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<\/picture><\/div>FILE – The Warner Bros. water tower is seen at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif., Dec. 5, 2025.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Jae C. Hong\/AP<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Warner Bros. Discovery is briefly reopening takeover talks with Skydance-owned Paramount to hear the company’s \u201cbest and final\u201d offer, while the Hollywood giant continues to back the studio and streaming deal it struck with Netflix.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In a Tuesday regulatory filing, Warner said it had received a waiver from Netflix to reopen talks with Paramount for the next seven days, or until Monday. Warner said this will allow the companies to discuss unresolved \u201cdeficiencies\u201d and \u201cclarify certain terms\u201d of Paramount’s latest bid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n But in the meantime, Warner’s board is still recommending shareholders support of its proposed merger with Netflix. A special meeting is now scheduled for Friday, March 20 to hold a vote on that deal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In a statement, Netflix said it was confident that its proposed transaction \u201cprovides superior value and certainty\u201d \u2014 but recognized \u201cthe ongoing distraction for WBD stockholders and the broader entertainment industry caused by PSKY\u2019s antics.\u201d The streaming giant noted it had granted Warner a seven-day waiver to \u201cfinally resolve this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Warner’s leadership similarly reiterated its support for the Netflix deal. Paramount did not immediately respond to The Associated Press’ request for comment Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In December, Netflix agreed to buy Warner\u2019s studio and streaming business for $72 billion, now in an all-cash transaction that would cover its legacy TV and movie production arms, as well as HBO Max. Including debt, the enterprise value of the deal is about $83 billion, or $27.75 per share, and would be finalized after Warner completes a previously-announced separation of its cable operations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Meanwhile, unlike Netflix, Paramount wants to acquire Warner\u2019s entire company \u2014 including networks like celebrity.land and Discovery \u2014 and went straight to shareholders with an all-cash, $77.9 billion hostile offer just days after the Netflix deal was announced in December.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The enterprise value of Paramount’s bid currently stands around $108 billion including debt, or $30 per share. But Warner disclosed Tuesday that a Paramount representative separately informed the company it would up its offer to $31 per share \u201cpending engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Analysts at Raymond James said they had \u201clong believed\u201d Paramount was willing to raise its offer \u201cand now it seems we are finally moving in that direction.\u201d If Paramount were to up its price to $32 or $33 per share, they noted it would be \u201cincreasingly difficult to argue the Netflix agreement is superior,” although Netflix could then move to match the bid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cNetflix is still in the driver\u2019s seat, but now having to make its case,\u201d the analysts added in a Tuesday research note.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Paramount has made more attempts to sweeten its offer recently. Last week, the company said it would pay Warner shareholders an added \u201cticking fee\u201d if its deal doesn\u2019t go through by the end of the year \u2014 amounting to 25 cents per share, or a total of $650 million, for every quarter after Dec. 31. Paramount also pledged to fund Warner\u2019s proposed $2.8 billion breakup payout to Netflix under its merger agreement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The company has been scrambling to solidify more shareholder support. Paramount previously extended the deadline for tender offer three times. According to company disclosures, more than 42.3 million Warner shares had been \u201cvalidly tendered and not withdrawn\u201d from its hostile bid as of the start of last week, down from over 168.5 million Warner shares Jan. 21 \u2014 still a small fraction of Warner’s 2.48 billion shares outstanding in series A common stock.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n But also last week, one activist investor, Ancora Holdings, publicly expressed opposition to Warner’s proposed merger with Netflix. And beyond its tender offer, Paramount has also moved to solicit proxies in opposition of the Netflix deal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n What, if anything, changes after the next seven days of talks has yet to be seen. Paramount, Warner and Netflix have spent the last couple of months in a heated back and forth over who has a stronger deal on the table.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The prospect of a Warner sale to either company has raised tremendous antitrust concerns from lawmakers worldwide, who are calling on regulators to carefully scrutinize a merger of this size.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The U.S. Department of Justice has already initiated its reviews, and other countries may also scrutinize either deal. Both Paramount and Netflix have said they received securities clearance from German authorities last month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery rose more than 2% in Tuesday morning trading. Paramount Skydance climbed nearly 6%, while Netflix’s stock fell slightly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.newstimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FILE – The Warner Bros. water tower is seen at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif., Dec. 5, 2025. Jae C. Hong\/AP NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Warner Bros. 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