Paramount, Warner Bros. and hostile bid
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Larry Ellison is backstopping Paramount’s bid for Warner Brothers, but Warner Brothers is concerned that the billionaire has not provided a personal guarantee to pay.
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Paramount highly motivated to get WBD deal done to address scale deficit, says Wolfe's Peter Supino
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A Call of Duty movie is now in the works at Paramount with big names attached to write and direct. It's been a long time coming, as Activision first announced plans for a Call of Duty movie--and an entire universe of Call of Duty films--more than a decade ago. But now the project is progressing.
Even if Paramount Skydance Corp. manages to take over Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. against the company’s will, it faces another high hurdle: coping with the colossal $54 billion of debt it’s planning to take on.
Stephen Colbert wonders why 'The Late Show' was canceled if Paramount has $108 billion to offer for Warner Bros. Paramount's bid to buy Warner Bros. has one of its stars curious about the economics of the possible deal.
Paramount’s $108.4 billion takeover led by David and Larry Ellison could give the family unprecedented control of major film studios.
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The Streaming Wars Just Entered a New Phase. Here's What Paramount vs. Netflix Means for Investors
If Paramount achieves victory in its hostile takeover bid, the addition of Warner Bros. Discovery to its portfolio would, in principle, lead to a stronger combined company, with HBO Max boosting its streaming segment while WBD's various television and cable outlets complement Paramount's networks, including its flagship CBS.
Kara Swisher has vowed to quit her job as a CNN contributor if Paramount ends up buying Warner Bros. Discovery. “I’m walking right out of there the day they get there,” Swisher told her Pivot podcast co-host Scott Galloway on Friday. “I’m walking, and there’s no way I’m working for these terrible people.”
Corporate-law scholars say the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery has become a strange kind of legal nostalgia trip, dragging Paramount back to center stage for the first time in decades and reviving vintage doctrines from Revlon to the “Cuban beer” defense as Netflix tries to lock up a once‑in‑a‑generation deal.