Paramount set to acquire WB after Netflix walks away

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curl-6 on 27 February 2026

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/not-a-must-have-paramount-set-to-acquire-warner-bros-after-netflix-walks-away/news-story/c39e4a870e53de54b8c42f73ac5f7d0f

Netflix have declined to match Paramount Skydance's bid of $111 Billion, clearing the way for Paramount Skydance to acquire Warner Bros Discovery and with it properties such as CNN and Nickelodeon.

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TallSilhouette on 27 February 2026

I shudder to think what the Ellisons will do to some of my favorite franchises and even more of the media at large. Fuck everyone who made this happen.

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Random_Matt on 27 February 2026

Because Netflix was never going to pass the regulatory checks. Trump pretty much made that clear, it is all for political gains.

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trunkswd on 27 February 2026

TallSilhouette said:

I shudder to think what the Ellisons will do to some of my favorite franchises and even more of the media at large. Fuck everyone who made this happen.

Hopefully when the Dems retake control of Congress and the White House they will break up all these monopolies.

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Manlytears on 27 February 2026

trunkswd said:

TallSilhouette said:

I shudder to think what the Ellisons will do to some of my favorite franchises and even more of the media at large. Fuck everyone who made this happen.

Hopefully when the Dems retake control of Congress and the White House they will break up all these monopolies.

Well said, may your words become reality! Someone needs to intervene in these absurd market consolidation trends.

And let the cherry on top be the impeachment of the "orange man".

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CaptainExplosion on 28 February 2026

I can already see DC, Looney Tunes, Hannah-Barbara, Cartoon Network and CNN being turned into fascist propaganda.

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Wman1996 on 28 February 2026

Disney bought 20th Century Fox years ago. Paramount is buying Warner Bros. The New Gilded Age is alive and well.

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