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What a Netflix-WBD merger would mean for movie theaters

Since Netflix announced its plan to buy Warner Bros. Discovery this month, film exhibitors have expressed consternation and worry as to what the pending merger would mean for the theatrical business if the world’s leading streaming service acquired one of Hollywood’s oldest studios.

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Netflix and Paramount are competing for WBD in 2 very different ways

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Paramount, Netflix battle over WBD merger, Trump weighs in on CNN sale

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Paramount Dethrones Netflix on Streaming Top 10 Amid WBD Battle | Chart

On Friday, it seemed as if Netflix was on the cusp of becoming an unassailable streaming superpower with the news that it would buy Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion.

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Stephen Colbert Wonders Why ‘The Late Show’ Was Canceled if Paramount Has $108 Billion to Offer for Warner Bros.

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Paramount Sends Letter to Warner Bros. Shareholders Saying Its Offer Is ‘Superior’

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Scoop: Original Paramount bid for WBD didn't exclude foreign voting rights

Paramount had to make a key change during the process of bidding for Warner Bros Discovery — explicitly promising that its foreign partners and Jared Kushner's fund wouldn't have any voting or governance rights,

A $108B Challenge: Paramount Forces WBD to Choose Between Cash Certainty and Netflix’s Vision

The hostile offer may outmuscle Netflix on price, but WBD’s decision hinges on competing futures: a clean reset under Paramount or a deeper strategic alignment with the world’s dominant streamer.

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Dems rip Paramount Skydance’s hostile WBD bid over Saudi- and Kushner-linked funding: report

Democratic lawmakers are warning they’ll move to unwind any Paramount Skydance takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, blasting the hostile bid’s backing from Saudi, Qatari and UAE sovereign wealth funds — and Jared Kushner’s private equity firm — as a national security threat.

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Paramount Submits Hostile Bid for WBD After Trump Says Netflix Deal Could Be a 'Problem'

The resulting 'very big market share' of a combined Netflix-WBD could doom the deal, Trump says.

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Paramount Claims WBD Is Overvaluing CNN, TBS and Other TV Networks - Alleging That Means Netflix's Deal Is Worse for Shareholders

A core argument of Paramount Skydance’s hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery is this: WBD’s cable networks like CNN and TBS are not worth as much as the David Zaslav-led company’s deal with Netflix implies,

A tale of two bids: What Netflix and Paramount’s pursuit of WBD means for Hollywood, viewers and investors

Netflix and Paramount’s rival bids for Warner Bros Discovery offer competing futures for jobs, streaming prices, and Hollywood’s structure.

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Netflix's deal to buy WBD isn't sealed just yet. Donald Trump could stand in the way.

Larry and David Ellison have a good relationship with Donald Trump. Is that enough to get him to kill Netflix's deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery?

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Democratic Reps Warn WBD That Paramount's Takeover Bid Raises National Security Concerns Over Saudi and Other Foreign Investors

Two Democratic lawmakers — U.S. Reps. Sam Liccardo (D-Calif.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) — have expressed “serious national security concerns” over Paramount Skydance’s hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros.

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Paramount Says It Has "Air Tight" Financing, Promises Faster, More Certain Approval Than Netflix In Letter To WBD Shareholders

Paramount continues to take its case to Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders after launching a hostile takeover offer to pry the company away from Netflix. “Dear Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholder,” Paramount CEO David Ellison wrote in an open letter published today,

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Former TikTok CEO Mayer on the battle for WBD: "For Paramount, it’s more of a must-win situation"

Kevin Mayer, Candle Media CEO, former TikTok CEO, and former Disney senior executive, joins 'Money Movers' to discuss the new Disney-OpenAI deal, the battle between Netflix and Paramount over Warner Bros.