Paramount, Warner and hostile bid
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Larry Ellison is backstopping Paramount’s bid for Warner Brothers, but Warner Brothers is concerned that the billionaire has not provided a personal guarantee to pay.
Even if Paramount Skydance Corp. manages to take over Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. against the company’s will, it faces another high hurdle: coping with the colossal $54 billion of debt it’s planning to take on.
Paramount’s $108.4 billion bid led by David and Larry Ellison could give the family unprecedented control of major film studios.
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Scott Pelley says '60 Minutes' has faced 'no corporate interference' by new Paramount owners
While accepting an award, "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley said his program has not faced any corporate interference from the new Paramount owners.
Will Paramount or Netflix win the fight for Warner? Hollywood's takeover drama is in some ways a flashback to the 1980s, in other ways quintessentially 2025.
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Insider: Paramount Skydance to Hold Firm at $30-a-Share Offer to Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholders
Paramount Skydance is holding firm at its $30-per-share offer to shareholders to buy Warner Bros. Discovery and believes a majority will tender their shares despite the pressure to increase its bid for the legacy Hollywood studio,
No, it’s not Netflix’s quest to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. It’s Sumner Redstone’s long and painful struggle with Barry Diller to control Paramount three decades ago. The outcome reordered the media industry and created a new Hollywood dynasty.
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Democratic lawmakers say Paramount bid for Warner raises 'serious national security concerns'
Royal families from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi would contribute $24 billion to the Larry Ellison bid.
A Call of Duty movie is now in the works at Paramount with big names attached to write and direct. It's been a long time coming, as Activision first announced plans for a Call of Duty movie--and an entire universe of Call of Duty films--more than a decade ago. But now the project is progressing.