Warner Bros. Discovery will likely reject Paramount Skydance's amended $108.4 billion hostile bid for the storied Hollywood studio despite a personal guarantee from billionaire Larry Ellison backing the offer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/31/companies/warner-bros-reject-paramount-bid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #warnerbros #paramount #tv #media #film #hollywood #netflix
Jared Kushner is finding himself very much in the political spotlight — a far cry from the future the president’s son-in-law envisioned just last year, when he said he’d stay out of government affairs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/world/politics/kushner-breaking-vow-avoid-politics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #jaredkushner #donaldtrump #us #corruption #russiaukrainewar #russia #ukraine #saudiarabia #netflix #warnerbros #paramount
Even if Paramount Skydance manages to take over Warner Bros. Discovery against the company’s will, it faces another high hurdle: coping with the colossal $54 billion of debt it’s planning to take on. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/13/companies/paramount-debt-warner-bid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #warnerbros #paramount #netflix #streaming #television #acquisitions
Netflix, a company that built its business on junk bonds, is looking to borrow heavily again. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/11/companies/netflix-borrow-warner-bros-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #netflix #film #television #warnerbros #paramount #acquisitions
Leo
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«Affinity Partners, la società di private equity guidata da[l genero di Donald #Trump] Jared #Kushner, partecipa all'offerta pubblica di acquisto ostile di #Paramount su #WarnerBros Discovery, secondo quanto riportato in un documento depositato presso le autorità di regolamentazione».
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/08/jared-kushner-paramount-warner-bros-netflix
Praticamente l'opa ostile per fermare l'accordo con #Netflix la fa la Casa Bianca direttamente
Se vince #Netflix è potenzialmente una pessima notizia per le sorti del cinema in sala; se vince Paramount addio #Cnn
Tim Chambers
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David Ellison still wants Warner Bros. His coalition, which includes Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, is launching a $108.4B hostile takeover bid of the company. Last week, Warner Bros.' board agreed a deal with Netflix; this new bid will go directly to shareholders. Here's more from @Variety.
#Entertainment #EntertainmentIndustry #WarnerBros #Netflix #Paramount #Business
David Ellison still wants Warner Bros. His coalition, which includes Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, is launching a $108.4B hostile takeover bid of the company. Last week, Warner Bros.' board agreed a deal with Netflix; this new bid will go directly to shareholders. Here's more from @Variety.
#Entertainment #EntertainmentIndustry #WarnerBros #Netflix #Paramount #Business
«Affinity Partners, la società di private equity guidata da[l genero di Donald #Trump] Jared #Kushner, partecipa all'offerta pubblica di acquisto ostile di #Paramount su #WarnerBros Discovery, secondo quanto riportato in un documento depositato presso le autorità di regolamentazione».
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/08/jared-kushner-paramount-warner-bros-netflix
Praticamente l'opa ostile per fermare l'accordo con #Netflix la fa la Casa Bianca direttamente
Se vince #Netflix è potenzialmente una pessima notizia per le sorti del cinema in sala; se vince Paramount addio #Cnn
I've been following the #WarnerBros bidding wars on the John Campea Show so I was expecting today's announcement that #Netflix is preparing to acquire WB (and HBO, and DC).
I definitely prefer this outcome over Paramount acquiring them, but do I approve of the merger, any merger, in general? Nope! It's yet more consolidation in Hollywood leading to fewer opportunities, fewer jobs, and more wealth for an investor class. The times we live in…
Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. In an $82.7B Deal
https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-to-acquire-warner-bros
#HackerNews #Netflix #WarnerBros #Acquisition #Deal #Entertainment #Industry #Streaming #Services #Business #News
Tim W RESISTS
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Ultra- #rich media owners are tightening their grip on #democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back
The richest man on Earth owns X.
The family of the second-richest man owns #Paramount, which owns #CBS, and could soon own #WarnerBros, which owns #CNN.
The third-richest man owns #Facebook, #Instagram and #WhatsApp.
The fourth-richest man owns the #WashingtonPost and Amazon #MGM Studios.
Another #billionaire owns #FoxNews, the #WallStreetJournal and the #NewYorkPost.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy
Ultra- #rich media owners are tightening their grip on #democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back
The richest man on Earth owns X.
The family of the second-richest man owns #Paramount, which owns #CBS, and could soon own #WarnerBros, which owns #CNN.
The third-richest man owns #Facebook, #Instagram and #WhatsApp.
The fourth-richest man owns the #WashingtonPost and Amazon #MGM Studios.
Another #billionaire owns #FoxNews, the #WallStreetJournal and the #NewYorkPost.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy