https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2025/12/bill-simmons-the-ringer-comcast-netflix-wbd/
Dec 31, 2025 - Bill Simmons will make his Netflix debut in January; Mike Cavanagh signs a new contract with Comcast; and more sports media news.
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https://www.mlex.com/mlex/articles/2431765/netflix-wbd-got-second-request-from-us-doj-on-jan-16
MLex Summary: Netflix and Warner Bros Discovery received a second request for additional information from the US Department of Justice on Jan. 16, the...
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https://www.adweek.com/convergent-tv/wbd-bidding-war-set-to-shift-the-balance-of-power-in-hollywood/
Nov 19, 2025 - Experts explain what to expect as Netflix, Comcast, and Paramount vie for Warner Bros. Discovery.
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https://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/movers/25/12/49243537/netflix-wbd-merger-fuels-roku-stock-rally
Roku shares are trading higher Friday, catching a bullish tailwind from Netflix's historic $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/comcast-president-unsuccessful-wbd-offer-future-of-peacock.html
Dec 8, 2025 - Comcast made multiple offers for Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming and studio assets before Netflix was deemed the winning bidder.
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https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2024/06/warner-bros-discovery-sports-strategy-nba-rights-french-open-cfp-nascar-zaslav/
Jun 14, 2024 - A look at what appears to be Warner Bros. Discovery's sports strategy and whether it has a chance of success -- with or without the NBA.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/paramount-wbd-saudi-qatar-abu-dhabi-money-netflix-2025-12
Dec 17, 2025 - You might think the notion of Saudi money owning part of an American media giant would kill a deal. That's not why it's failed so far.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/paramount-warner-discovery-larry-ellison-saudi-arabia-qatar-wbd-deal-2025-12
Dec 4, 2025 - Paramount might rely on financing from Middle Eastern petrostates for its offer to buy Warner Bros Discovery. That raises some tricky issues.
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https://www.semafor.com/article/12/07/2025/in-mad-dash-to-stop-netflix-wbd-deal-paramount-has-no-juice
Dec 8, 2025 - Seemingly everyone hates that Netflix won out in the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery, but the Ellisons couldn’t stop it.
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https://www.vcpost.com/articles/130037/20251119/paramount-refutes-report-massive-71-billion-wbd-acquisition-backed-saudis-qatar-abu-dhabi.htm
Nov 19, 2025 - Paramount Skydance denies reports of a $71 billion WBD acquisition backed by Middle Eastern funds.
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https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2025/11/paramount-only-wbd-bidder-seeking-tnt-cable-networks/
Dec 5, 2025 - For TNT Sports, the outcome of the Warner Bros. Discovery bidding war looks to be acquisition by Paramount or the uncertainty of a spinoff.
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https://www.avclub.com/paramount-warner-bros-discovery-try-again
Dec 17, 2025 - As the Warner Bros. board maintained its commitment to Netflix, Paramount began working to win over individual shareholders.
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https://www.cagesideseats.com/aew/402482/tony-khan-comments-netflix-acquiring-warner-bros-discovery-wwe-aew-tv-streaming-futures
Dec 8, 2025 - The AEW boss agrees with most experts about what the sale of Warner Bros Discovery means for pro wrestling.
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https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/deals-ma/paramount-warner-bros-reopened-sale-talks-response/
Feb 17, 2026 - The company, which has until Feb. 23 to provide its final offer, added that it plans to proceed with its tender offer and proxy fight.
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https://www.indiewire.com/news/analysis/paramount-hostile-bid-netflix-wbd-merger-1235165884/
Paramount’s hostile takeover attempt will force a WBD showdown, threaten Netflix’s deal, and will likely ignite a new wave of Hollywood consolidation.
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/4420564/judge-declines-paramount-request-expedite-warner-bros-lawsuit/
Jan 15, 2026 - Paramount Skydance sued Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday to seek more information about its pending merger with Netflix.
