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Will Netflix Ensh-ttify HBO? What The Head Honcho Has To Say

Netflix isn't exactly known for prestige content.

Cinemablend

Netflix vows to keep Ted Lasso on Apple TV if it buys Warner

Warner shows, like Ted Lasso, won't be switched to Netflix if it buys the studio – but that might not be the case if Paramount is the new owner

Netflix CEO promises to commit to releasing Warner Bros. movies theatrically after studio sale: "We didn't buy this company to destroy that value"

Ted Sarandos responds to concerns about theatrical releases after Netflix's Warner Bros. purchase

Total Film

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Netflix CEO brushes aside Paramount’s ‘entirely expected’ hostile bid, ‘superconfident’ of closing deal with Warner Bros. Discovery

The Netflix co-CEO also said he’s talked with the president “many times” since the election, and that he’ll be good to movie theaters once he’s running a studio.

Fortune

Netflix Head Honcho Ted Sarandos Does Not Seem To Be Sweating That Paramount Counter Deal

Netflix is chill.

Cinemablend

Donald Trump Says He'll 'Be Involved' in Choosing Who Gets To Merge With Warner Bros.

Paramount Skydance is banking on the Ellison family's relationship with Trump following Netflix outbidding the company to acquire Warner Bros.

Reason

Paramount launches "clearly superior" $100 billion cash bid to steal Warner Bros. away from Netflix, WB to respond "within 10 business days"

Paramount is hoping to snatch Warner Bros. out from under Netflix with a competing bid

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Jared Kushner suddenly emerges in the Warner brawl between Paramount and Netflix, backed by Saudi billions and fresh off brokering another megadeal

Trump’s son-in-law is emerging as a central conduit for Gulf money moving into American media, and they’re backing the Ellisons and Paramount.

Fortune

Paramount, backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, launches hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, one day after US president Donald Trump says the Netflix deal 'could be a problem'

The Paramount bid is also supported by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, so that's probably not great for Netflix's ambitions.

PC Gamer

Hostile takeover launched over Netflix-Warner deal with new $108B Paramount bid after Sarandos woos Trump at White House

The Netflix chief’s pilgrimage to DC came as Paramount’s ownership believed it had the inside track to acquire Warner Bros. due to the Ellison family’s close ties to the president.

The Independent UK

Paramount launches $108bn rival bid for Warner Bros

Media giant going straight to Warner Bros shareholders after Netflix announces $72bn buyout plan

The Independent UK

Netflix needs Warner Bros.'s IP and franchises to remain the default streaming service

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Fortune

US President Trump Calls Netflix a “Great Company” but Says Merger “Could Be a Problem”

Trump says Netflix’s plan to buy Warner Bros Discovery could be a problem, raising questions about market dominance as unions call for the deal to be blocked.

The Fashion Central

Trump says Netflix £54bn takeover of Warner Bros ‘could be a problem’

The US president said the deal could raise issues given the size of the merged group’s market share in the industry.

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The Independent UK

Trump signals intervention in Netflix’s takeover of Warner Bros: ‘It could be a problem’

US president says the deal could raise issues given the size of the merged group’s market share in the industry

International Business Times UK

Trump Sees Possible Problem in Netflix-Warner Bros Deal, Expresses Desire to Get Involved

Trump raises alarm over Netflix's £61bn Warner Bros mega-merger

Benzinga

Trump Says 'I Will Be Involved' In Netflix–Warner Bros. Mega Merger As He Praises Ted Sarandos For Doing 'Legendary Job'

On Sunday, President Donald Trump said that he intends to play a direct role in the federal review of Netflix Inc.'s (NASDAQ:NFLX) takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD), even as he praised the former's co-CEO, Ted Sarandos.

Total Film

James Gunn shares thoughts on the DCU following the Netflix Warner Bros. deal

“The communal, theatrical experience is something that is incredibly important and remarkably well suited to our big spectacle films.”

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The Mary Sue

The Netflix & Warner Bros. deal might not be set in stone

Is the deal done?

Pedestrian.tv

Netflix To Buy Warner Bros & HBO Max, Here’s What That Means For The Future Of Movies

Netflix is buying Warner Bros. and HBO Max in an $82.7 billion megadeal, reshaping Hollywood. Here's what it actually means.

We Got This Covered

Netflix officially buys Warner Bros., leaving Hollywood worried and Christopher Nolan scrambling to be its protector

This is only a good deal for the billionaires trying to buy a new yacht

Kiplinger

Stocks Keep Climbing as Fed Meeting Nears: Stock Market Today

A stale inflation report and improving consumer sentiment did little to shift expectations for a rate cut next week.

The Guardian - US

‘This merger must be blocked’: Netflix-Warner Bros deal faces fierce backlash

US politicians and Hollywood guilds have voiced concerns against the proposed $83bn purchase of the studio

The Mary Sue

The Netflix/Warner Bros. deal is bad, actually

The news is definitely bleak as we face what is one of the biggest mergers of our time. As the Netflix deal to purchase Warner Brothers Entertainment looms over us with increasingly likely success, an anonymous collective of key industry players have sent an open letter to Congress, describing the…

The Mary Sue

Movie theaters are going to die aren’t they?

This is the bad place.

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