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Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly signed an agreement Friday on a $110 billion deal, a merger that will make Paramount one of the largest media empires in the world. It happened after a dramatic turn of events and after Netflix walked away from its proposal to buy out...

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Netflix struck a deal Friday to buy Warner Bros. Discovery in a $72 billion deal that would bring together two of the biggest players in television and film.
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Netflix struck a deal Friday to buy Warner Bros. Discovery in a $72 billion deal that would bring together two of the biggest players in television and film.

The Associated Press

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Netflix has struck a nearly $83 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros., beating out Paramount and Comcast after a bidding war. If finalized, it would unite the world’s largest streamer with one of Hollywood’s oldest studios. The move raises big questions about the future of theatrical releases and serious concerns about market concentration. Geoff Bennett speaks to Matthew Belloni for more.
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Netflix has struck a nearly $83 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros., beating out Paramount and Comcast after a bidding war. If finalized, it would unite the world’s largest streamer with one of Hollywood’s oldest studios. The move raises big questions about the future of theatrical releases and serious concerns about market concentration. Geoff Bennett speaks to Matthew Belloni for more.

PBS News

24,144 次观看 • 8 个月前

'Paramount suddenly is in a much stronger position to take over CNN and the rest of the Warner Bros. Discovery company, which includes HBO and the Warner Bros. movie studio and all those other assets.' CNN's Brian Stelter on the impact of Netflix declining to raise its offer to buy Warner Bros.
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'Paramount suddenly is in a much stronger position to take over CNN and the rest of the Warner Bros. Discovery company, which includes HBO and the Warner Bros. movie studio and all those other assets.' CNN's Brian Stelter on the impact of Netflix declining to raise its offer to buy Warner Bros.

The Lead CNN

54,748 次观看 • 5 个月前

Javier Bardem reacts to the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger freeze, saying that consolidating Hollywood to "two or three big studios" could worsen job losses in Los Angeles and New York. "I may be wrong, I may be right, but the only thing I want to support is the jobs — and the quality of the jobs." Bardem, along with over 1,400 other Hollywood creatives, signed an open letter opposing the $110 billion merger of Paramount Skydance with Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Javier Bardem reacts to the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger freeze, saying that consolidating Hollywood to "two or three big studios" could worsen job losses in Los Angeles and New York. "I may be wrong, I may be right, but the only thing I want to support is the jobs — and the quality of the jobs." Bardem, along with over 1,400 other Hollywood creatives, signed an open letter opposing the $110 billion merger of Paramount Skydance with Warner Bros. Discovery.

Variety

131,707 次观看 • 1 个月前

The proposed $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery hit a major roadblock when California’s attorney general and 11 other states sued to stop it, citing antitrust concerns. That move was followed by Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison threatening to take his operations out of California if the deal isn’t approved. William Brangham discussed with Matthew Belloni of Puck News.
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The proposed $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery hit a major roadblock when California’s attorney general and 11 other states sued to stop it, citing antitrust concerns. That move was followed by Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison threatening to take his operations out of California if the deal isn’t approved. William Brangham discussed with Matthew Belloni of Puck News.

PBS News

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This weekend several parties are gearing up to bid on Warner Brothers Discovery in a heated auction. This comes a full quarter century since I advised Aol in their $183 billion merger with Time Warner in the largest deal in history in 2000, a deal way ahead of its time and massively financially lopsided (in my client’s favor). Who will win the bidding for Warner Bros. – Comcast, Netflix, Skydance Paramount or a dark horse candidate? My bet is on Paramount because Comcast’s Brian Roberts is economically rational and Netflix doesn’t need it. Plus, Skydance’s David Ellison has both his dad’s cash and connections (Saudi money?) and the right political connections (Trump) to get the deal greenlit. Whoever wins the auction, one thing’s certain: the real winner is David Zaslav who bet big on a high-risk leveraged play when he convinced AT&T to merge Warner Bros. with Discovery in deal at one point had $48 billion of debt – a deal that panned out after all at a time when legacy media is in decline. Very Disco!
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This weekend several parties are gearing up to bid on Warner Brothers Discovery in a heated auction. This comes a full quarter century since I advised Aol in their $183 billion merger with Time Warner in the largest deal in history in 2000, a deal way ahead of its time and massively financially lopsided (in my client’s favor). Who will win the bidding for Warner Bros. – Comcast, Netflix, Skydance Paramount or a dark horse candidate? My bet is on Paramount because Comcast’s Brian Roberts is economically rational and Netflix doesn’t need it. Plus, Skydance’s David Ellison has both his dad’s cash and connections (Saudi money?) and the right political connections (Trump) to get the deal greenlit. Whoever wins the auction, one thing’s certain: the real winner is David Zaslav who bet big on a high-risk leveraged play when he convinced AT&T to merge Warner Bros. with Discovery in deal at one point had $48 billion of debt – a deal that panned out after all at a time when legacy media is in decline. Very Disco!