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https://www.benzinga.com/quote/WBD
Get real-time Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) stock price, charts, news, and analyst ratings on Benzinga. Access forecasts, historical data, and expert insights...
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https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/netflix-responds-to-concerns-about-wbd-deal/
Dec 15, 2025 - Industry concerns over Netflix acquiring Warner Bros. has led executives to address fears regarding jobs and theatrical releases.
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https://observer.com/2026/02/netflix-wbd-acquisition-ted-sarandos-greg-peters-playbook/
Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters lobby regulators and investors as Paramount challenges Netflix’s $83 billion bid for Warner Bros Discovery.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/paramount-wbd-saudi-arabia-qatar-abu-dhabi-elllison-hostile-billions-2025-12
Dec 8, 2025 - Paramount's Larry and David Ellison are making a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Three of their partners are Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi.
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https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/tv-movies/netflix-will-give-wbd-movies-45-day-theater-exclusivity-if-deal-goes-through-141223786.html
Jan 16, 2026 - Previous reports claimed Netflix was supportive of a much shorter window.
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https://deadline.com/2026/01/john-oliver-trevor-noah-warner-bros-discovery-1236685391/
Jan 16, 2026 - John Oliver is no fan of mergers, regardless of a company's suitors. "I think mergers are generally bad," the host of HBO's Last Week...
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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/paramount-sues-wbd-over-netflix-deal-wbd-says-paramounts-price-is-still-inadequate/
Jan 13, 2026 - WBD calls Paramount's lawsuit "meritless" and its offer deficient.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/paramount-skydance-hostile-bid-wbd-netflix.html
Dec 8, 2025 - 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.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/22/wbd-bid-paramount-larry-ellison-backing-bid.html
Dec 22, 2025 - Paramount notably did not increase its bid on Monday, reiterating that it believes the deal is superior to Netflix's.
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https://www.fool.com/investing/breakfast-news/2025/12/05/breakfast-news-wbd-sells-to-netflix/
WBD and Netflix in agreement, mineral stocks in focus for U.S. government, and more...
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https://www.indiewire.com/news/analysis/what-the-wbd-merger-battle-means-for-sundance-2026-1235166560/
Paramount’s bid to derail Netflix-WBD adds fresh instability to Sundance’s final Park City year, but may also open doors for new models.
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https://schwabnetwork.com/video/netflix-nflx-vs-paramount-skydance-psky-what-would-buying-wbd-mean-
Seema Shah dissects both bids for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Netflix (NFLX) would get “deeper IP” and “tentpole content” they can use to expand...
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https://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/technicals/25/12/49344108/stock-of-the-day-where-will-the-warner-bros-bidding-war-end
Warner Bros. (WBD) shares as a bidding war for the company has emerged. The upside may be limited by resistance though.
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https://www.thewrap.com/david-ellison-leaked-memo-paramount-warner-brothers-hostile-takeover-bid/
Dec 9, 2025 - The Paramount Skydance CEO writes that his $30-a-share hostile bid is superior to Netflix's "across every dimension
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https://www.semafor.com/article/12/23/2025/paramount-ceos-father-offers-40b-backing-for-wbd-takeover
Dec 23, 2025 - Larry Ellison’s intervention comes as competition heats up between Paramount and streaming giant Netflix to take over WBD.
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https://www.thewrap.com/paramount-hostile-warner-bros-discovery-takeover-bid/
Dec 8, 2025 - After WBD chose to accept Netflix's acquisition bid last week, David Ellison's company launched an all-cash tender offer for $30 per share.
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https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/deals-ma/netflix-ted-sarandos-warner-bros-engagement-growth-stock-decline-reaction/
Feb 19, 2026 - Ted Sarandos also defended the $83 billion deal, saying it would
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https://www.businessinsider.com/warner-bros-discovery-paramount-skydance-netflix-saga-ending-david-ellison-2026-1
Jan 9, 2026 - Paramount Skydance is still trying to stop Warner Bros. Discovery's Netflix deal. Here are the four most likely endings in the fight for WBD.
