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Netflix refinances part of US$59 billion loan for Warner Bros bid
The streaming giant plans to tap capital markets to further reduce its bridge facility and extend its debt maturities[LOS ANGELES] Netflix has refinanced part of a US$59 billion bridge...
Is Warner Bros Sale To Netflix Or Paramount A Sign Of The Apocalypse For Hollywood Ecosystem? – Guest Column
Editors Note: The future ownership of Warner Bros has come down to a battle between Netflix and Paramount. If the government is looking out for the best interest of...
Peter Bart: The Warner War Catches Hollywood By Surprise … Again
The Warner War is only a month or so old with Hollywood fervently trying to compute who will be the true winners or losers. The rhetoric of corporate turf...
New Warner Bros. Contemporary Film Label Being Launched By Neon Execs Christian Parkes, Jason Wald & Spencer Collantes
EXCLUSIVE: There was some earth-shattering news earlier this week when Neon‘s Chief Marketing Officer and Longlegs and Parasite campaign architect Christian Parkes left the arthouse distributor — but now...
Standard General Holds Talks Over Warner Bros. Discovery Cable TV Assets – FT
The Standard General hedge fund co-founder Soo Kim has held talks over buying into Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)’s TV networks, according to the Financial Times. Citing people briefed on...
Democratic Senators Call For Pam Bondi To Recuse Herself From Warner Bros. Discovery Review
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) are calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi to recuse herself from any review of the Warner Bros. Discovery transaction because...
Warner Bros Discovery Urges Shareholders To Reject Paramount’s Hostile Bid
Warner Bros. Discovery today urged shareholders to reject Paramount‘s hostile $108 billion takeover proposal, saying Netflix‘s previously accepted offer remains superior. In a 3-page letter, WBD laid out its...
Canal+ Boss Celebrates Netflix For “Convincing France To Pay” For Television As Ted Sarandos Reaffirms Commitment To Theatrical Post Warner Deal
Ted Sarandos made a surprise appearance at last night’s Canal+ content showcase. Having been showered with praise for the streamer’s impact in France, he shed more light on Netflix‘s...
Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners Drops Out Of Paramount Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery
Affinity Partners, the firm founded by Donald Trump‘s son-in-law Jared Kushner, will no longer be a part of the group of investors backing Paramount‘s hostile takeover bid of Warner...
Warner Bros likely to reject US$108 billion Paramount bid, back Netflix in bidding war: sources
WARNER Bros Discovery’s board could announce a decision as early as Wednesday on Paramount Skydance’s US$108.4 billion takeover bid, with the board likely to advise shareholders to vote against...
Warner Bros Discovery board rejects rival bid from Paramount
[LOS ANGELES] Warner Bros Discovery’s board rejected Paramount Skydance’s US$108.4 billion hostile bid on Wednesday (Dec 17), saying it failed to provide adequate financing assurances.In a letter to shareholders,...
Paramount Skydance is tapping Middle-Eastern investors in hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Why does Paramount Skydance need the Persian Gulf to finance its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery? It’s a niggling question that hasn’t gone away for Paramount Skydance owners David...