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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Bauder

Takeover bid of parent company means limbo for CNN, some fellow cable networks

Warner Bros CNN - (2025 Invision)

Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery, announced Monday, places CNN and its sister cable networks squarely back into what is likely to be an extended period of management limbo.

There was some relief at CNN with last Friday's announcement that Netflix was buying Warner's studio and streaming businesses, since the cable network would not be a part of that deal. Paramount's bid, if successful, opens the possibility of a combined CNN and CBS News.

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