Netflix sweetens Warner Bros bid with all-cash offer to block Paramount
Streaming company says proposal speeds up completion and allows WBD investors to vote as soon as AprilNetflix has sweetened its $82.7bn (£61.5bn) offer for the studios and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) by making it an all-cash deal, streamlining its potential completion in...
<p>Streaming company says proposal speeds up completion and allows WBD investors to vote as soon as April</p><p>Netflix has sweetened its $82.7bn (£61.5bn) offer for the studios and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) by making it an all-cash deal, streamlining its potential completion in the face of a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/12/paramount-to-nominate-directors-to-warner-bros-board-to-vote-against-netflix-deal">hostile bid from Paramount Skydance</a>.</p><p>The streaming company had originally secured the unanimous backing of the WBD board last month with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/05/netflix-frontrunner-warner-bros-discovery-streaming-and-studio-sale">a cash-and-shares proposal</a> that valued the business at $27.75 a share.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/20/netflix-sweetens-warner-bros-bid-all-cash-offer-block-paramount">Continue reading...</a>
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