Terence Kawaja

18,250 次观看 • 8 个月前

🇺🇸 JARED KUSHNER’S FIRM PULLS OUT OF WARNER BROS TAKEOVER BATTLE Kushner’s private equity firm, Affinity Partners, has exited the high-stakes effort backing Paramount Skydance’s hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros, signaling a major shift in one of the biggest media fights in years. The firm confirmed it is no longer pursuing the deal, citing rapidly changing dynamics around the bid. Affinity had been part of a deep-pocketed financial group supporting Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison’s unsolicited offer, valued at more than $108 billion, for the entire Warner Bros empire. The withdrawal comes days after Warner Bros. and Netflix announced a separate agreement that would carve out key assets, including HBO, HBO Max, and the Warner Bros film studio, effectively undercutting Paramount’s full-company play. With multiple bidders circling and boardroom resistance growing, the ground shifted fast. Affinity said it still believes there is strategic logic behind Paramount’s bid, but competition and deal structure no longer justified staying in the fight. The fund had been aligned with major international investors, including Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and other Gulf-based backers. Warner Bros. is now widely expected to reject Paramount’s offer, while regulators loom over any potential merger. The media consolidation war isn’t slowing down. It’s just getting sharper. Source: NBC, BloombergTV
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🇺🇸 JARED KUSHNER’S FIRM PULLS OUT OF WARNER BROS TAKEOVER BATTLE Kushner’s private equity firm, Affinity Partners, has exited the high-stakes effort backing Paramount Skydance’s hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros, signaling a major shift in one of the biggest media fights in years. The firm confirmed it is no longer pursuing the deal, citing rapidly changing dynamics around the bid. Affinity had been part of a deep-pocketed financial group supporting Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison’s unsolicited offer, valued at more than $108 billion, for the entire Warner Bros empire. The withdrawal comes days after Warner Bros. and Netflix announced a separate agreement that would carve out key assets, including HBO, HBO Max, and the Warner Bros film studio, effectively undercutting Paramount’s full-company play. With multiple bidders circling and boardroom resistance growing, the ground shifted fast. Affinity said it still believes there is strategic logic behind Paramount’s bid, but competition and deal structure no longer justified staying in the fight. The fund had been aligned with major international investors, including Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and other Gulf-based backers. Warner Bros. is now widely expected to reject Paramount’s offer, while regulators loom over any potential merger. The media consolidation war isn’t slowing down. It’s just getting sharper. Source: NBC, BloombergTV

Mario Nawfal

106,308 次观看 • 8 个月前

🚨🇺🇸 NETFLIX’S $72 BILLION TAKEOVER OF WARNER BROS SHAKES HOLLYWOOD TO ITS CORE Netflix just rewrote Hollywood’s future. The streamer announced a $72 billion cash-and-stock deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s film and TV studios, HBO, HBO Max, and gaming business... its largest acquisition ever and one of the biggest in media history. The offer values Warner Bros. at $27.75 per share ($23.25 in cash and $4.50 in Netflix stock), totaling $82.7 billion when factoring in debt. It beats rival bids from Paramount Skydance and Comcast and comes with a hefty $5.8 billion breakup fee if regulators block it. Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said it’s all about growth and storytelling: “We can’t stand still. We need to keep innovating and investing in stories that matter most to audiences, and that’s what this deal is all about. The combination of Netflix and Warner Brothers creates a better Netflix for the long term. It sets us up for success for decades to come. Warner Brothers has some of the best entertainment in the world, period.” The merger would unite franchises like Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, and DC under one streaming roof, while preserving theatrical releases with shorter windows. Source: CNBC, Variety, Bloomberg
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🚨🇺🇸 NETFLIX’S $72 BILLION TAKEOVER OF WARNER BROS SHAKES HOLLYWOOD TO ITS CORE Netflix just rewrote Hollywood’s future. The streamer announced a $72 billion cash-and-stock deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s film and TV studios, HBO, HBO Max, and gaming business... its largest acquisition ever and one of the biggest in media history. The offer values Warner Bros. at $27.75 per share ($23.25 in cash and $4.50 in Netflix stock), totaling $82.7 billion when factoring in debt. It beats rival bids from Paramount Skydance and Comcast and comes with a hefty $5.8 billion breakup fee if regulators block it. Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said it’s all about growth and storytelling: “We can’t stand still. We need to keep innovating and investing in stories that matter most to audiences, and that’s what this deal is all about. The combination of Netflix and Warner Brothers creates a better Netflix for the long term. It sets us up for success for decades to come. Warner Brothers has some of the best entertainment in the world, period.” The merger would unite franchises like Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, and DC under one streaming roof, while preserving theatrical releases with shorter windows. Source: CNBC, Variety, Bloomberg

