Paramount Skydance’s hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery places CNN and its sister cable networks squarely back into what is likely to be an extended period of management limbo. There was ...

Like all the old Hollywood studios, Warner Bros. has taken a twisted path into the present, filled with mergers and acquisitions—the latest a proposed sale to Netflix for $82.7 billion, including ...

Oracle founder Larry Ellison was on the cusp of conquering Hollywood. Just four months earlier, he had bankrolled his son David’s $8-billion acquisition of the storied Paramount Pictures.

With their latest buyout bids, Netflix and Paramount Skydance are now among the likely winners in the fight to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, but investors treated them as the losers on Wednesday, with ...

Warner Bros. Discovery WBD-0.36%decrease; red down pointing triangle on Wednesday recommended shareholders reject Paramount’s unsolicited bid for the company, questioning the funding structure for the ...

Rival efforts from Netflix and Paramount could upend the media industry. Paramount launched a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery this week, just days after Netflix struck a deal to acquire the ...

Netflix Inc.’s $72 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. includes one of the biggest breakup fees of all time — a $5.8 billion penalty that Netflix has agreed to pay its target if the ...

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Netflix has announced a $72 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery and its popular franchises. The merger would combine Netflix's 300 million subscribers with HBO Max's nearly 130 million ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Jason Riley, Allysia Finley and Kim Strassel. History rhymes. The Warner Bros. cornucopia of Hollywood and streaming properties was up for ...

Hollywood has produced another gripping drama. Netflix’s and Paramount’s $100bn battle to buy Warner Bros Discovery has juicy plot ingredients, from an ambitious billionaire to mysterious Saudi ...

Paramount is making an all-cash offer, telling Warner shareholders it can beat Netflix’s ‘inferior’ $83 billion offer. Paramount is making an all-cash offer, telling Warner shareholders it can beat ...