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    Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros

    (www.cnbc.com)
    366 points gniting | 13 comments | 08 Dec 25 14:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source | bottom

    Previously: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46160315 (1333 comments)
    1. walthamstow ◴[08 Dec 25 14:53 UTC] No.46192876[source]▶
    > [Paramount say Netflix deal] would lead to “a challenging regulatory approval process.”

    "Only we have sufficiently greased the current government to get this deal done"

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    2. JumpCrisscross ◴[08 Dec 25 15:41 UTC] No.46193542[source]▶
    They’re both at least trying to play [1].

    The wild move for Ellison would be to bid for one of Trump’s crypto projects if the shareholder vote looks like it could fail.

    [1] https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/netflixs-sarandos-w...

    3. ◴[08 Dec 25 15:48 UTC] No.46193659[source]▶
    4. michaelbuckbee ◴[08 Dec 25 15:49 UTC] No.46193672[source]▶
    (not a joke) I wonder to what extent the ability to produce a Rush Hour 4 will effect the deal.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/trump-pushed-paramount-reviv...

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    5. miohtama ◴[08 Dec 25 15:52 UTC] No.46193721[source]▶
    Trump dislikes Paramount, thought?

    https://deadline.com/2025/12/trump-paramount-60-minutes-davi...

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    6. jm4 ◴[08 Dec 25 15:59 UTC] No.46193823[source]▶
    He did until they paid him off, fired people he doesn't like and his buddy bought it.
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    7. stopbulying ◴[08 Dec 25 18:41 UTC] No.46196003{3}[source]▶
    Like Comcast (Philadelphia) acquired NBC/SNL in 2011?

    Wasn't there a former Comcast employee as CEO of "X" initially?

    8. jaredhallen ◴[08 Dec 25 19:26 UTC] No.46196496[source]▶
    Stranger than fiction.
    9. walthamstow ◴[08 Dec 25 19:55 UTC] No.46196799[source]▶
    Kushner is involved in the money for the Paramount bid
    10. xfil ◴[08 Dec 25 20:04 UTC] No.46196911{3}[source]▶
    Trump stated this today:

    > My real problem with the show, however, wasn’t the low IQ traitor, it was that the new ownership of 60 Minutes, Paramount, would allow a show like this to air. THEY ARE NO BETTER THAN THE OLD OWNERSHIP, who just paid me millions of Dollars for FAKE REPORTING about your favorite President, ME! Since they bought it, 60 Minutes has actually gotten WORSE! Oh well, far worse things can happen.

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    11. pwillia7 ◴[08 Dec 25 20:42 UTC] No.46197377[source]▶
    I can't wait to see how Chris Tucker plays it
    12. jonny_eh ◴[08 Dec 25 21:42 UTC] No.46198045{4}[source]▶
    Goes to show that paying bullies only buys temporary relief.
    13. LunaSea ◴[09 Dec 25 06:10 UTC] No.46201795{4}[source]▶
    Grandpa forgot that they paid him bribes but his handlers will quickly remind him of it.