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https://deadline.com/2025/12/paramount-offer-warner-bros-discovery-shareholder-reaction-1236656716/
Dec 25, 2025 - Paramount’s amended offer is "not sufficient," major Warner Bros. Discovery shareholder Harris Oakmark says.
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https://www.thewrap.com/insider-paramount-skydance-to-hold-firm-at-30-offer-to-shareholders/
Dec 12, 2025 - Paramount Skydance is holding firm at its $30-per-share offer to shareholders to buy WBD and believes a majority will tender their shares
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https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/deals-ma/paramount-warner-bros-discovery-bid-voluntary-cfius-review-congressman-sam-liccardo/
Jan 15, 2026 - "No American wants foreign governments lurking behind the screen — quietly accessing personal data or influencing what families watch every night,"...
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https://www.tipranks.com/news/a-disaster-james-cameron-has-grim-tidings-about-the-warner-bros-discovery-nasdaqwbd-sale?utm_source=robinhood.com&utm_medium=referral
Nov 26, 2025 - The bidding process for control of entertainment giant Warner Bros. Discovery ($WBD) continues, and so far, everyone has been sent back to their checkbooks to...
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https://www.thewrap.com/netflix-wbd-deal-nightmare-for-awards-rivals/
Dec 6, 2025 - Will the proposed Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery be one battle after another for awards rivals?
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https://www.tvbeurope.com/business/reuters-netflix-exploring-bid-for-wbd
Nov 4, 2025 - Citing sources close to the business, the news service said Netflix has hired the investment bank that advised Skydance Media over its Paramount Global bid
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https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/paramount-skydance-netflix-comcast-warner-bros-discovery-bids-256931.html
Nov 21, 2025 - The offers put WB’s vast animation catalog and its workforce in the spotlight as staff brace for a fourth major transition in a decade.
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https://www.thewrap.com/trump-picks-side-netflix-paramount-wbd-fight-jared-kushner/
Dec 8, 2025 - And of son-in-law Jared Kushner's role in Paramount's bid, the president says he's "never spoken with him about it."
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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/17/wbd-board-paramount-skydance-reject-value.html
Dec 17, 2025 - Paramount launched a hostile bid for WBD, taking a $30-per-share, all-cash offer directly to shareholders.
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https://www.tvbeurope.com/live-production/wbd-reveals-cortina-dampezzo-studios-as-countdown-to-olympic-winter-games-gets-underway
Nov 3, 2025 - 100 days before the Opening Ceremony, WBD has unveiled its purpose-built studios and details of the coverage to come
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https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/tv-shows/john-oliver-wbd-merger-last-week-tonight-future/
Jan 16, 2026 - John Oliver does not plan to change what "Last Week Tonight" does despite the impending Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
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https://www.thewrap.com/netflix-paramount-warner-bros-discovery-deal-job-losses/
Dec 8, 2025 - "We're not cutting jobs. We're making jobs," Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos tells a UBS investor conference on Monday
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https://deadline.com/2025/12/dga-reacts-netflix-warner-bros-discovery-deal-talks-1236637152/
Dec 5, 2025 - A DGA spokesperson says the guild plans to meet with Netflix regarding concerns over the giant streamer's potential purchase of Warner Bros, Discovery
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https://www.adweek.com/convergent-tv/how-netflix-wbd-merger-could-redefine-streaming-ad-dollars/
Dec 8, 2025 - Ad buyers and sellers reveal how Netflix’s acquisition of WBD will impact the industry.
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https://www.adweek.com/convergent-tv/what-to-know-about-netflixs-83-billion-acquisition-of-wbd/
Dec 5, 2025 - Deal set to shake up the entertainment landscape, and boost Netflix’s advertising ambitions.
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https://www.pcmag.com/news/paramount-submits-hostile-bid-for-wbd-after-trump-says-netflix-deal-could
Dec 8, 2025 - The resulting 'very big market share' of a combined Netflix-WBD could doom the deal, Trump says.
