Warner Bros. Rejects Paramount Bid
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Warner Bros. and Netflix leaders put on a show of force Wednesday when Netflix co-CEOs paid a visit to the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank.
In rejecting Paramount ’s hostile takeover bid, Warner Bros. questions the Ellison family trust and its commitment to a $77.9 billion deal.
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Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters, the co-CEOs of Netflix, issued a memo to staffers that conveyed their belief that the company’s deal to buy Warner Bros. and HBO Max will withstand a counterattack by David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance and will clear regulatory hurdles.
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.
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Disney CEO Bob Iger strategically stepped in with some opinions of his own about Netflix and Paramount's battle to acquire Warner Bros.