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Paramount is getting ready to buy Warner Bros.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:42 pm
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:42 pm
Those assets include everything from WB movies to CNN to DC Comics IP. The merger would give the Ellison family the largest media empire in America, outstripping Disney. The consequences of this purchase would be massive, reverberating across media, culture, finance, and politics.
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Paramount Skydance is working with an investment bank as it prepares an offer for Warner Bros. Discovery , according to people familiar with the matter. Warner Bros. Discovery had yet to receive an offer as of Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss nonpublic dealings.
Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery soared more than 25% on Thursday after an initial report from the the Wall Street Journal that the recently merged Paramount Skydance
was preparing a takeover bid.
Representatives for Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery declined to comment.
Shares of Paramount Skydance were up roughly 8% in afternoon trading.
Warner Bros. Discovery recently announced plans to separate its global TV networks business from its streaming business and studios. The Journal reported Thursday the Paramount Skydance bid would be an all-cash offer for the entirety of WBD.
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Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:43 pm to DesScorp
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The consequences of this purchase would be massive, reverberating across media, culture, finance, and politics.
can you explain how?
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:46 pm to lsu777
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The consequences of this purchase would be massive
Crawfish prices, oops subscription prices, going up
I remember when I switched from cable to save money. It's creeping back up to that level.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:48 pm to Shexter
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Crawfish prices, oops subscription prices, going up
I remember when I switched from cable to save money. It's creeping back up to that level.
i mean maybe but i do see how prices going up reverberates through the industry.
im not real educated on that industry that is why i asked.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:49 pm to DesScorp
If this means Bugs Bunny and the gang is on Paramount+ I'm all for it
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:52 pm to DesScorp
Would this mean HBO Max goes away and everything (HBO, Discovery, etc.) would be through the Paramount+ app?
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:53 pm to Lexis Dad
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If this means Bugs Bunny and the gang is on Paramount+ I'm all for it
Would that be regular Paramount, Paramount +, or Paramount ++ ?
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:53 pm to DesScorp
We were in a long period of Balkanization of media
A consolidation was bound to happen
A consolidation was bound to happen
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:55 pm to DesScorp
FTC will be interested in this one, and rightfully so
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:57 pm to Shexter
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I remember when I switched from cable to save money. It's creeping back up to that level.
You don't have to subscribe to every app.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 2:07 pm to Shexter
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Would that be regular Paramount, Paramount +, or Paramount ++ ?
Paramount Max +
Posted on 9/11/25 at 2:17 pm to Corinthians420
Interesting direction in media is happening
Posted on 9/11/25 at 2:21 pm to lsu777
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can you explain how?
It would be combining two of the big 5 movie studios into one, which I imagine would have some large effects on the film industry. I also think it would make for even less originality in movies, which is dumb
Posted on 9/11/25 at 2:53 pm to CatfishJohn
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FTC will be interested in this one, and rightfully so
Yeah, definitely seems like it would trigger antitrust laws, unless something like entertainment isn't heavily scrutinized.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 3:38 pm to 632627
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FTC will be interested in this one, and rightfully so
Yeah, definitely seems like it would trigger antitrust laws, unless something like entertainment isn't heavily scrutinized.
It should, but right now entertainment is so beat down with competing new internet media that consolidation may be the only way the movie industry survives.
There was a time when Movie Studios could not own or exclusively contract with certain theater groups or owners. There were even limits to TV station ownership limiting some station groups to only 5 stations in the entire country. Now you have a hand full of TV station groups that own nearly all the major network affiliates in the entire country. You have big players like YouTube TV that are stealing cable customers but only are carrying network affiliated channels on their virtual cable systems but are also bypassing the the Local TV station ownership groups on revenue. Because the FCC gave that power to the networks instead of local TV station owners.
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Posted on 9/11/25 at 3:44 pm to DesScorp
And they still won’t put out any good movies
Posted on 9/11/25 at 3:51 pm to DesScorp
Will the Augean stables that is CNN get cleaned out?
Posted on 9/11/25 at 4:45 pm to PJinAtl
Please no, the Paramount app already buffers too much.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 5:20 pm to CatfishJohn
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FTC will be interested in this one, and rightfully so
Both sides have been making moves internally in anticipation of this move. Many of those actions were done specifically because of the eventual FTC hurdle, and to preempt many of the concerns that approval process will have.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:18 pm to DesScorp
Think how many players they can buy for Michigan.
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