Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros

Post by grosswait » Tue, Dec 09, 2025, 11:24 AM UTC

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It looks like it. $2.8bn by Warner Brothers to Netflix [1]. If the vote looks close, Paramount would be expected to raise their bid to cover that cost. [1] https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065280/000119312525... 8.3(a)

The failed merger and similar clawback clause between Kroger and Albertsons is currently destroying a significant part of the supply chain for food in the Pacific Northwest. Grocery stores that have been open for 50-75 years - stores where whole neighborhoods and towns were built around - are closing forever, leaving those areas as food deserts. Either way, this entertainment merger is going to get ugly. Consumers ar…

Post by watwut » Tue, Dec 09, 2025, 11:32 AM UTC

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>supposedly My man, you don't have to mince words here. This hostile bid is backed by Jared Kushner, who is the President's son in law. One Rich Asshole owns Paramount, and is most certainly supporting the bid here. This deal would also leave CNN in a very vulnerable position (they are owned by WB), which is exactly what Trump wants.

One thing that is remarkable is how fast American media companies are folding or getting scooped up by the oligarchs in order to bring the sacrificed carcass to the ruler. Even Putin did not have it this easy - took him years.

Post by actionfromafar » Tue, Dec 09, 2025, 11:56 AM UTC

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the fact that this is credible should scare every entrepreneur. If you cant compete on an even playing field because some people have direct government involvement in tipping the scales we are neither a free market economy nor a democracy.

There are hundreds of examples of crony capitalism in the world, current and past. Now you can study them and see what'll happen in the US in the next few years. "It can't happen here", said the arrogant American...

Post by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF » Tue, Dec 09, 2025, 12:04 PM UTC

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12 Fast and the Furious, 42 X-Men movies… yeah - drowning

Not to mention franchises like Star Wars, Marvel, Alien, Predator, Jurassic Park etc.

Post by actionfromafar » Tue, Dec 09, 2025, 12:05 PM UTC

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The most concerning aspect for me is the obvious and conspicuously-timed consolidation of these companies under David Ellison. Within the past few months he's taken control of Paramount, CBS, The Free Press, and now he's working on Warner Bros. From everything I've seen he's basically an ideologue, and has already re-structured CBS to align with his vision. Just something that seems very out in the open yet kind of p…

Aren't all of the super rich ideologues? Ellisons father Larry for sure is. So is Ruppert Murdoch. The only interesting thing about David Ellison is that his politics are different (slightly to the center) from his father. That's uncommon in those circles.