Mario Nawfal

296,256 次观看 • 8 个月前

The left wing elite are in full panic mode now that Paramount is buying Warner Bros Discover, and with that merger Trump ally Larry Ellison (and his son David) will control the combined media giant. Under the new ownership of Paramount, CBS News and CNN won't be fully controlled by the radical left. The far left wing "reporters" are CNN are in a full blown panic that they will no longer be able to promote their far left agenda. The Democrats were counting on their Obama allies at Netflix to purchase Warner Bros (and CNN). However the Ellison family outbid Netflix with $110 billion. Radical left wing senators like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are trying to claim "national security concerns" to block the merger. In reality, they are terrified at the thought of the left losing their control on the media narrative.
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The left wing elite are in full panic mode now that Paramount is buying Warner Bros Discover, and with that merger Trump ally Larry Ellison (and his son David) will control the combined media giant. Under the new ownership of Paramount, CBS News and CNN won't be fully controlled by the radical left. The far left wing "reporters" are CNN are in a full blown panic that they will no longer be able to promote their far left agenda. The Democrats were counting on their Obama allies at Netflix to purchase Warner Bros (and CNN). However the Ellison family outbid Netflix with $110 billion. Radical left wing senators like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are trying to claim "national security concerns" to block the merger. In reality, they are terrified at the thought of the left losing their control on the media narrative.

Wall Street Mav

102,443 次观看 • 4 个月前

Larry and David Ellison Are Building a Pro-Trump Media Behemoth Larry and David Ellison Are Building a Pro-Trump Media Behemoth With the president’s blessing, the Ellisons’ Skydance merged with Paramount, gaining control of CBS News. Now the new giant might gobble up Warner Bros. Discovery, which includes CNN.
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Larry and David Ellison Are Building a Pro-Trump Media Behemoth Larry and David Ellison Are Building a Pro-Trump Media Behemoth With the president’s blessing, the Ellisons’ Skydance merged with Paramount, gaining control of CBS News. Now the new giant might gobble up Warner Bros. Discovery, which includes CNN.

JOSH DUNLAP

49,914 次观看 • 5 个月前

This could be one of the biggest wins in recent history. The New York Post says disgraced Susan Rice "cost Netflix on home stretch of Warner Bros. Discovery deal." Netflix lost a deal that would have given the Obama's unchecked control over what our children watch. Trump donor and Paramount owner Larry Ellison swept in and took over Warner Bros. Never forget: Susan Rice demanded all Trump supporters be thrown in "reeducation camps." Psycho.
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This could be one of the biggest wins in recent history. The New York Post says disgraced Susan Rice "cost Netflix on home stretch of Warner Bros. Discovery deal." Netflix lost a deal that would have given the Obama's unchecked control over what our children watch. Trump donor and Paramount owner Larry Ellison swept in and took over Warner Bros. Never forget: Susan Rice demanded all Trump supporters be thrown in "reeducation camps." Psycho.

