PBS

Proposed Warner Bros. sale prompts concerns among Hollywood's creative community

Paramount is engaged in a battle to buy Warner Bros., but Netflix's proposed $83 billion offer is still considered the favorite, for now. Talk of this deal has triggered widespread fears in Hollywood ...
TechCrunch

Paramount renews bid for Warner Bros, ensuring $40B Larry Ellison backing

The war for the future of Warner Brothers continues, as Paramount Skydance announced Monday an amended all-cash offer for the legacy movie studio. The offer includes an “irrevocable personal guarantee ...
Los Angeles Times

Larry Ellison pledges $40-billion personal guarantee for Paramount’s Warner Bros. bid

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Oracle founder Larry Ellison personally guarantees $40.4 billion to support his son’s Paramount bid for Warner ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Larry Ellison Agrees to Personally Guarantee Paramount Bid for Warner Bros. in Revised Offer

The company also agreed to raise its termination fee $5.8 billion to match Netflix, and extended the end date for the offer to Jan. 21. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor David Ellison’s Paramount has sent ...
The New York Times

Larry Ellison Personally Guarantees Paramount Bid for Warner Bros.

Mr. Ellison’s personal guarantee is meant to address concerns that the Warner Bros. Discovery’s board had expressed about Paramount’s original offer. By Lauren Hirsch Paramount said on Monday that ...
CNN

Paramount’s new, hostile offer to Warner Bros. Discovery: Larry Ellison will personally guarantee $40 billion

Paramount has upped the ante in its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, announcing Monday that Larry Ellison will personally guarantee the tens of billions of dollars he is putting up to ...
Associated Press

Netflix and Paramount are fighting over Warner Bros. Discovery. Here’s the regulatory outlook

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WGCU

The Ellisons, TikTok and Paramount

TikTok's CEO says a deal has been signed to sell TikTok's U.S. business to a group of mostly American investors. One of the lead billionaires behind the new entity is Larry Ellison, the chief ...
Los Angeles Times

Warner Bros. rejects Paramount’s hostile bid, accuses Ellison family of failing to put money into the deal

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Warner Bros. Discovery accuses Paramount of failing to commit real money behind its $78-billion bid despite claims ...
Associated Press

What to know about bidding war between Netflix and Paramount for Warner Bros.

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PBS

Warner Bros asks investors to reject takeover bid by Paramount Skydance

NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros. is telling shareholders to reject a takeover bid from Paramount Skydance, saying that a rival bid from Netflix will be better for customers and creators. “Today the Warner ...