French Cinema Boss Addresses WBD-Netflix Deal As Execs At Red Sea Film Festival Take Stock: “You Can’t Have Your Cake & Eat It”

French Cinema Boss Addresses WBD-Netflix Deal As Execs At Red Sea Film Festival Take Stock: “You Can’t Have Your Cake & Eat It”

A week ago, Saudi Arabia was reportedly part of a Paramount Skydance bid to acquire Warner Bros Discovery. The country’s ambition to own a piece of the Hollywood studio was dashed on Friday by Netflix winning the bidding process with a $72 billion offer, but the deal was very much a talking point at its […]

What does the Netflix-WBD deal mean to the future of streaming?

The massive deal could mean higher subscription prices, fewer buyers for producers and maybe another merger down the road.

What is the future of TNT Sports after WBD-Netflix deal?

Hollywood had one of the biggest shakeups in its history on Friday, when Netflix announced it would purchase Warner Bros. Discovery for a whopping $82.7 billion. The announcement is simply the first step of what will ultimately be a long process to gain regulatory approval and fend off any would-be bidders that could take an offer directly to WBD’s shareholders. But we now know the go-forward plan for WBD. The company will continue its planned s…

POST NEWS: Netflix-WBD Deal & John Cena’s Media Tour

Available for Double Double & Espresso members  John Pollock covers the news from Friday, December 5, including Netflix agreeing to acquire WBD’s studio & streaming assets, and John Cena appears with Bill Simmons and Joe Rogan. Today’s News: TNA Impact recap  Netflix agrees to acquire WBD assets  John Cena speaks with Bill Simmons and Joe Rogan Federal lawsuit filed against TKO & Cena over theme song George Barrios to release book  NJPW World T…

Congressional Democrats and Republicans criticize the Netflix-WBD deal, saying it would raise streaming subscription prices and lessen workers' pay and control

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Metrics, Markets, and Merger Scrutiny: A Netflix-WBD Combination

This morning’s announced merger between Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) would create a global media company of unprecedented scale. The transaction will also almost certainly attract scrutiny from antitrust regulators—most likely the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) Antitrust Division, rather than the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The deal would offer a direct test of the agencies’ 2023 Merger Guidelines—a framework that, as my colleague…