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....
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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Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison hasn't given up in his pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Warner Bros. Discovery turned down another offer from Paramount Skydanc...
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