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Holly Williams

Warner Bros tells investors to reject sweetened £80bn Paramount bid

Warner Bros Discovery has been the centre of a drawn out takeover battle (Alamy/PA) -

Warner Bros Discovery has told shareholders to reject a sweetened 108 billion US dollar (£80 billion) hostile bid from Paramount Skydance and to stick with a rival offer from Netflix.

Paramount, which is controlled by the Ellison family, last month lodged a 30 dollars (£22.50) a share bid for Warner Bros, days after the company agreed to be bought by Netflix in early December in a 72 billion dollar (£54 billion) deal, or 82.7 billion dollars (£62 billion) including debts.

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