Paramount Sundance has reentered the chat. The studio has launched a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery in the wake of Netflix's announcement of its takeover last week.
Paramount has stated, “The Paramount offer for the entirety of WBD provides shareholders $18 billion more in cash than the Netflix consideration. WBD’s Board of Directors' recommendation of the Netflix transaction over Paramount’s offer is based on an illusory prospective valuation of Global Networks that is unsupported by the business fundamentals.” The corporation also said in their new proposal, “Paramount’s strategically and financially compelling offer to WBD shareholders provides a superior alternative to the Netflix transaction, which offers inferior and uncertain value and exposes WBD shareholders to a protracted multi-jurisdictional regulatory clearance process with an uncertain outcome, along with a complex and volatile mix of equity and cash.”
Netflix has turned Hollywood Upside Down. Cinema attendance dropped post-pandemic, and thousands of creatives are being laid off in an era dominated by streaming services and tech titans, as the cultural impact of artificial intelligence (AI) dominates discourse.
Paramount argues, “The Netflix transaction creates a clear risk of higher prices for consumers, lower pay for content creators and talent and the destruction of American and international theatrical exhibitors. Netflix has never undertaken large-scale acquisitions, resulting in increased execution risk, which WBD shareholders would have to endure.”
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