Paramount Targets Warner Bros. For Hostile Bid—Challenges Netflix Deal
Forbes·2025-12-08 14:40

ToplineParamount on Monday said it has launched a hostile effort to acquire Warner Bros. in a deal that would give shareholders $18 billion more in cash than the $82.7 billion Netflix announced it would buy the company for last week. Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison on Oct. 9, 2025. AFP via Getty ImagesKey FactsParamount, run by David Ellison, said it will offer $30 per share for the entirety of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. and slammed the $27.75-per-share Netflix deal as offering "inferior and uncertai ...