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Paramount launches a hostile $108 billion bid to snatch Warner from Netflix

Emma Roth / theverge - Paramount has launched a $108.4 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, calling Netflix’s $83 billion arrangement to purchase the entertainment giant’s studios and streaming service “inferior.” The Paramount proposal, unlike Netflix’s, wo…


Hostile bidding battle details

Paramount mounts $108b hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros

2 months / mumbrella / Nathan Jolly

Paramount Puts Warner Bros. Back in Play with $108 Billion Hostile Bid

2 months / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Paramount makes $108B hostile takeover offer for Warner Bros Discovery

2 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Paramount Skydance throws down $18B gauntlet in Netflix-WBD battle

2 months / techspot

How the Battle Over Warner Bros. Turned Into a Blockbuster

2 months / bloomberg / Christopher Palmeri

All you need to know about the increasingly complex sale of Warner Bros. Discovery

2 months / fastcompany / Chris Morris

Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros., challenging a $72 billion offer by Netflix

2 months / techxplore

Paramount challenges Netflix with hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros.

2 months / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

Paramount tries to swipe Warner Bros. from Netflix with a hostile takeover

2 months / arstechnica / Scharon Harding

Paramount Just Pulled a Power Move to Steal Warner Bros. From Netflix

2 months / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

Paramount Announces $108.4 Billion Hostile Takeover Bid to Acquire All of Warner Bros

2 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Warner Bros (WBD) Stock: Paramount Launches $108B Hostile Takeover Bid After Netflix Deal

2 months / parameter / Trader Edge

Paramount triggers bidding war for Warner Bros., as it offers $18 billion more than Netflix trib.al/DW0cH5Y

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Paramount bids to stop Netflix buying Warner Bros

2 months / appleinsider

Paramount gatecrashes Warner Bros-Netflix deal with $108bn hostile bid

2 months / ft

Paramount makes a $108 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

2 months / engadget / Kris Holt

Paramount goes to war with Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery with hostile $108.4B bid

2 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Paramount Isn’t Letting Netflix Get Warner Bros. Without a Fight

2 months / gizmodo / James Whitbrook

Paramount reignites Warner Bros. bidding war with bigger offer than Netflix’s trib.al/UtKD1zG

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Netflix gets outbid by Paramount as the battle for Warner Bros. Discovery goes hostile

2 months / qz / Chris Morris

Paramount launches a hostile $108 billion bid to snatch Warner from Netflix

2 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Paramount Skydance Launches Hostile Bid For WBD After Netflix Wins Bidding War

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Paramount gatecrashes Netflix, WBD deal

2 months / advanced-television / Editor

Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros

2 months / ycombinator

Paramount Makes Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. at $30 a Share

2 months / bloomberg / Christopher Palmeri

Paramount Goes Hostile, Launches $30 Per Share Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery in Attempt to Thwart Netflix

2 months / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136


Investor market reactions

CNBC Daily Open: The Warner Bros. Discovery deal — a cliffhanger in the making?

2 months / cnbc

CNBC Daily Open: Investors are loving the Paramount-Warner Bros-Netflix drama

2 months / cnbc

Paramount Skydance launches a hostile takeover bid in last-ditch effort to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery

2 months / fastcompany / Grace Snelling


Political, regulatory and financing angles

Tencent quits Paramount’s Warner Bros bid amid US regulatory concerns

2 months / scmp

Paramount’s Mideast financing doomed Warner Bros. Discovery auction bid - https-//www.semafor.com

2 months / google

Cravath, Latham plot antitrust path for Paramount with hostile Warner bid

2 months / globalcompetitionreview / Ben Remaly

Paramount (With Jared Kushner And Saudi Help) Launches $108 Billion Hostile Takeover Bid For Warner Brothers

2 months / techdirt / Karl Bode

Kushner, Gulf money and desperate texts: inside Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros

2 months / ft

Finger-pointing in Washington as Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros. - https-//www.semafor.com

