How much the bankers are getting paid as Netflix and Paramount fight to buy Warner Bros. Discovery

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David Zaslav is pursuing a potential sale of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Why WBD's CEO never responded to David Ellison's text during the bidding war

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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav ignored Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison's text before announcing the company's Netflix deal.

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Middle Eastern money raised questions about Paramount's WBD bid — but that's not why Netflix won

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Paramount CEO David Ellison wanted to use $24 billion of funding from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi to help fund his bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Here's what Netflix's co-CEOs are saying after WBD rejected Paramount's hostile bid

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Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos at the "Black Rabbit" event.

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Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount's bid and says shareholders should go with Netflix

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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav didn't choose the offer from Paramount Skydance and CEO David Ellison.

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Netflix has done its second big podcast deal as it prepares to launch a slate of shows in early 2026

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Coming soon to Netflix: Charlamagne Tha God's video podcast and other iHeartMedia shows.

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Netflix's bid to buy Warner Bros. hinges on a key question: Who does it actually compete with?

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"Stranger Things" maker Netflix could face regulatory scrutiny as it looks to buy Warner Bros.

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Read the letter Netflix's co-CEOs sent to reassure staffers about its bid to buy Warner Bros.

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Ted Sarandos, Co-CEO, Netflix, Bela Bajaria, CCO, Netflix, Greg Peters, Co-CEO, Netflix and Cody Rhodes attend Netflix's Debut of WWE Monday Night Raw at Intuit Dome on January 06, 2025 in Inglewood, California.

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Netflix paid $55 million for a 'visionary' sci-fi epic that was never finished. We saw a glimpse of it at the director's criminal trial.

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Carl Rinsch's sci-fi epic "White Horse" turned into a debacle for Netflix. Until his criminal trial, the public hadn't seen any footage from the project.

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When Netflix executives first saw a glimpse of "White Horse" in 2018, they were blown away.

Guilty on all counts: Jury convicts Netflix director Carl Rinsch in $11 million fraud case

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Netflix director Carl Rinsch, right, outside court

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