Netflix buying Warner Bros or maybe Paramount is buying Warner Bros? Update: Netflix drops out

[StoneColdHeel]

I feel like this will go to court for some reason and Paramount will lose because anything Trump is for almost always loses in court.

 

[sringwal]

Yeah, Netflix would be a lot better for DC and the HBO shows. A lot more people have Netflix than Paramount+. I don't see enough people adding Paramount+ because of the deal for them to make their money back from buying WB Discovery. You know Paramount is going to raise the subscription price, too.

Maybe, but that is not what I am talking about.

Why Do Conservatives Think Paramount Is The Conservative White Knight?

Paramount's alleged conservativism reads as a lot of wishful thinking.

www.forbes.com

 

[NOVAHEEL13]

Welp, John Oliver on HBOmax will need to find a new home

 

[1moretimeagain]

I hope HBO is kept separate, but maybe this will get me a season I’ve been hoping for: The White Lotus - Palm Beach, FL

 

[Mulberry Heel]

Ironic that it's being reported on CNN, as CNN is a Warner property and one that you know Trumpers are salivating to get their hands on. The moment that CNN comes under Ellison's control it will be gutted the same way CBS News was, and it will also move sharply to the right, just like CBS News. We're about to be living in a media universe where only MSNBC among the major players has not become a MAGA Fox lite news network.

 

[Kingpin]

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/26/media/netflix-ted-sarandos-trump-white-house-paramount-wbd

Netflix dropped out after saying the Paramount bid was superior and blah blah. Eff the Ellisons.

NPR was reporting that the new Paramount bid was backed (sweetened) by Middle East money-don’t remember which country.

 

[Rock]

NPR was reporting that the new Paramount bid was backed (sweetened) by Middle East money-don’t remember which country.

I’m sure. I guess the only hope is that in a couple years time, when the Trump presidency has become too toxic to be associated with, this all comes crashing down.

 

[eternalheel]

Ppl of a certain age remember monopolies were illegal, very bad for the country, its ppl and competition. Let me guess, white nationalist 'murica gave that away too....?

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

It’s crazy. Paramount is acquiring a company 10x its size by market cap and loading it up with $90 billion of debt.

Netflix can step aside and wait to snap up the pieces when this thing collapses under its own weight. But in the meantime, CNN (which Netflix wasn’t even going to buy) and CBS will merge into some sort of mini-Fox I guess.

CBS has long wanted to acquire CNN to gain a cable news foothold. It may be that most of the CBS News teams and all of Trump’s enemies in front of the camera at CNN will be out.

 

[superrific]

It’s crazy. Paramount is acquiring a company 10x its size by market cap and loading it up with $90 billion of debt.

Netflix can step aside and wait to snap up the pieces when this thing collapses under its own weight. But in the meantime, CNN (which Netflix wasn’t even going to buy) and CBS will merge into some sort of mini-Fox I guess.

CBS has long wanted to acquire CNN to gain a cable news foothold. It may be that most of the CBS News teams and all of Trump’s enemies in front of the camera at CNN will be out.

It always boggles my mind that they can find banks to lend into deals that are obviously shit. I get the mismatched incentives of bankers and banks, but come on. What is the interest coverage ratio on this thing?

 

[Calheel]

It always boggles my mind that they can find banks to lend into deals that are obviously shit. I get the mismatched incentives of bankers and banks, but come on. What is the interest coverage ratio on this thing?

When some of those banks are Middle East sovereign funds, the mystery becomes a little clearer.