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CNBC Daily Open: The Warner Bros. Discovery deal — a cliffhanger in the making?
A view of the water tower at Paramount Studios on Oct. 30, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, following Netflix’s announcement last week that it had reached a deal to buy the HBO owner. The company is “here […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Investors are loving the Paramount-Warner Bros-Netflix drama
A drone view shows a sign for Paramount in front of the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, California, December 8, 2025. Daniel Cole | Reuters Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, following Netflix’s announcement last week that it had reached a deal to buy the HBO owner. The […]
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Here’s what to expect in Paramount’s quest to elbow out Netflix and buy Warner Bros. Discovery
David Ellison at Netflix’s “America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys” at The Egyptian Theatre on August 11, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Gilbert Flores | Variety | Getty Images Paramount Skydance laid out its plan Monday to convince Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders that it’s a better buyer for the company than Netflix. The hostile […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Paramount Skydance, Wave Lifesciences, Confluent & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Wave Life Sciences — The Singapore-based biotech that trades on Nasdaq more than doubled, soaring roughly 140% , after positive interim data from a Phase 1 trial of an RNA obesity shot that cut fat but retained muscle. Paramount Skydance — The media company is launching a […]
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Comcast president outlines unsuccessful WBD offer and future of NBC’s Peacock
Mike Cavanagh, President of Comcast Corporation attends the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 10, 2024 in Sun Valley, Idaho. T Kevork Djansezian | Getty Images Comcast’s top brass on Monday pulled the curtain back on the company’s unsuccessful bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, detailing an offer far different from its rival bidders. […]
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Paramount Skydance launches hostile bid for WBD ‘to finish what we started,’ CEO Ellison tells CNBC
Paramount Skydance is launching a hostile bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery after it lost out to Netflix in a months-long bidding war for the legacy assets, the company said Monday. Paramount will go straight to WBD shareholders with an all-cash, $30-per-share offer. That’s the same bid WBD rejected last week, which Paramount Skydance CEO […]
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Trump says Netflix, Warner Bros. deal ‘could be a problem’; he’ll be involved in approving
U.S. President Donald Trump poses on the red carpet for the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 7, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters President Donald Trump expressed skepticism on Sunday night about Netflix‘s proposed acquisition of parts of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying […]
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S&P 500 win streak, Berkshire’s leadership changes, Netflix’s regulatory path and more in Morning Squawk
A Wall Street sign is viewed in front of the New York Stock Exchange. Eduardo Munoz | AFP | Getty Images This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Secret Santa The three major indexes […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Playing now: Netflix-Warner Bros deal with a Trump twist
Netflix’s headquarters are pictured in Hollywood, California on December 5, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images “Who’s watching?” Netflix asks whenever someone accesses its site. On Friday, it was probably everyone with an interest in business, markets and television. The key characters that had people hooked were Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery, […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Everyone’s watching the Netflix deal
The Netflix logo is pictured at the company’s offices on Vine in Los Angeles, California on Dec. 5, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images “Who’s watching?” Netflix asks whenever someone accesses its site. On Friday, it was probably everyone with an interest in business, markets and television. The key characters that had […]
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