The New York Times

Jared Kushner, the President’s Son-in-Law, Is Part of Paramount’s Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

Mr. Kushner’s private equity fund is one of the many groups helping Paramount mount a hostile bid to buy the group, whose holdings include CNN. By Lauren Hirsch Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros ...
TechCrunch

Paramount goes to war with Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery with hostile $108.4B bid

Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile, $108.4 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), days after Warner agreed to be acquired by Netflix for $82.7 billion. Paramount is going ...
TheWrap

What’s Next for Paramount’s Hostile Takeover Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

Paramount is taking its all-cash offer for Warner Bros. Discovery directly to shareholders, just the latest swerve in one of the greatest M&A sagas of all time. But what happens next? The move throws ...
CNN

Paramount launches a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

Paramount has gone straight to Warner Bros. Discovery’s shareholders with an all-cash offer in an extraordinary endeavor to gain control of Hollywood’s most sought-after prize – a bid that Netflix ...
BBC

Paramount launches rival bid for Warner Bros Discovery

Paramount Skydance has made another offer to buy Warner Bros Discovery as it seeks to trump a rival plan from Netflix to buy the company's studio and streaming networks. Paramount, which is backed by ...
The Financial Express

Netflix gets outbid: Paramount makes hostile bid for Warner Bros

Paramount Skydance (PSKY.O) on Monday launched a hostile bid worth $108.4 billion for Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O), opens new tab, in a last-ditch effort to outbid Netflix and create a media ...
Variety

Paramount Launches Hostile Takeover Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Valued at $108 Billion, Seeking to Derail Netflix’s Deal

Paramount's offer includes funding from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi wealth funds, backing from Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners David Ellison is not going away quietly in his quest to land ...
The Guardian

Why has Paramount Skydance launched a hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery – and what happens now?

The future of some of the world’s most prominent media and entertainment businesses hangs in the balance Warner Bros Discovery, the entertainment giant behind the storied Hollywood movie studios, HBO, ...
Yahoo Finance

Ellison's Paramount makes $108B cash offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, escalating buyout fight with Netflix

Paramount Skydance (PSKY) announced on Monday a bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) in an all-cash deal worth $30 per share, with a total value of $108.4 billion, as the company moves to top ...
Yahoo Finance

PARAMOUNT LAUNCHES All-CASH TENDER OFFER TO ACQUIRE WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY FOR $30 PER SHARE

Offer provides superior value, and a more certain and quicker path to completion to WBD shareholders Equity to be backstopped by Ellison Family and RedBird Capital in addition to debt fully committed ...
Variety

Paramount Skydance’s David Ellison Sends Letter to Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholders Making Case for Why Its Bid Is Better Than Netflix Deal: ‘I Am Passionate and ...

Among other points, Ellison’s letter to WBD shareholders reiterates Paramount’s claim that the Netflix deal with Warner Bros. Discovery undervalues WB’s TV networks. According to Paramount’s estimates ...
The Hollywood Reporter

It’s a Bidding War: Paramount Attempts Hostile Offer for Warner Bros.

David Ellison calls Netflix's $82.7 billion deal value an "inferior proposal" and tells Warners shareholders that his coalition (which includes Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds) promises $18 ...