Jack

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Puck’s Dylan Byers believes California AG Rob Bonta has a weak case for blocking the $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Byers says the suit relies on an “archaic” definition of the media market focused on theatrical and cable distribution, rather than the digital platforms actually dominating attention: “David Ellison wants Warner Bros. Discovery to have some semblance of the scale that would be required to compete in a world that is dominated by Netflix, YouTube, TikTok, Apple, Amazon, the list goes on.” “The notion that somehow a combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery is going to be this massive, dominant business that is going to corner every aspect of the market...that’s just not real.” “I think Bonta has an uphill climb in that regard. But he can certainly create headaches, and certainly legal fees, for Ellison for many months.”
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Puck’s Dylan Byers believes California AG Rob Bonta has a weak case for blocking the $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Byers says the suit relies on an “archaic” definition of the media market focused on theatrical and cable distribution, rather than the digital platforms actually dominating attention: “David Ellison wants Warner Bros. Discovery to have some semblance of the scale that would be required to compete in a world that is dominated by Netflix, YouTube, TikTok, Apple, Amazon, the list goes on.” “The notion that somehow a combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery is going to be this massive, dominant business that is going to corner every aspect of the market...that’s just not real.” “I think Bonta has an uphill climb in that regard. But he can certainly create headaches, and certainly legal fees, for Ellison for many months.”

TBPN

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🚨Let’s think about this for a minute… Paramount buys Warner bros who owns CNN. David and Larry Ellison now own more than a third of tech and media with Trump right in the center of all this. Did Trump just takeover media?
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🚨Let’s think about this for a minute… Paramount buys Warner bros who owns CNN. David and Larry Ellison now own more than a third of tech and media with Trump right in the center of all this. Did Trump just takeover media?

The Maverick Approach

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Paramount is engaged in a battle with Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount’s most recent bid was rejected in part over financing. On Monday, Larry Ellison, the father of Paramount CEO David Ellison, personally guaranteed $40 billion in an effort to revive that bid. But Netflix’s proposed $83 billion offer is still considered the favorite for now. Talk of this deal has triggered widespread fears in Hollywood about what it could mean for the creative industry. Our senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown gets some perspective from one of the leading unions.
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Paramount is engaged in a battle with Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount’s most recent bid was rejected in part over financing. On Monday, Larry Ellison, the father of Paramount CEO David Ellison, personally guaranteed $40 billion in an effort to revive that bid. But Netflix’s proposed $83 billion offer is still considered the favorite for now. Talk of this deal has triggered widespread fears in Hollywood about what it could mean for the creative industry. Our senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown gets some perspective from one of the leading unions.

PBS News

53,283 次观看 • 8 个月前

Wait, Obama’s Netflix secured the Warner Bros deal despite offering less than Paramount. Talk about DEI! Also, did Obama threaten Warner Bros to make sure he and his annoying “wife” could build a streaming empire to blast their woke garbage that no one will watch? Obama literally spied on Trump. Barack Hussein is capable of anything.
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Wait, Obama’s Netflix secured the Warner Bros deal despite offering less than Paramount. Talk about DEI! Also, did Obama threaten Warner Bros to make sure he and his annoying “wife” could build a streaming empire to blast their woke garbage that no one will watch? Obama literally spied on Trump. Barack Hussein is capable of anything.

