{"id":2304117,"date":"2026-02-27T23:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T23:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2304117"},"modified":"2026-02-27T23:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T23:42:17","slug":"david-ellison-scares-the-s-out-of-me-how-paramount-beat-out-netflix-won-warner-bros-and-will-change-hollywood-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/david-ellison-scares-the-s-out-of-me-how-paramount-beat-out-netflix-won-warner-bros-and-will-change-hollywood-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018David Ellison Scares the S\u2014 Out of Me\u2019: How Paramount Beat Out Netflix, Won Warner Bros. and Will Change Hollywood Forever"},"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> had just wrapped up a White House meeting with Attorney General <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1980834\/\">Pam Bondi<\/a> on Thursday when <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0863266\/\">Warner Bros. Discovery<\/a> released a statement announcing that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0858764\/\">Paramount<\/a>\u2019s latest bid for the media company was a \u201csuperior proposal\u201d to the one that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0144901\/\">Netflix<\/a> had offered. With his deal to buy the 100-year-old film and television giant hanging in the balance, Sarandos quickly consulted with a key team of executives, which included CFO <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm18035857\/\">Spencer Neumann<\/a> and his co-ceo <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm7404639\/\">Greg Peters<\/a>, who had been overseeing Netflix\u2019s bid for Warners, sources say.<\/p>\n<p>Under the terms of its agreement to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix had four business days to equal or surpass a better offer. But the numbers didn\u2019t lie. Paramount was now willing to pay $31 per share to buy all of Warner Bros. Discovery, including its struggling cable business. Netflix, which only wanted Warners\u2019 studio and streaming business, did not&#8230;<\/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 had just wrapped up a White House meeting with Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday when Warner Bros. Discovery released a statement announcing that Paramount\u2019s latest bid for the media company was a \u201csuperior proposal\u201d to the one that Netflix had offered. 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