Warner Bros. Discovery's Landmark Sale to Paramount
Paramount Global has won a bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) with an $111 billion offer, surpassing Netflix’s earlier bid of $82.7 billion. The deal includes WBD’s studios, HBO, streaming platforms, games, and TV networks like CNN and HGTV. However, the transaction has been paused by a federal judge following a lawsuit filed on July 13 by 12 state attorneys general.
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