Charles R Downs

1,013,325 次观看 • 8 个月前

The Ellisons are now the most powerful family in the world. Paramount just acquired Warner Bros Discovery for $111 billion. Everyone's covering the Hollywood drama. The bidding war. The streaming wars... But what actually happened goes MUCH deeper: One family now controls CBS, CNN, HBO, Paramount, TikTok, and the cloud infrastructure that runs the US government. In less than 12 months. The Ellison family isn't a media company. They're a data company that just bought media as a front end. Larry Ellison co-founded Oracle. Worth $245 billion. Third richest person alive. Oracle runs the digital backbone of the US government. Department of Defense. Department of Energy. Air Force classified networks. They signed a $300 BILLION deal with OpenAI to build AI data centers. Their contracted future revenue jumped 438% to $523 billion. Oracle is quietly becoming the infrastructure layer for American AI. So why would the guy running all of that suddenly want to own CNN, HBO, and TikTok? Because AI needs data. Not server data. BEHAVIORAL data. What people watch. When they pause. What makes them click, scroll, and binge. Streaming platforms generate the most intimate behavioral data on Earth. TikTok is even worse. It knows what grabs your attention before you do (and guess who owns TikTok in the US?) Oracle's AI push creates a thirst for insight into how people consume content and what they buy. Streaming and social media deliver that at a scale nothing else can. This deal was never just about content. The financial engineering is insane: $47 billion in equity from the Ellison family. $57.5 billion in debt from Bank of America, Citigroup, and Apollo. A mix of investment-grade AND junk bonds, which is basically unheard of. Both Paramount and Warner Bros are losing hundreds of millions per quarter. Linear TV is dying. And they're duct-taping two sinking ships together with $57.5 billion in borrowed money. The political angle makes this even more interesting: David Ellison attended Trump's State of the Union two days before the deal closed. Larry Ellison sat next to Rupert Murdoch in the Oval Office with Trump. Trump endorsed them on camera: "Larry Ellison is great and his son David is great. They're friends of mine." The DOJ opened antitrust scrutiny on Netflix's bid. Not Paramount's. Paramount's press release said they have "confidence in the speed and certainty of regulatory approval." A company that's never done a deal this size is publicly guaranteeing regulatory clearance. And Netflix saw all of this. Sarandos flew to DC, met with AG Pam Bondi, and within hours walked away. Called it "no longer financially attractive." Corporate speak for "we can't compete with political access." In 12 months, one family now controls: - Oracle's government cloud - TikTok US - Paramount - CBS News - And now Warner Bros, HBO, CNN, and every cable channel from MTV to Cartoon Network The funny part is that Netflix stock jumped 10% when they quit. Wall Street is telling you Netflix dodged a bullet. Because here's what the market already figured out: The combined company will be CRUSHED under debt. Both studios are bleeding. And David Ellison, who has never run a profitable media company, is now in charge of the whole thing. The smart bet is this collapses within 3-5 years. And when it does, Netflix will be waiting with $2.8 billion in breakup fees already collected, ready to scoop up the pieces at a discount. But collapse or not, the Ellisons will already have what they came for... Years of behavioral data from hundreds of millions of users across streaming, social media, and news. Fed directly into Oracle's AI infrastructure. While everyone debates whether Batman and Harry Potter will be on the same app, the real play already happened. The guy who runs the government's cloud just bought the screen people stare at for 6 hours a day. The Ellisons are on a generational run.
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The Ellisons are now the most powerful family in the world. Paramount just acquired Warner Bros Discovery for $111 billion. Everyone's covering the Hollywood drama. The bidding war. The streaming wars... But what actually happened goes MUCH deeper: One family now controls CBS, CNN, HBO, Paramount, TikTok, and the cloud infrastructure that runs the US government. In less than 12 months. The Ellison family isn't a media company. They're a data company that just bought media as a front end. Larry Ellison co-founded Oracle. Worth $245 billion. Third richest person alive. Oracle runs the digital backbone of the US government. Department of Defense. Department of Energy. Air Force classified networks. They signed a $300 BILLION deal with OpenAI to build AI data centers. Their contracted future revenue jumped 438% to $523 billion. Oracle is quietly becoming the infrastructure layer for American AI. So why would the guy running all of that suddenly want to own CNN, HBO, and TikTok? Because AI needs data. Not server data. BEHAVIORAL data. What people watch. When they pause. What makes them click, scroll, and binge. Streaming platforms generate the most intimate behavioral data on Earth. TikTok is even worse. It knows what grabs your attention before you do (and guess who owns TikTok in the US?) Oracle's AI push creates a thirst for insight into how people consume content and what they buy. Streaming and social media deliver that at a scale nothing else can. This deal was never just about content. The financial engineering is insane: $47 billion in equity from the Ellison family. $57.5 billion in debt from Bank of America, Citigroup, and Apollo. A mix of investment-grade AND junk bonds, which is basically unheard of. Both Paramount and Warner Bros are losing hundreds of millions per quarter. Linear TV is dying. And they're duct-taping two sinking ships together with $57.5 billion in borrowed money. The political angle makes this even more interesting: David Ellison attended Trump's State of the Union two days before the deal closed. Larry Ellison sat next to Rupert Murdoch in the Oval Office with Trump. Trump endorsed them on camera: "Larry Ellison is great and his son David is great. They're friends of mine." The DOJ opened antitrust scrutiny on Netflix's bid. Not Paramount's. Paramount's press release said they have "confidence in the speed and certainty of regulatory approval." A company that's never done a deal this size is publicly guaranteeing regulatory clearance. And Netflix saw all of this. Sarandos flew to DC, met with AG Pam Bondi, and within hours walked away. Called it "no longer financially attractive." Corporate speak for "we can't compete with political access." In 12 months, one family now controls: - Oracle's government cloud - TikTok US - Paramount - CBS News - And now Warner Bros, HBO, CNN, and every cable channel from MTV to Cartoon Network The funny part is that Netflix stock jumped 10% when they quit. Wall Street is telling you Netflix dodged a bullet. Because here's what the market already figured out: The combined company will be CRUSHED under debt. Both studios are bleeding. And David Ellison, who has never run a profitable media company, is now in charge of the whole thing. The smart bet is this collapses within 3-5 years. And when it does, Netflix will be waiting with $2.8 billion in breakup fees already collected, ready to scoop up the pieces at a discount. But collapse or not, the Ellisons will already have what they came for... Years of behavioral data from hundreds of millions of users across streaming, social media, and news. Fed directly into Oracle's AI infrastructure. While everyone debates whether Batman and Harry Potter will be on the same app, the real play already happened. The guy who runs the government's cloud just bought the screen people stare at for 6 hours a day. The Ellisons are on a generational run.

