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Netflix Chief Ted Sarandos Scored White House Meeting With Trump Ahead of Warner Bros. Deal
Ted Sarandos scored a critical sit-down with President Donald Trump in the weeks leading up to Netflix‘s successful $82.7 billion…
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Sean Baker Says Filmmakers ‘Have to Put Foot Down’ Following Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal, Won’t ‘Go for the $150 Million Studio Thing’ Post ‘Anora’
“Anora” director Sean Baker, who is at the Red Sea Film Festival as the head of the international jury, commented on the industry’s most…
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Bong Joon Ho on Netflix-Warner Bros. Fears: ‘I Don’t Think the Cinematic Experience Will Disappear So Easily’
Bong Joon Ho gave a nearly two-hour interview on Saturday at the Marrakech Film Festival, where he serves as this year’s jury president.…
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India Multiplex Association Opposes Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal: ‘A Meaningful Reduction in High-Quality Content for Cinemas’
The Multiplex Association of India has raised alarm over Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, warning that the deal…
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Why Netflix Is a Much Better Choice Than Paramount in the Fight for Control of Warner Bros.
When news broke that Netflix struck a deal to buy Warner Bros.’ streaming and studio businesses, the Hollywood internet immediately split…
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Theater Owners Worry Netflix Buying Warner Bros. Will Cripple Their Business: ‘Hopefully the Deal Gets Killed’
Movie theater operators are reeling after Netflix, long viewed as public enemy No. 1, announced that it has a deal in place to buy Warner…
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Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal Is an ‘Anti-Monopoly Nightmare,’ Sen. Warren Says
Netflix‘s proposed $83 billion deal for Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business has elicited opposition from one of the…
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Netflix stock sinks as the streaming giant reveals plans to buy Warner Bros. and HBO in $83 billion mega-deal
Netflix has announced that it intends to buy legendary Hollywood studio Warner Bros. in a deal valued at approximately $82.7 billion. The…
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Netflix to buy Warner Bros film and streaming businesses for $72bn
Rachel ClunBusiness reporter Netflix has agreed to buy the film and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery in major Hollywood deal…
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Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. and HBO Max in $82.7 Billion Deal
It’s official: Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery announced an agreement under which Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., including its film…
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Warner Bros begins exclusive deal talks with Netflix
The traditional TV business is in the midst of a major contraction as viewers shift to streaming Warner Bros Discovery has entered…
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Netflix to buy Warner Bros Discovery’s studios, streaming unit for US$72 billion
The deal will further tilt the power balance in Hollywood in favour of the streaming giant Netflix on Friday (Dec 5) agreed to buy Warner…
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Netflix Enters Exclusive Deal Talks for Warner Bros. Discovery
Netflix has entered exclusive talks with Warner Bros. Discovery to acquire the company’s film and television studio, as well as the HBO…
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Paramount Skydance Alleges Warner Bros. Discovery Sales Process ‘Has Been Tainted by Management Conflicts’ That Favor Netflix Bid
Lawyers for Paramount Skydance sent a letter to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, expressing “grave concerns” about the alleged…
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Paramount hikes Warner Bros breakup fee to US$5 billion
Paramount Skydance more than doubled the proposed breakup fee in its offer to acquire Warner Bros Discovery to US$5 billion, according to…
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Netflix, Warner Bros Discovery combo seen lowering costs for consumers: sources
Alphabet’s YouTube remains the country’s largest streaming platform by viewership Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros…
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Commentary: California's first partner pushes to regulate AI while Trump and tech bros thunder forward
California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom recently convened a meeting that might rank among the top sweat-inducing nightmare…
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Warner Bros to ask bidders to submit sweetened offers
Warner Bros Discovery, the parent of HBO and CNN, has asked potential buyers to submit new, sweetened offers after receiving an initial…
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Warner Bros. Discovery Asks for Higher Second-Round Acquisition Bids Due Dec. 1: Report
Some media M&A teams may be working through the Thanksgiving weekend: Warner Bros. Discovery — which is fielding acquisition overtures…
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LISTEN: ‘Wicked: For Good’ Soars to Fourth-Highest Opening of 2025; HBO Preps for Busy 2026 Amid Warner Bros. Discovery M&A Drama
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Rebecca Rubin unpacks Universal Pictures’ risky decision to break “Wicked” in two…
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Paramount, Comcast and Netflix submit bids for Warner Bros Discovery: source
The bids represent the first step in the possible sale of all or part of the century-old Hollywood studio Warner Bros Discovery has…
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Dinner at Zaslav’s: Oprah Winfrey, Margot Robbie, Al Pacino, Lorne Michaels Join Warner Bros. Discovery Chief on Night Before Initial Bids Landed (EXCLUSIVE)
What a way to prepare for an auction: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav hosted a star-packed dinner at his Beverly Hills home…
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Warner Bros Discovery wants Paramount to raise its offer to US$30 per share, Axios reports
WARNER Bros Discovery’s board wants Paramount Skydance to sweeten its latest bid of US$23.5 per share to about US$30 apiece, Axios…