Warner Bros rejects ‘inadequate’ Paramount hostile bid
Board warns offer is risky, citing the high amount of debt financing...
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Board warns offer is risky, citing the high amount of debt financing...
Some investors criticise WBD's board's rejection of Paramount's offer, citing better chances of regulatory approval....
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The Warner Bros. Discovery board has again dismissed Paramount's hostile takeover attempt, branding it as "inadequate" and a "risk" to the company due to its reliance on an "extraordinary amount of in...
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David Zaslav is chief of Warner Bros. Discovery, left, which just rejected Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison's latest bid for Warners. JC Olivera/Variety via Getty Images; Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via...
Warner’s leadership has rebuffed Paramount’s overtures again and urged shareholders to back the sale of its streaming and studio business to Netflix for $72 billion. Warner expressed concerns that the...
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