal with Netflix on December 5

Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners backs out of Warner Bros takeover plan

Earlier this month, Affinity emerged as a participant in Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros, a proposal that valued the Hollywood studio at approximately $108.4 billion

Paramount's $54 bn debt poses major challenge in Warner Bros takeover bid

Paramount has a temporary financing package in place for the combined company, but it hasn't locked in a maximum rate on more permanent borrowings for the transaction

Trump's intervention in Warner Bros sale pushes limits of executive power

Trump has already signalled one personal precondition for a sale: new ownership of longtime bogeyman CNN, in a bid to exert more favorable coverage from the cable network

Trump eyes chance to make CNN serve his agenda. Netflix stands in the way

Trump has declared he 'would be involved' in deciding whether Netflix's proposed acquisition should move forward and the White House is signalling openness to a Paramount-Skydance victory

Trump signals he'll oppose Warner Bros. deal unless CNN is included

Trump said his primary concern is that the current management of the network may be rewarded by being allowed to continue operating "with money" from a sale

Paramount goes hostile in Warner Bros bid, taking on Netflix's $72 bn offer

Paramount has launched a hostile takeover offer for Warner Bros Discovery, initiating a potentially bruising battle with rival bidder Netflix to buy the company behind HBO, CNN and a famed movie studio along with the power to reshape much of the nation's entertainment landscape. Emerging just days after top Warner managers agreed to Netflix's USD 72 billion purchase, the Paramount's Monday bid seeks to go over the heads of those leaders by appealing directly to Warner shareholders with more money -- USD 77.9 billion -- and a plan to buy all of Warner's business, including the cable business that Netflix does not want. Paramount said its decision to go hostile came after it made several earlier offers that Warner management "never engaged meaningfully" with following the company's October announcement that it was open to selling itself. In its appeal to shareholders, Paramount noted its offer also contains more cash than Netflix's bid -- USD 18 billion more -- and argued that it is .

What does the sale of Warner Bros to Netflix or Paramount mean for India?

A potential Netflix-Warner Bros merger could shake up India's streaming lineup, threatening Hollywood favourites on rivals like JioHotstar and Amazon Prime Video

Paramount, Netflix brace for prolonged fight to buy Warner Bros Discovery

Shareholders of Warner Bros., one of Hollywood's biggest film and TV companies, are hoping for a bidding war that further boosts the price of the dea

Warner Bros Discovery bidding war mirrors Hollywood's battle to survive

Almost every analyst and commentator is questioning not the logic but the price at which this deal is being discussed

Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. has Trump's involvement: Details

Paramount's offer is likely to value the media group at $30 a share and offer $18 billion more in cash than the Netflix deal

Paramount Skydance makes $108 billion hostile bid for Warner Bros

The offer, which is worth $82.7 billion including debt and comes with a $5.8 billion break-up fee from Netflix, is likely to face strong antitrust scrutiny

Trump warns Netflix-Warner deal could pose major antitrust 'problem'

Netflix has "a very big market share, and when they have Warner Bros, you know, that share goes up a lot," the president said, adding that he will be personally involved in the decision-making process

Indian OTT players may feel the heat as Netflix-Warner Bros deal nears

Netflix's planned acquisition of Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO, could intensify competition for India's broadcaster-led and regional streaming platforms

Hollywood anger mounts as Netflix's Warner Bros takeover sparks job fears

Much of the entertainment capital fears that Netflix's deal will lead to more job losses and theater closings and fewer boundary-pushing movies

Multiplex Association of India flags concerns over Netflix-Warner Bros deal

The Multiplex Association of India (MAI) on Saturday raised its concerns over Netflix's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, saying that it poses a direct competition and economic threat to India's theatrical and broader film economy. The Acquisition of Warner Bros, one of the world's leading studios, by a dominant streaming platform that has historically deprioritised theatrical releases, poses a direct economic threat to India's broader film economy, MAI said in a statement. On Friday, Netflix said it has struck a deal with Warner Bros Discovery to buy the legacy Hollywood giant's studio and streaming business for USD 72 billion. The cash-and-stock deal also includes its namesake television and motion picture division, Warner owns HBO Max streaming services and DC Studios. The transaction is expected to close after Warner separates Discovery Global into a new, publicly traded company in the third quarter of 2026. MAI President Kamal Gianchandani said the Indian theatric

What Netflix's acquisition of Warner Bros means for the future of movies

Netflix's deal to acquire Warner Bros, one of Hollywood's oldest movie studios, poses seismic shifts to the entertainment industry and the future of moviegoing. As one of the remaining big five studios, the 102-year-old Warner Bros is an essential part of movie theatre business. The studio currently boasts three of the top five earning films domestically, including A Minecraft Movie in first place, Superman and Sinners, as well as the Oscar frontrunner, One Battle After Another. There are more questions than answers about how ownership from a streaming giant would change things for Warner Bros. It's not even clear if it will pass antitrust scrutiny, or, if it does, what the details will look like. Here are some things to know, and lingering questions, in the wake of the news. Will Warner Bros. continue releasing movies in theatres? Yes, but it might change as well. For starters, it'll be at least 12 to 18 months before the deal officially goes through and moviegoers can expect ..

Netflix's Warner Bros. takeover sets up $72 billion antitrust test

By choosing Netflix, Warner Bros. has jilted another bidder, Paramount Skydance Corp., a move that risks touching off a political battle in Washington