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Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros

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366 points gniting | 1 comments | 08 Dec 25 14:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.246s | source

Previously: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46160315 (1333 comments)
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indigodaddy ◴[08 Dec 25 15:17 UTC] No.46193176[source]▶
Does WB have to pay the breakup fee to Netflix if a Paramount hostile takeover succeeds?
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raw_anon_1111 ◴[08 Dec 25 16:27 UTC] No.46194238[source]▶
This has nothing to do with the Netflix bid.

Warner bros is being divided into the cable TV stations + discover channel stations and the movie studio and the backlog is separate.

Netflix wants the movie studio + tv back catalog

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1. VanTheBrand ◴[08 Dec 25 22:03 UTC] No.46198269[source]▶
That’s not correct. Paramount wants everything (including the parts Netflix wants). Netflix wants just tv and movie studio. So the paramount hostile bid would be for the part Netflix wants and the part they don’t.