NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros. is telling shareholders of the company that it believes a $72 billion buyout offer from Netflix is superior, and to reject a hostile takeover bid from Paramount Skydance. Paramount went hostile with its bid last week, asking shareholders to reject the deal with Netflix favored by the board of Warner Bros. Paramount is offering $30 per Warner share, or $77.9 billion, to Netflix’s $27.75 per share. A Warner Bros. merger with either company would alter the landscape in Hollywo ...

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Paramount is standing by its current proposal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, warning shareholders that embracing Netflix‘s offer would saddle them with a “heavily indebted, sub-scale linear business.” The David Ellison-led media company conveyed its position in a press release Wednesday, soon after WBD’s board of directors recommended against the Paramount option. Neither party has changed its deal terms, though it is widely expected that Wednesday’s crossing of swords could usher in a new round of com ...

This is breaking news. We just learned that Warner Brothers Discovery is recommending its shareholders reject Paramount's hostile takeover bid. WBD is arguing that its plan to sell most of the media company to Netflix is a better move for its shareholders.Netflix also speaking out, welcoming this decision, saying it's a this deal is a quote superior alternative for WBD stockholders. ...

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s board of directors urged shareholders to reject Paramount Skydance’s hostile takeover bid for the company, arguing that it poses "significant" risks and costs.  The media behemoth said Wednesday that members of its board determined that the tender offer from Paramount Skydance was "not in the best interests" of the company or its shareholders, and that they continue to "unanimously" recommend the Netflix merger.Warner Bros. Discovery agreed to sell its film and television stud ...

Markets ended marginally lower on Tuesday, weighed down by a sharp reversal in the rupee after it touched a record low and weak broader market sentiment, with nearly two-thirds of traded stocks declining and 196 scrips hitting 52-week lows. The BSE Sensex closed at 84,559.65, down 120.21 points or 0.14 per cent, after opening higher at 84,856.26. The NSE Nifty fell 41.55 points or 0.16 per cent to settle at 25,818.55, after touching an intraday high of 25,902.40. Of the 4,328 stocks traded on the BSE, 2,761 ...

Warner Bros. Discovery is advising its shareholders to reject a hostile takeover bid by Paramount in favor of its original agreement with streaming giant Netflix https://t.co/iV8hNqVjDw ...

Warner Bros. Discovery today urged shareholders to reject Paramount‘s hostile $108 billion takeover proposal, saying Netflix‘s previously accepted offer remains superior. In a 3-page letter, WBD laid out its concerns about a number of aspects of Paramount’s offer. One of its primary issues is the repeated insistence by Paramount that its offer is backstopped by the Ellison family fortune. Larry Ellison, the father of Paramount CEO David Ellison, is a financial backer of the transaction and, as co-founder o ...

US stocks broadly rose on Wednesday, poised to backtrack on a string of recent slumps as oil surged, Oracle shares slid, and investors continued to debate what the latest jobs data means for Federal Reserve policy and the US economy. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) and on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) moved up nearly 0.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) added 0.3%, after US stocks finished mixed in Tuesday's session.  Also in focus, Oracle (ORCL) stock sank after the Financial Times reported that privat ...

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