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Paramount Skydance is tapping Middle-Eastern investors in hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Famed media investor Mario Gabelli, a Paramount Skydance shareholder, is among those who have pledged their WBD shares to the Ellisons’ tender because he likes the cash part and really doesn’t care that it came from the likes of the Saudis.
The fight between Netflix and Paramount Skydance to acquire Warner Bros could reshape both the streaming market and theatrical distribution—and it's turning political.
A video spreading across platforms purports to show the Netflix logo painted over the historic water tower at Warner Bros. Studios as the streaming powerhouse seeks to buy the global media giant's film and television studios and streaming services amid a bidding war with Paramount.
After winning the award for best game adaptation for HBO series The Last of Us, Druckmann took to the stage to make his speech. In the clip, now posted on Twitter, the Naughty Dog Studio Head thanked the relevant studios before adding, "Do we need to thank Netflix or Paramount, or whoever our streaming overlord is now?"
In the corporate battle over parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN's fate remains up for grabs. President Trump wants a say in what happens next.
"We haven’t determined whether we’ll take a position or not," the Disney CEO tells CNBC as Netflix and Paramount battle it out for control
David Ellison fought hard to win Warner Bros. Discovery. But despite his strenuous efforts, he lost out to Netflix — and now Ellison is switching from carrots to sticks: Paramount Skydance is taking its case directly to shareholders in a hostile takeover bid for WBD.