{"id":11851,"date":"2025-12-08T16:34:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/paramount-goes-to-war-with-netflix-for-warner-bros-discovery-with-hostile-108-4b-bid\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:34:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:34:40","slug":"paramount-goes-to-war-with-netflix-for-warner-bros-discovery-with-hostile-108-4b-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/paramount-goes-to-war-with-netflix-for-warner-bros-discovery-with-hostile-108-4b-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramount goes to war with Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery with hostile $108.4B bid"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile, $108.4 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), days after Warner agreed to be acquired by Netflix for $82.7 billion. <\/p>\n

Paramount is going straight to WBD’s shareholders with an all-cash offer of $30 per share, and it noted that its offer provides shareholders $18 billion more cash than the Netflix deal, which offered $23.25 in cash and $4.50 in Netflix shares for a total of $27.75 per share.<\/p>\n

Paramount is bidding for all of WBD, while Netflix’s deal with the company only includes its Hollywood studios and streaming business. <\/p>\n

CNBC reported on Monday that these were the very terms from Paramount that WBD’s board rejected a week ago.<\/p>\n

“We believe the WBD Board of Directors is pursuing an inferior proposal which exposes shareholders to a mix of cash and stock, an uncertain future trading value of the Global Networks linear cable business and a challenging regulatory approval process,” Paramount CEO David Ellison said in a statement. <\/p>\n

Paramount’s offer is backstopped with equity financing from the Ellison family and the private-equity firm RedBird Capital, in addition to $54 billion of debt commitments from Bank of America, Citi, and Apollo.<\/p>\n

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Netflix came out on top on Friday after winning a bidding war against Paramount and Comcast, but Paramount’s hostile bid is sure to drag on the battle for one of Hollywood’s most iconic studios, a fight which has already stretched out for months.<\/p>\n

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Netflix’s proposed deal has already raised antitrust questions, as it would combine two of the most popular streaming platforms into one. Additionally, President Donald Trump has said the deal “could be a problem” because of the size of the combined companies’ market share.<\/p>\n

A deal between WBD and Paramount would also likely raise similar concerns.<\/p>\n

Netflix agreed to pay WBD $5.8 billion if the deal doesn’t go through. WBD would have to pay Netflix $2.8 billion if the deal collapses.<\/p>\n

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Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile, $108.4 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), days after Warner agreed to be acquired by Netflix for $82.7 billion. Paramount is going straight to WBD’s shareholders with an all-cash offer of $30 per share, and it noted that its offer provides shareholders $18 billion more cash…<\/p>\n

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