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Paramount Skydance’s $108 billion hostile bid ignites a fight for Warner Bros. Discovery

Money Moves

Potential regulators of both Netflix–WBD and Paramount–WBD transactions

In late 2025, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) put itself in play, drawing bids from Netflix, Paramount Skydance, and Comcast in a rare open bidding war over a century-old Hollywood studio. On December 5, 2025, WBD's board took Netflix's $72 billion cash-and-stock offer for its studios and streaming arm (HBO, DC, and Warner Bros. film and TV operations), excluding CNN and the cable networks.

Updated 6 days ago