Paramount poised to acquire Warner Bros after Netflix drops bid

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Paramount Skydance, led by David Ellison, is set to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery after Netflix withdrew its takeover bid. Netflix stated that matching Paramount's offer was no longer financially viable. The deal will place media properties like CNN, Nickelodeon, and HBO under the control of the Ellison family, headed by Oracle's Larry Ellison. The Warner Bros. board had previously deemed Paramount's offer a "Superior Proposal." The acquisition concludes a major media bidding war, consolidating a vast array of media assets under Paramount Skydance's ownership.

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The Warner Bros. board declared Paramount's offer a “Superior Proposal”.

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Netflix said it was “declining to match” Paramount’s latest offer.

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Netflix said it would not raise its takeover offer.

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The deal puts media properties under the control of the family led by Larry Ellison.

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Paramount Skydance was poised to take control of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Paramount Skydance, run by pro-Trump technology heir David Ellison, was poised to take control of Warner Bros. Discovery on Thursday after Netflix said it would not raise its takeover offer, ending one of the biggest media bidding wars in a generation.The deal puts a constellation of media properties - from CNN to Nickelodeon to HBO - under the control of the family led by Oracle tycoon and White House ally Larry Ellison.Netflix said it was “declining to match” Paramount’s latest offer after the Warner Bros. board declared it a “Superior Proposal” under the terms of its existing merger agreement with Netflix.“The transaction we negotiated would have created shareholder value with a clear path to regulatory approval,” Netflix said in a statement.Paramount CEO David Ellison. Photo: AP“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,” it added.

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