Paramount sweetens its WBD bid with a $40 billion guarantee from Larry Ellison — but doesn't increase the price

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Larry Ellison, the second-wealthiest man in the world, is central to the battle for Warner Bros. Discovery.

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The 6 biggest reveals from WBD's filing on why it rejected Paramount

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David Zaslav, right, of Warner Bros. Discovery, which rejected bids from David Ellison's Paramount Skydance.

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The Oscars have a new stage on YouTube. The audience may have other plans.

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Adrien Brody won the 2025 Best Actor Oscar for his role in "The Brutalist" — a movie with lots of acclaim and a pretty modest box office.

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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'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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