Future of Paramount+ among merger talks

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Netflix is having its own problems right now. Not sure how buying WB is going to solve them.

 

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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/wbd-sale-warner-bros-media.html

Netflix and Comcast are among the interested parties, sources told CNBC’s David Faber.

 

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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/wbd-sale-warner-bros-media.html

Comcast is over $90 billion in debt.

Why they would want to assume WBD's $40 billion debt is anyone's guess.

 

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It's the Netflix way...

 

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Netflix's Ted Sarandos: 'We Will Be Choosy' With M&A Amid Warner Bros. Sale Talks

But the co-CEO maintains the streamer has no interest in acquiring legacy media networks

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Notably, Sarandos noted there’s been “no change” to Netflix’s interest in “owning legacy media networks,” likely referencing the upcoming Warner Bros. Discovery split that will divide the company into Warner Bros., which will house the film studio, HBO and streaming assets, and Discovery Global, which will consist of the company’s linear networks.

 

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'KPop Demon Hunters' Phenom Won't Change Netflix's Theatrical Strategy, Ted Sarandos Says

Ted Sarandos says their priority is streaming first, and sees the success of the animated hit as validation of that approach

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The fact that Netflix won't be correcting these perspectives is an indication of what awaits Warner Bros. and the 'theaters' after the Warner Bros. acquisition.