{"id":2300130,"date":"2026-02-25T22:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2300130"},"modified":"2026-02-25T22:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:18:15","slug":"sarandos-schleps-to-white-house-to-counterpunch-paramounts-potential-upper-hand-in-wbd-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sarandos-schleps-to-white-house-to-counterpunch-paramounts-potential-upper-hand-in-wbd-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarandos Schleps To White House To Counterpunch Paramount\u2019s Potential Upper Hand In WBD Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1848253\/\">Ted Sarandos<\/a> is heading to the White House to salvage <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0144901\/\">Netflix<\/a>\u2019s bid for Warner Bros\u2019 crown jewels.<\/p>\n<p>The streamer co-ceo will sit down Thursday with \u201cseveral administration officials,\u201d Deadline has confirmed. White House Chief of Staff <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm14196607\/\">Susie Wiles<\/a> is among those Sarandos will be talking too, I\u2019m told.<\/p>\n<p>The latest swing by the Executive Mansion by pitchman supreme Sarandos comes as talks between $108 billion hostile takeover protagonist <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0858764\/\">Paramount<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1094310\/\">Warner Bros Discovery<\/a> have been extended and the tide seems to be shifting in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1911103\/\">David Ellison<\/a>\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear right now, if <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0874339\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> himself will be meeting with Sarandos. Praising both \u201cfantastic\u201d Sarandos and \u201cgood friend\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm6213838\/\">Ellison<\/a> on different occasions over the past months as the moves to take over the iconic studio have occurred, the former <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4660736\/\">Apprentice<\/a> host has expressed concern about Netflix\u2019s potential market share if the streamer and HBO Max become one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ted Sarandos is heading to the White House to salvage Netflix\u2019s bid for Warner Bros\u2019 crown jewels. The streamer co-ceo will sit down Thursday with \u201cseveral administration officials,\u201d Deadline has confirmed. White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is among those Sarandos will be talking too, I\u2019m told. 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