US EditionParamount WBD Tender Offer: Arguments for and Against
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RECIT - Decreasing the number of films produced, released in uncertain theaters... While the two giants are fighting to capture the legendary studio, the American film industry is worried about the negative consequences of this takeover, regardless of the big winner.
In 2027, 100 years ago since Hollywood learned to speak, when The Jazz Singer premiered. But the latest news around the film industry, and those that will follow in 2026, have left the sector silent. Netflix's streaming giant's agreement to buy Warner Bros (which in 1923 was one of Hollywoodland's pioneers), and Paramount's subsequent hostile opa (the oldest studio, from 1912) has opened all kinds of doubts about what this movement means for the…
Paramount WBD tender offer: Arguments for and against
Ted Sarandos, left, co-CEO of Netflix, and David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery. Mario Anzuoni | Mike Blake | Reuters Hours before Warner Bros. Discovery agreed to sell its studio and streaming assets to Netflix, Ted Sarandos, the co-CEO of Netflix, called WBD CEO David Zaslav to inform him Netflix wouldn’t be bidding any higher. WBD shareholders now have a chance to call Sarandos’ bluff. WBD shareholders have until Jan. 21 to tender the…
Janice Min, Emily Sundberg, Ben Smith & Max Tani on the Year in Media
ShareSubscribe nowAnkler Media’s Janice Min and Feed Me’s Emily Sundberg join Semafor’s Mixed Signals show, hosted by Ben Smith and Max Tani, for a candid roundtable look-back at a disorienting year in media. They sound off on everything from YouTube’s domination, the Charlie Kirk saga, the Netflix-Warner Bros.-Paramount love triangle, Bari Weiss and CBS News, and the increasingly niche areas of coverage for newsletters (and whether we’ve reache…
How Netflix, Paramount Sparked A $108 Billion Media War For Warner Bros. Discovery
The sale of HBO-owner Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) has become the entertainment and streaming industry’s Game of Thrones, with Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY) battling for control.
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