Ricardo

55,968 次观看 • 5 个月前

Nick Fuentes names who controls the media and elite institutions in America. "The Jews are once again in control of the media and have captured our elite institutions. Skydance, Paramount Studios, CBS, CBS News, Paramount+, Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Studios, Discovery, HBO, HBO Max, CNN, TikTok, all under Larry Ellison, friend of Netanyahu. Harvard, the White House, the Federal Reserve, the World Economic Forum, Larry Fink, Howard Lutnick, Jared Kushner, Stephen Miller, Steve Witkoff, a coercive influence of organized Jewry in our country, inside our State Department, our National Security Council, our Pentagon, our media, inside the GOP, and inside our billionaire class securing the ascendancy of their own tribe."
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Nick Fuentes names who controls the media and elite institutions in America. "The Jews are once again in control of the media and have captured our elite institutions. Skydance, Paramount Studios, CBS, CBS News, Paramount+, Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Studios, Discovery, HBO, HBO Max, CNN, TikTok, all under Larry Ellison, friend of Netanyahu. Harvard, the White House, the Federal Reserve, the World Economic Forum, Larry Fink, Howard Lutnick, Jared Kushner, Stephen Miller, Steve Witkoff, a coercive influence of organized Jewry in our country, inside our State Department, our National Security Council, our Pentagon, our media, inside the GOP, and inside our billionaire class securing the ascendancy of their own tribe."