2 months / google

Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery

2 months / reddit / /u/abrownn


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Paramount (With Jared Kushner And Saudi Help) Launches $108 Billion Hostile Takeover Bid For Warner Brothers Last week Netflix announced a $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers, elbowing out rival acquisition bids (for now) by Comcast/NBC and Para

2 months / bsky / @techdirt.com / techdirt.com

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2 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Paramount doet nieuwe poging Warner Bros. alsnog binnen te halen: biedt $108 mrd voor het hele bedrijf. Netflix bood $82 mrd voor alleen studio en streamingdienst. www.ft.com/content/7981...

2 months / bsky / @nandokasteleijn.bsky.social / nandokasteleijn.bsky.social

Reckoning with backing from Trump, Paramount has launched a $108bn hostile bid to buy Warner Bros Discovery, in an attempt to outmanoeuvre Netflix after the streaming giant won an auction for the prized media company last week. The all-cash offer for the

2 months / bsky / @robertscotthorton.bsky.social / robertscotthorton.bsky.social

If Paramount succeeds in buying Warner Bros....then Netflix will end up buying Paramount-WB in 2035.

2 months / bsky / @stephenkb.bsky.social / stephenkb.bsky.social

Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile, $108.4 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, days after Warner Bros. agreed to be acquired by Netflix for $82.7 billion.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

getting the feeling I might end up using a lot of locutus top art over the next 18 months

2 months / bsky / @jwhitbrook.bsky.social / jwhitbrook.bsky.social

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Confluent stock soars 29% as IBM announces $11 billion acquisition deal

cnbc - IBM will pay $31 per share in cash for all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Confluent.


Market Reaction: Stock Surges

CFLT stock price: IBM deal to buy Confluent for $11 billion shows investors still think AI is popping

2 months / fastcompany / Jennifer Mattson

CFLT stock price: IBM deal to buy Confluent for $11 billion shows that investors still think AI is popping

2 months / fastcompany / Jennifer Mattson

Confluent (CFLT) Stock: Data Streaming Pioneer Attracts $11 Billion IBM Offer

2 months / parameter / Trader Edge

Confluent stock soars 29% as IBM announces $11 billion acquisition deal

2 months / cnbc

Confluent stock price surges 20% as IBM reportedly nears $11 billion acquisition deal

2 months / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak


Strategic Deal: AI & Data Integration

IBM To Buy Confluent For $11 Billion To Expand AI Services

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

IBM to Buy Confluent for $11 Billion to Expand AI, Data Platform

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

(PR) IBM to Acquire Confluent for $11 Billion to Create an Enterprise Smart Data Platform

2 months / techpowerup

IBM will acquire Confluent to address growing needs for real-time data in AI models

2 months / siliconangle / Paul Gillin

IBM to Acquire Confluent for $11 Billion in Major AI Data Play

2 months / techstrong / Jon Swartz

IBM acquires Confluent to build real-time AI data platform

2 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

IBM to Acquire Confluent

2 months / finsmes / FinSMEs

IBM extends AI push with $11bn takeover of Confluent

2 months / ft

IBM buys Confluent for $11 billion

2 months / reddit / /u/emotionalfescue

IBM to acquire Confluent for $11B as it seeks to bolster its data offerings

2 months / techcrunch / Ram Iyer

IBM drops $11B on Confluent to feed next-gen AI ambitions

2 months / theregister / Paul Kunert

IBM buys data streaming platform Confluent in $11 billion deal

2 months / go

Why IBM plans to buy Confluent in its biggest deal since 2019

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

IBM to Acquire Confluent

2 months / ycombinator

IBM to Buy Confluent for $11 Billion to Expand in AI Services

2 months / bloomberg / Liana Baker


All Other Stories

IBM is buying data infrastructure company Confluent for $11 billion in cash in a bid to to bolster its data and automation products as ever more companies move their tech operations to the cloud and deploy AI technology.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

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