{"id":2302248,"date":"2026-02-27T01:11:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2302248"},"modified":"2026-02-27T01:11:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:11:42","slug":"netflix-officially-backs-out-of-warner-bros-discovery-bid-paramount-now-set-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/netflix-officially-backs-out-of-warner-bros-discovery-bid-paramount-now-set-to-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Officially Backs Out Of Warner Bros. Discovery Bid; Paramount Now Set To Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">It looks like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1159016\/\">Paramount Skydance<\/a> will soon be the new owner of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0026840\/\">Warner Bros.<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0870258\/\">Discovery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just a couple of hours after the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2609564\/\">David Zaslav<\/a>-led media company\u2019s board declared <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0858764\/\">Paramount<\/a>&#8216;s new bid a \u201csuperior proposal,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0144901\/\">Netflix<\/a> announced that it had declined to increase its offer and had officially pulled out of the bidding war.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix&#8217;s swift response has come as quite a surprise, since the streamer had four business days to come up with a new proposal to salvage the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix co-CEOs <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1848253\/\">Ted Sarandos<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm7404639\/\">Greg Peters<\/a> released the following joint statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe transaction we negotiated would have created shareholder value with a clear path to regulatory approval.<\/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>It looks like Paramount Skydance will soon be the new owner of Warner Bros. Discovery. Just a couple of hours after the David Zaslav-led media company\u2019s board declared Paramount&#8216;s new bid a \u201csuperior proposal,\u201d Netflix announced that it had declined to increase its offer and had officially pulled out of the bidding war. 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