Netflix walks away from Warner Bros. bid, clearing path for Paramount

[In It to Win It]

Netflix said Thursday it would not raise its takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, effectively ceding the media giant to a rival bid from Paramount Skydance after deciding the deal was no longer financially attractive.

The streaming giant's co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters said they were "declining to match" Paramount Skydance's latest offer after Warner Bros. Discovery's board declared it a "Superior Proposal" under the terms of its existing merger agreement with Netflix.

The development will likely see the storied Hollywood studio and a group of TV properties that includes CNN fall into the hands of Paramount, reshaping US media.

Without a Netflix counteroffer, the Warner Bros. Discovery board is now free to terminate its agreement with the streaming giant and proceed with Paramount.

The sweetened offer, made Monday, was the latest installment of a bidding war that has drawn White House attention, with President Donald Trump insisting he had a say in the outcome.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/netflix-walks-away-warner-bros-232102256.html

[FakeNoose]

1. I hope Paramount chokes on it

Netflix will buy them all cheap in a few years.

[C_U_L8R]

4. This.

Netflix could zoom past a bloated, debt-ridden Paramount paralyzed by its own fiefdoms and postmerger disfunction.

[jls4561]

2. I hope they don't do to John Oliver what they did to Colbert.

[Liberal In Texas]

3. It would be funny if Oliver showed up on Netflix.

I would have gladly paid more per month on Netflix to keep Paramount from this crap deal.

[regnaD kciN]

5. ...and Jon Stewart

Comedy Central will also be owned by Paramount.

[In It to Win It]

6. Don't they already own Comedy Central? 🤔