𝗚𝗥𝗬𝗣𝗥𝗫

19,802 次观看 • 1 天前

Netflix just KILLED Hollywood... By pulling off the most INSANE power move of 2025. $82.7 billion for Warner Bros, HBO, and HBO Max. The streaming wars are officially over. But nobody understands what actually just happened... For YEARS, Ted Sarandos said: "We're builders, not buyers. We don't need a library." Then three weeks ago he pulled a complete 180. And the bidding war was brutal. Paramount thought they had it locked. David Ellison's dad is Larry Ellison, Oracle founder, one of the richest men alive. Paramount made THREE bids in September. All rejected. Too low. But Ellison kept pushing. He wanted the ENTIRE company including CNN, Discovery Channel, all the cable networks nobody else wanted. His pitch was simple: "We have White House relationships. Regulatory approval will be easy." For weeks, everyone thought Paramount would win. Then Netflix entered the chat... $27.75 per share. Mix of cash and stock. $82.7 billion total. Paramount countered with $30 per share, all cash, backed by three Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds. Higher bid. More cash. Should've won. But Netflix included something nobody saw coming: A $5.8 BILLION breakup fee. If Netflix walks away from this deal, they pay Warner Bros $5.8B. Nobody puts up breakup fees that big. Ever. It's Netflix saying "we're so confident we can fight regulators and win, we'll bet $5.8B on it." Paramount lost their minds. Thursday morning, Paramount's lawyers sent a 4,000-word letter to Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav. The letter accused Warner Bros of rigging the process. Said Zaslav had "personal interests in post-transaction roles." Translation: Zaslav wants a job at Netflix after the deal closes, so he's giving them preferential treatment. They're literally calling it corruption. But Netflix just sat on that $5.8B breakup fee and waited. In the end, Warner Bros picked Netflix. And here's the thing... This isn't about streaming. It's about OWNING the IP before AI makes production costs zero. Warner Bros owns: - Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman (entire DC Universe) - Harry Potter (full franchise rights) - Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, The Wire - Friends, The Big Bang Theory When AI video generation hits in 2-3 years, Netflix bets on "whoever owns the IP wins." They hope to generate infinite Batman movies and Harry Potter spinoffs using AI at near-zero marginal cost. The genius move though: Paramount wanted ALL of Warner Bros Discovery. Including dying cable networks (CNN, TNT, TBS). Netflix said: "We only want the studio and streaming." They're letting Warner Bros spin off the garbage cable channels. Then buying ONLY the profitable parts. Buy the assets. Leave the liabilities. This deal "kills three birds with one stone" according to Bank of America: Bird #1: Warner Bros Discovery ceases to exist as a competitor Bird #2: HBO Max (#3 streaming platform) merges with Netflix (#1) Bird #3: Every other studio is now officially screwed Netflix now has: - World's largest subscriber base (260M+) - Second-largest content library - The IP for infinite AI content - HBO's prestige brand - Warner Bros' theatrical distribution Game over. Anonymous Hollywood producers literally sent letters to Congress BEGGING them to block the deal. They didn't even sign their names. Too scared of Netflix retaliation. Senator Warren called it an "anti-monopoly nightmare." But none of it will matter. Deal's getting approved. What happens next? 2026: Discovery Global spins off (cable networks) 2026: Netflix acquisition closes 2027: HBO integration begins 2028: AI video generation launches 2029: AI-generated Batman and Harry Potter content By 2030, Netflix IS Hollywood. My take? Thid is smart SHORT TERM. Destroys competition. Locks in IP. But LONG TERM? When AI video hits, content libraries won't matter. Speed of generation will. Netflix just spent $82.7B on the past instead of the future. The next 3 years will tell us which one it is.
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Netflix just KILLED Hollywood... By pulling off the most INSANE power move of 2025. $82.7 billion for Warner Bros, HBO, and HBO Max. The streaming wars are officially over. But nobody understands what actually just happened... For YEARS, Ted Sarandos said: "We're builders, not buyers. We don't need a library." Then three weeks ago he pulled a complete 180. And the bidding war was brutal. Paramount thought they had it locked. David Ellison's dad is Larry Ellison, Oracle founder, one of the richest men alive. Paramount made THREE bids in September. All rejected. Too low. But Ellison kept pushing. He wanted the ENTIRE company including CNN, Discovery Channel, all the cable networks nobody else wanted. His pitch was simple: "We have White House relationships. Regulatory approval will be easy." For weeks, everyone thought Paramount would win. Then Netflix entered the chat... $27.75 per share. Mix of cash and stock. $82.7 billion total. Paramount countered with $30 per share, all cash, backed by three Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds. Higher bid. More cash. Should've won. But Netflix included something nobody saw coming: A $5.8 BILLION breakup fee. If Netflix walks away from this deal, they pay Warner Bros $5.8B. Nobody puts up breakup fees that big. Ever. It's Netflix saying "we're so confident we can fight regulators and win, we'll bet $5.8B on it." Paramount lost their minds. Thursday morning, Paramount's lawyers sent a 4,000-word letter to Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav. The letter accused Warner Bros of rigging the process. Said Zaslav had "personal interests in post-transaction roles." Translation: Zaslav wants a job at Netflix after the deal closes, so he's giving them preferential treatment. They're literally calling it corruption. But Netflix just sat on that $5.8B breakup fee and waited. In the end, Warner Bros picked Netflix. And here's the thing... This isn't about streaming. It's about OWNING the IP before AI makes production costs zero. Warner Bros owns: - Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman (entire DC Universe) - Harry Potter (full franchise rights) - Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, The Wire - Friends, The Big Bang Theory When AI video generation hits in 2-3 years, Netflix bets on "whoever owns the IP wins." They hope to generate infinite Batman movies and Harry Potter spinoffs using AI at near-zero marginal cost. The genius move though: Paramount wanted ALL of Warner Bros Discovery. Including dying cable networks (CNN, TNT, TBS). Netflix said: "We only want the studio and streaming." They're letting Warner Bros spin off the garbage cable channels. Then buying ONLY the profitable parts. Buy the assets. Leave the liabilities. This deal "kills three birds with one stone" according to Bank of America: Bird #1: Warner Bros Discovery ceases to exist as a competitor Bird #2: HBO Max (#3 streaming platform) merges with Netflix (#1) Bird #3: Every other studio is now officially screwed Netflix now has: - World's largest subscriber base (260M+) - Second-largest content library - The IP for infinite AI content - HBO's prestige brand - Warner Bros' theatrical distribution Game over. Anonymous Hollywood producers literally sent letters to Congress BEGGING them to block the deal. They didn't even sign their names. Too scared of Netflix retaliation. Senator Warren called it an "anti-monopoly nightmare." But none of it will matter. Deal's getting approved. What happens next? 2026: Discovery Global spins off (cable networks) 2026: Netflix acquisition closes 2027: HBO integration begins 2028: AI video generation launches 2029: AI-generated Batman and Harry Potter content By 2030, Netflix IS Hollywood. My take? Thid is smart SHORT TERM. Destroys competition. Locks in IP. But LONG TERM? When AI video hits, content libraries won't matter. Speed of generation will. Netflix just spent $82.7B on the past instead of the future. The next 3 years will tell us which one it is.

