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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Jeremy Barr in Washington

Paramount launches $108.4bn hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery

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The Paramount Pictures logo is displayed at Paramount Studios on 30 October 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance is not giving up in its aggressive campaign to acquire Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), launching a hostile bid for the entertainment company despite the announcement on Friday that Netflix had agreed to buy its studio and streaming operation.

Netflix’s bid for WBD’s storied Hollywood movie studio, as well as its premier HBO cable network, valued the company at $82.7bn. But it did not agree to acquire WBD’s traditional television assets, including the news network CNN and the Discovery channel.

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