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https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2025/12/paramount-wbd-versant-espn-nfl/
Dec 5, 2025 - Paramount reportedly expresses concerns over the WBD bidding process; Versant outlines its business strategy; and more sports media news.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/paramount-vs-netflix-why-each-says-wbd-offer-is-best-2025-12
Dec 8, 2025 - Paramount Skydance and Netflix bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, highlighting streaming, Hollywood jobs, and regulatory approval in their rival pitches.
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https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/public-policy-legal/senate-democrats-press-david-ellison-paramount-wbd-merger/
Feb 19, 2026
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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/trump-netflix-wbd-paramount.html
Dec 8, 2025 - Trump's comments came days after Netflix beat out Paramount Skydance's offer for all of WBD, and Comcast's bid for part of the company.
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https://deadline.com/2026/02/netflix-ted-sarandos-paramount-warner-bros-merger-1236727718/
Feb 18, 2026 - Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos took aim Tuesday at Paramount's rival bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, accusing the David Ellison-led company of
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https://www.adweek.com/convergent-tv/hbos-casey-bloys-is-not-concerned-as-wbd-goes-through-sales-process/
Nov 20, 2025 - Bloys spoke to media members during his 2026 Global Programming Slate presentation.
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https://www.thewrap.com/warner-bros-board-paramount-takeover-bid-receipt/
Dec 9, 2025 - "The Board is not modifying its recommendation with respect to the agreement with Netflix," the media giant adds in a Monday statement
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https://deadline.com/2026/01/david-ellison-uk-culture-secretary-paramount-warner-bros-1236684574/
Jan 16, 2026 - Paramount CEO David Ellison this week met with UK Secretary of Culture Lisa Nandy as well as prominent European creatives.
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https://www.thewrap.com/paramount-warner-bros-discovery-hostile-bid-history/
Dec 8, 2025 - Paramount's effort to buy Warner Bros. Discovery through hostile takeover is the latest in a line of hostile attempts with a shaky history.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/22/paramount-wbd-tender-offer-arguments.html
Dec 22, 2025 - WBD shareholders must weigh pros and cons of tendering their shares to Paramount for $30 per share. CNBC lays out the arguments on both sides.
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https://deadline.com/2026/02/senate-democrats-paramount-warner-bros-investigation-1236729751/
Feb 20, 2026 - Senators fired off a letter to Paramount CEO David Ellison, asking him to preserve records regarding attempts to acquire Warner Bros Discovery.
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https://www.thewrap.com/paramount-warner-board-rejection-response-david-ellison/
Dec 17, 2025 - Paramount is forging ahead with its effort to buy Warner Bros. Discovery after the company's board rejected their offer.
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https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2025/12/wbd-standard-general-isiah-thomas-nbc-doug-gottlieb/
Dec 19, 2025 - Standard General's co-founder has reportedly been in talks about investing or purchasing WBD TV networks; and more sports media news.
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https://deadline.com/2025/12/paramount-wbd-larry-ellison-financing-guarantee-1236654962/
Dec 22, 2025 - Paramount has amended its hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, adding an "irrevocable personal guarantee" from Larry Ellison.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/19/paramount-skydance-warner-bros-discovery-bid-update.html
Sep 19, 2025 - Faber reported Friday a formal bid could be about 70% to 80% cash, backed by Larry Ellison, the father of Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison.
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https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/warner-bros-discovery-canal-plus-distribution-deal/
Dec 31, 2025 - The pact will bring HBO Max to two new international territories and see Warner Bros. films land on Canal+ six months after releasing in theaters.
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https://www.newsbreak.com/sports-media-watch-2225323/4419390269497-wbd-reportedly-planning-to-reject-latest-paramount-takeover-bid
Dec 30, 2025 - The following article " WBD reportedly planning to reject latest Paramount takeover bid " originally appeared on Sports Media Watch . The Warner...
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