Archive · 8 Jan 2026
Paramount Reaffirms Offer for Warner Bros
Paramount Skydance Corp has again offered to buy Warner Bros Discovery Inc for $30 per share in cash.
They think their offer is better than one from Netflix, which is only buying parts of Warner Bros.
Paramount points out that the cable networks Warner Bros owns, like CNN and TNT, are not doing well and are losing viewers.
They also say that the shares of a similar company, Versant Media Group, have dropped a lot since it started trading, which makes them think the shares Netflix is offering are not worth much.
Warner Bros has said no to Paramount's offer before, saying they are not sure about the money and think Netflix's offer is better.
Paramount says Netflix's offer is worth less now because their stock price has gone down.
Paramount is still trying to convince Warner Bros shareholders that their offer is the best.
Paramount reaffirms its $30 per share cash offer for Warner Bros Discovery Inc.
Paramount argues its offer is superior to Netflix's $27.75 per share offer.
Paramount values Discovery Global shares at zero due to poor market debut of Versant Media Group.
Warner Bros board expresses doubts about Paramount's financing and risks.
Paramount claims Netflix's offer has decreased in value due to declines in Netflix's share price.
- Who
- Paramount Skydance Corp and Warner Bros Discovery Inc
- What
- Paramount reaffirms its offer to buy Warner Bros
- When
- Thursday
- Where
- Hollywood
- Why
- Paramount believes its offer is superior to Netflix's
- Paramount's Offer
- $30 per share in cash
- Netflix's Offer
- $27.75 per share in cash and stock
- Equity Financing
- $40.4 billion with Larry Ellison's guarantee
- Versant Media Group
- Shares declined 30% in debut trading
- Discovery Global Debt
- $15.1 billion