{"id":2235995,"date":"2026-01-15T14:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2235995"},"modified":"2026-01-15T14:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:32:16","slug":"the-fight-for-warner-bros-may-get-much-uglier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-fight-for-warner-bros-may-get-much-uglier\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fight For Warner Bros. May Get Much Uglier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">On a bright but frigid December morning, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1911103\/\">David Ellison<\/a> held court in a makeshift war room in the basement of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0829823\/\">Ubs<\/a> building next to Madison Square Park.<\/p>\n<p>Sporting cream-colored slacks and a crisp blue blazer, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm6213838\/\">Ellison<\/a> and his senior <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0858764\/\">Paramount<\/a> leadership team took meeting after meeting with Wall Street heavyweights in a private room in Ubs\u2019 subterranean conference center, outlining their strategy to transform Paramount, and to persuade them to back their tender offer for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0863266\/\">Warner Bros. Discovery<\/a>, which days earlier inked a deal to sell itself to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0144901\/\">Netflix<\/a>. 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