Future of Paramount+ among merger talks

[Danja]

Idunno. Maybe play music videos?

Streaming Killed the Video Star.

Warner Bros Discovery Sale Ribbed At Golden Globes: “Do I Hear Five Dollars?”

The biggest story in Hollywood got a few zingers during the 2026 Golden Globes as host Nikki Glaser weighed in on the sale of Warner Bros Discovery.

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The biggest story in Hollywood and one of the messiest got a few zingers during the Golden Globes ceremony Sunday as host Nikki Glaser kicked off her opening monologue with a reference to the biggest takeover target in years. “We’ll start the bidding for Warner Bros at five dollars — do I hear five dollars?” the comedian joked.

Dinging David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance, the owner of the Globes’ broadcast network CBS since August who is in the midst of a fight for WBD, Glaser called CBS News “Americans’ newest place to ‘See BS News’ ” and offered it a mock award for “Most Editing.”

Later in the evening, as Glaser descended from the stage into the starry audience, she noted, “Behind me is the HBO table — or whatever it will be called by the time the show ends.”

Ouch ...

 

[oktay]

Issa Rae Signs Multiyear First-Look Film & TV Pact With Paramount

Issa Rae Signs Multi-Year First Look Film & TV Pact With Paramount

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[Mudd]

Warner Bros. Discovery reopens bidding, gives Paramount seven days to make its case

Warner Bros. Discovery set a March 20 deadline for its shareholders to finally vote on their preferred outcome in the high-stakes bidding war as its board continues to favor the competing offer from Netflix.

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[Danja]

Warner Bros Discovery Board Calls Paramount’s Proposal “Superior”, Gives Netflix Four Days To Up Its Bid

Warner Bros. Discovery is opening the door to a bidding war between Paramount and Netflix, labeling Paramount's latest bid a "company superior offer."

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[Paul755]

Netflix says it won’t up their offer. So the Ellisons win.

 

[Danja]

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/warner-bros-discovery-deems-paramounts-213612913.html

NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix is declining to raise its offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business, in a stunning move that effectively puts Paramount in a position to take over its storied Hollywood rival.

 

[Quinton]

Wild. There it is.

 

[Danja]

Just the thing to commemorate the merger ...

 

[fireproof78]

It's Strange.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Just the thing to commemorate the merger ...

Who knew Robin was Spock's ancestor?

 

[oktay]

Paramount announced a $500 million loss in the last quarter. Even if David Ellison's father pays off Warner Bros. and Paramount's debts, Paramount will most likely go bankrupt in a few years if it can't produce box office hits. They were also going to make a film with George Clooney. However, a clause was added requiring him not to speak about politics for two years, which Clooney considered a form of silencing and left the project.

 

[Paul755]

Yeah, supposedly the new company (assuming this goes thru) will start 100 billion in the hole. So I wouldn’t necessarily count on any new Star Trek for a while now that Academy S2 has wrapped.

 

[oktay]

Yeah, supposedly the new company (assuming this goes thru) will start 100 billion in the hole. So I wouldn’t necessarily count on any new Star Trek for a while now that Academy S2 has wrapped.

David Ellison Couldn't his father have paid the 100 billion dollars?

 

[Mudd]

Warners' film business is better off with Paramount than Netflix.

 

[Danja]

Warners' film business is better off with Paramount than Netflix.

Netflix is notorious for cancelling shows after two seasons.

I once read a post on Twitter/X that said there should be a band called "Cancelled After Two Seasons on Netflix".

Warner has real expertise in merchandising (something Paramount has struggled with). They're doing great with their Harry Potter and Lego Batman toy lines (This is to say nothing of Warner's Harry Potter land at Universal Studios).

 

[Detached Nacelle]

Ewww that's even worse than netflix buying it. So many franchise that will be contorting into appealing to fascists oh excuse me be sensitive to conservative values.

 

[Danja]

So many franchise that will be contorting into appealing to fascists oh excuse me be sensitive to conservative values.

They've got the Top Gun franchise for the America First/MAGA crowd.

 

[Soong-type Android]

I suppose it'll be interesting to see what happens to the DC movie and TV projects under Paramount.

 

[Mudd]

I suppose it'll be interesting to see what happens to the DC movie and TV projects under Paramount.

Not likely to be affected.

 

[Danja]

Ted Went All That Way For Nuthin’: Netflix Lost WB While Sarandos Was Pitching Deal At The White House

Netflix's Ted Sarandos's White House visit proved an exercise in real-time realpolitik as Paramount won the multibillion-dollar bid for Warner Bros Discovery

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