Netflix Banks A Quick $2.8 Billion As Paramount Pays WBD Termination Fee

Things in media M&A land continue to move fast with Netflix revealing this afternoon that it is $2.8 billion richer after receiving the fresh cash from Paramount. The David Ellison company’s Superior Proposal for Warner Bros. Discovery, which was accepted by the WBD board, included paying out the termination fee if WBD walked away from its Netflix deal. The giant streamer said WBD also informed it that their merger agreement is officially dead. “On February 27, 2026, WBD provided notice to Netflix that it ...