Netflix declines to raise offer for Warner Bros

    https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/netflix-declines-raise-offer-warner-bros-2026-02-26/

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    1. Independent-Cress382 on

      The transaction is officially dead, Paramount has won.

      Netflix, Inc. today announced that it has declined to raise its offer for Warner Bros. Netflix had earlier received notice from Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) that its Board of Directors has determined Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) latest proposal constitutes a “Superior Proposal” under the terms of WBD’s existing merger agreement with Netflix.

      “The transaction we negotiated would have created shareholder value with a clear path to regulatory approval. However, we’ve always been disciplined, and at the price required to match Paramount Skydance’s latest offer, the deal is no longer financially attractive, so we are declining to match the Paramount Skydance bid. “

    2. Beautifully played by NFLX management: pump the price up and force Paramount to carry more debt while you walk away with a $2.8B breakup fee.

    3. Excellent! I was hoping that Paramount would get the deal, Taboola should benefit from them getting all of that content since they’ve got a deal to do the CTV advertising for them.

    4. Happy-Champion1661 on

      I might have forgotten to click “buy” on NFLX calls after the latest bid from paramount

      rip, gg nflx bagholders

    5. bloodandsunshine on

      Poach the talent, invest a fraction of the cancelled bid and just out perform the competition. It feels like pivot to rope a dope 

    6. Well if we get an unwind of the AI trade and oracle shits the bed then Netflix can get two studios for the price of one.

    7. As a NFLX bag holder, great, as not a paramount bag holder, great. Warner bros has been a turd for anyone that’s owned it over the last 20 years, I don’t think nflx should try to swallow that poison pill

    8. Netflix’s biggest competitor is not WB, it’s YouTube TV and Shorts. However a Paramount plus with WB + affiliation with TikTok could be a scary force for Netflix.

      Idk how this plays out. Way too much noise.

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