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Paramount today announced it has commenced an all-cash tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Warner Bros. Discovery for $30.00 per share in cash.
Co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters were talking about the UBS Conference, when the former addressed Paramount’s $108.4bn all-cash hostile bid, saying: “Today’s move was entirely expected. We have a deal done, and we are incredibly happy with the deal.”
But in the process of absorbing Warner Bros., Netflix passed on the basic-cable side of Warner Bros. Discovery, leaving the company’s portfolio of basic-cable platforms -- at least 25 by my count on the WBD corporate website -- to sink or swim on their own.
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What Netflix Buying Warner Bros. Means For The Future Of Professional Wrestling (It's Complicated)
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The juggernaut created by a merged Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery would have annual revenues of $6.6B in the Asia-Pacific region, per MPA.