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Netflix or Paramount? Hollywood shudders over Warner Bros Discovery sale
In the eyes of many in Hollywood, the battle for control of Warner Bros Discovery boils down to two unappealing options: the winner will either be the company that broke the foundations of the movie b...

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The Netflix and Warner Bros. tie-up is not a done deal. What could stop this merger
Netflix and Paramount's battle over Warner Bros. Discovery looms over Hollywood's awards season
Trump, Citing CNN, Sure Seems To Have Picked A Side In Warner Bros. Fight
Paramount CEO David Ellison (and son of prominent Trump supporter Larry Ellison) reportedly promised President Donald Trump he would overhaul CNN if his attempt to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery is s...

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Paramount Skydance’s David Ellison Sends Letter to Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholders Making Case for Why Its Bid Is Better Than Netflix Deal: ‘I Am Passionate and Dedicated to This Pursuit’
Explaining the dealings between Netflix and Paramount to buy Warner Bros
David Ellison Pitches WBD Shareholders Directly on Why Paramount Is a Better Buyer Than Netflix
Ellison’s current offer for Warner Bros. Discovery — his seventh — is $30 per share, straight cash.

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Paramount Takes $30-Per-Share Cash Offer for Warner Bros Discovery Directly to Shareholders
Paramount wants to buy Warner Bros. What to know about hostile takeover bids

Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. for $72 billion in a deal that could reshape Hollywood

Netflix agreed to buy the Warner Bros. studio and HBO Max. The media mega-merger would give it franchises like "Harry Potter" and the DC universe.

David Ellison lobbies Warner Bros shareholders to desert Netflix

Paramount chief executive met with investors in New York to push his hostile bid for the Hollywood studio group
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Netflix Execs Vow to Keep Warner Bros. Movies in Theaters, Hint at HBO Bundle

Netflix's leadership spins the acquisition as pro-consumer and pro-Hollywood and pushes back on antitrust concerns. 'We didn’t buy this company to destroy' its value, says co-CEO Ted Sarandos.

Hollywood Erupts in Major Panic Over Netflix Merger

Top Hollywood stars, producers, and guilds are slamming the major Netflix merger with Warner Bros. Among the leading critics of the deal: Actress Jane Fonda. She said that the deal "threatens the entire entertainment industry.

As Netflix Swoops In to Buy Warner Bros., We Revisit the Studio’s Long, Twisted Journey

Warner Bros.’ latest M&A deal is different than the ill-fated AOL-Time Warner merger, but it’s not without precedent.

Hollywood, already on shaky economic ground, shudders at the prospect of a mega-Netflix

The business of Hollywood was in trouble long before the earth-rattling news that Netflix had inked a $72 billion takeover of Warner Bros. And while the deal is widely seen as a coup by Netflix, once a scrappy startup that had to fight to be taken seriously,
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