<![CDATA[The Netflix-Warner Bros acquisition is of Paramount Importance]]>There weren’t any threads about it, but I assume that everyone is aware of the Netflix-WB acquisition, which is sending the entertainment industry and government regulators into a tizzy. This would really result in Netflix controlling over 1/3 of the streaming content available, and would also give Netflix considerable sway over broadcast and cable TV. This is one of those horseshoe political deals where Elizabeth Warren is screaming big corporations = evil, and MAGA conservatives are yelling that Netflix is going to gay up everything. It really is quite interesting, but now there is a TWIST!

Paramount is trying to pull a hostile takeover of WB, offering up $108 Billion considerably more than the $82 Billion offered by Netflix. Part of the difference is Paramount also wants Discovery, while Discovery was not part of the Netflix offer.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/08/paramount-goes-to-war-with-netflix-for-warner-bros-discovery-with-hostile-108-4b-bid/

Get some popcorn! 🍿 I wonder if Robin Hood might not choose this time to muck around…

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/38852/the-netflix-warner-bros-acquisition-is-of-paramount-importanceRSS for NodeMon, 16 Mar 2026 09:03:20 GMTMon, 08 Dec 2025 17:01:20 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The Netflix-Warner Bros acquisition is of Paramount Importance on Sat, 13 Dec 2025 04:14:04 GMT]]>Here's an idea. Ellison buys Netflix. Ellison makes Netflix change to use Oracle Cloud (from AWS) as its cloud provider. Oracle uses these funds to build a bigger rocket than Bezos' AWS, the two rockets fight in the air. Meanwhile Elon has already deployed 10,000 starlink satellites making him "bro, totally ABOVE the cloud, amirite". And finally, a white man becomes rich.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/353245https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/353245Sat, 13 Dec 2025 04:14:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Netflix-Warner Bros acquisition is of Paramount Importance on Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:43:36 GMT]]>That reminds me of Steve Forbes (remember him?). He of course was the son of Malcom Forbes, the founder of the then-empire. He recognized the nepotism involved and once said in a debate something like ‘let’s just say I came to management’s attention rather early’.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/353020https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/353020Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:43:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Netflix-Warner Bros acquisition is of Paramount Importance on Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:40:34 GMT]]>Bari is self made. David is part of the lucky sperm club.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/353016https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/353016Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:40:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Netflix-Warner Bros acquisition is of Paramount Importance on Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:39:56 GMT]]>David Ellison is 42, Bari Weiss is 42... when did all of the people in the news become younger than me?

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/353015https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/353015Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:39:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Netflix-Warner Bros acquisition is of Paramount Importance on Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:11:41 GMT]]>Let’s be fair. The republicans are. The remaining conservatives don’t like it at all.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/353002https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/353002Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:11:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Netflix-Warner Bros acquisition is of Paramount Importance on Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:24:00 GMT]]>The Conservatives Republicans are so accepting of the government picking winners and losers these days!

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/353001https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/353001Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:24:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Netflix-Warner Bros acquisition is of Paramount Importance on Tue, 09 Dec 2025 02:38:16 GMT]]>

Ellison is a trump supporter so I already know how this ends.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/352998https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/352998Tue, 09 Dec 2025 02:38:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Netflix-Warner Bros acquisition is of Paramount Importance on Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:15:32 GMT]]>Could the deal be any more done?

Affinity Partners, the private equity firm led by Jared Kushner, is part of Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros Discovery.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/352995https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/352995Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:15:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Netflix-Warner Bros acquisition is of Paramount Importance on Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:55:02 GMT]]>@LuFins-Dad said in The Netflix-Warner Bros acquisition is of Paramount Importance:

Robin Hood

The evil bastard living in the enormous castle surrounded by lickspittles?

Same book, different bloke.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/352982https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/352982Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:55:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Netflix-Warner Bros acquisition is of Paramount Importance on Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:48:55 GMT]]>Maybe the three will merge and Bari Weis will get transed.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/352981https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/352981Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:48:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Netflix-Warner Bros acquisition is of Paramount Importance on Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:46:29 GMT]]>@jon-nyc said in The Netflix-Warner Bros acquisition is of Paramount Importance:

Ellison is a trump supporter so I already know how this ends.

So they aren’t going to trans Hermione?

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/352980https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/352980Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:46:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Netflix-Warner Bros acquisition is of Paramount Importance on Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:28:13 GMT]]>Ellison is a trump supporter so I already know how this ends.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/352979https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/352979Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:28:13 GMT