Ricardo

1,790,954 次观看 • 8 个月前

The Paramount-Warner merger is illegal. The 2nd and 5th biggest studios combining. 200M subscribers. Prices will go through the roof. But free speech will die too. Because the owners have cut a deal with Trump to silence his critics. State AGs need to step in and block it. Now.
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The Paramount-Warner merger is illegal. The 2nd and 5th biggest studios combining. 200M subscribers. Prices will go through the roof. But free speech will die too. Because the owners have cut a deal with Trump to silence his critics. State AGs need to step in and block it. Now.

Chris Murphy 🟧

153,159 次观看 • 1 个月前

NEW: Congressional Democrats are teaming up with the European Union in what they are calling an “international coalition” to slow the merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. On May 14th, 2026, Congressional Democrats Sam Liccardo Rep. Sam Liccardo and Deborah Ross Congresswoman Deborah Ross sent a letter to Paramount Chief Executive Officer David Ellison, which issued threats promising to strongly regulate and potentially disrupt the merger. Read Sam Liccardo’s press release here: Part of the joint letter reads: “We raise particular concern about public statements suggesting that this transaction will face minimal regulatory scrutiny or will likely receive swift approval. Such characterizations appear premature.” The letter ends with what seems to be a very specific regulatory threat, before it is signed by Liccardo, Ross, and members of the European Parliament: “An extensive set of regulatory review processes await this transaction. We anticipate further engagement on this matter, including testimony and hearings before the relevant congressional and parliamentary committees of jurisdiction.” It’s important to note that Netflix, an entity largely allied with Barack Hussein Obama Barack Obama and Susan Rice, attempted to buy Warner Bros., and failed. Maybe that’s why Liccardo, who represents the district where Netflix's headquarters is located, is threatening Paramount. Barack Hussein Obama, who himself has a Netflix deal, is an extremely sore loser. He is now using his Democrat and foreign minions to weaponize Congressional power against Paramount, a company whose CEO isn’t the CEO of Netflix, Ted Sarandos, a longtime and very large Obama donor! See full letter below 👇🏻 RECEIPTS
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NEW: Congressional Democrats are teaming up with the European Union in what they are calling an “international coalition” to slow the merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. On May 14th, 2026, Congressional Democrats Sam Liccardo Rep. Sam Liccardo and Deborah Ross Congresswoman Deborah Ross sent a letter to Paramount Chief Executive Officer David Ellison, which issued threats promising to strongly regulate and potentially disrupt the merger. Read Sam Liccardo’s press release here: Part of the joint letter reads: “We raise particular concern about public statements suggesting that this transaction will face minimal regulatory scrutiny or will likely receive swift approval. Such characterizations appear premature.” The letter ends with what seems to be a very specific regulatory threat, before it is signed by Liccardo, Ross, and members of the European Parliament: “An extensive set of regulatory review processes await this transaction. We anticipate further engagement on this matter, including testimony and hearings before the relevant congressional and parliamentary committees of jurisdiction.” It’s important to note that Netflix, an entity largely allied with Barack Hussein Obama Barack Obama and Susan Rice, attempted to buy Warner Bros., and failed. Maybe that’s why Liccardo, who represents the district where Netflix's headquarters is located, is threatening Paramount. Barack Hussein Obama, who himself has a Netflix deal, is an extremely sore loser. He is now using his Democrat and foreign minions to weaponize Congressional power against Paramount, a company whose CEO isn’t the CEO of Netflix, Ted Sarandos, a longtime and very large Obama donor! See full letter below 👇🏻 RECEIPTS

Laura Loomer

30,931 次观看 • 3 个月前