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Paramount’s $108B All-Cash Bid Competes with Netflix in Media Deal Showdown

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Executive Summary Paramount Skydance has submitted a $108.4 billion all-cash hostile bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), offering $30 per share—surpassing Netflix’s competing deal valued at about $82.7–83 billion with $27.75 per share. Netflix’s deal would acquire only WBD’s studios and streaming businesses, whereas Paramount’s offer includes WBD’s entire company, including linear cable assets. …

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Paramount’s $108B Hostile Bid for Warner Bros Discovery Beats Netflix — Big Risks Ahead

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Executive Summary Paramount Skydance has initiated a hostile all-cash tender offer of US$108.4 billion (US$30 per share) to acquire *Warner Bros. Discovery* (WBD), seeking to supersede Netflix’s earlier agreed proposal valued at US$82.7 billion (US$27.75 per share) for WBD’s studios and streaming assets, excluding cable networks. Paramount claims its bid offers greater regulatory certainty and …

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How Netflix’s $59B Bridge Loan Fuels Its Warner Bros Acquisition & Debt Strategy

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Gist Netflix is buying Warner Bros Discovery’s studios and streaming assets for an enterprise value of $82.7 billion, while the Global Networks unit is spun off as Discovery Global. The deal is funded by a $59 billion unsecured bridge loan led by Wells Fargo, to be refinanced with bonds, term loans, and a revolving credit …

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