WBD Acquisition Thread

[lowell]

Obviously, and if needed, they can sell WBD again and forget about it. After all, Larry doesn't want to drag both PSKY-WBD and Oracle into the trash bin.

If Oracle does get dragged down by OpenAI in the middle of this, though, it's very hard to see Zaslav not getting the $7B check here, because the stock used as loan collateral is upended by an overall AI tech crash.

 

[JulianRO]

Just true words.

 

[RandomMe]

Just true words.

Remember the AOL deal in 2001.

 

[idk_1141]

Crazy prediction the post is from 2 years

 

[Perla Magica]

Crazy prediction the post is from 2 years

WOW!

Just WOW!

 

[idk_1141]

WOW!

Just WOW!

We have to see which network they gonna sell but if its Nickelodeon this guy knew what is gonna happen from long time ago.

 

[Camping My TV Set]

Crazy prediction the post is from 2 years

i think this was made back when the initial rumors were WB buying Paramount, as opposed to vice versa

 

[Zzman]

i think this was made back when the initial rumors were WB buying Paramount, as opposed to vice versa

thats actually what I'm thinking too not sure why some people are so shocked by this is there something I'm not getting?

 

[lowell]

thats actually what I'm thinking too not sure why some people are so shocked by this is there something I'm not getting?

Ellison was deadset on nabbing Paramount Global from the start. Was he offended that Zaslav wanted to engage in talks with the Redstones about an all-stock deal?

When it comes to a Silicon Valley trust fund kid who has never taken "No" for an answer, it's definitely believable he took it as an insult and could very well hunt down WarnerDiscovery not just out of a hungry obsession but because he wants to send an entitled "How dare you, that's mine. So after that, you're next. " message to alternate suitors like Zaslav who got in his way.

He got the news sites and financial analysts to do PR attacks on Sony-Apollo, Bronfman, and literally persuaded Barry Diller to look the other way and all of it couldn't have been possible without financial incentives.

Billionaires doing punitive retaliations isn't a rare thing in reality so Ellison's bruised ego pushing him to go after WarnerDiscovery immediately after digesting Paramount Global makes total sense.

 

[themidnightlore]

Shower thought, what if Paramount really has to sell Nickelodeon, it ends with Comcast? They grabbed Sky when Disney couldn't get it, Dreamworks content did air on Nickelodeon, and Nickelodeon UK did have ties to Sky UK...

 

[JulianRO]

Taking into account that SkyShowtime is also owned 50% by Comcast, it's also a possibility.

 

[lowell]

Shower thought, what if Paramount really has to sell Nickelodeon, it ends with Comcast? They grabbed Sky when Disney couldn't get it, Dreamworks content did air on Nickelodeon, and Nickelodeon UK did have ties to Sky UK...

I mean, it could easily as well be Sony because they don't exactly have many kids brands as Disney or Comcast does.

But then again, this whole pursuit could also collapse in front us at any possible moment.

 

[JulianRO]

But then again, this whole pursuit could also collapse in front us at any possible moment.

I want this to happen so badly. Paramount is like how Discovery was, an unnecessary company for WB.

 

[idk_1141]

There is still option they to wait the deal to get approved without selling Nick or CN I rlly hope they to don't sell them.

 

[awinger24]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-st...aramounts-acquisition-warner-bros-2026-06-05/

Looks like we might be getting the long awaited follow up to the Nexstar-Tegna lawsuit in the coming weeks.

State AGs are looking at filing a lawsuit hoping that it would freeze the merger.

 

[Daikun]

Skydance is offering concessions to try to avoid the antitrust suit.
Those concessions are...not yet made public.

https://archive.ph/0ew3F

 

[lowell]

I want this to happen so badly. Paramount is like how Discovery was, an unnecessary company for WB.

AT&T was going to saddle WarnerMedia with a portion of their $150B debt load anyway so what it got out of combining with Discovery was getting more non-fiction, unscripted content like Food Network, Animal Planet, Science Channel under its roof.

The U.S. channels may be bogged down by a lot of crappy reality TV reruns but the international networks do get more of a variety of educational content mixed with inherited sports programming from Eurosport like the Olympic Games rights, which has boosted HBO Max's expansion.

 

[JulianRO]

The UK regulators started the investigation for the PSKY-WBD merger:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a27d79ff56856fd11c0b1cc/Commencement_notice_9_June_2026.pdf

Until August 7, they have to decide if they go in the Phase 2 or not.

 

[Camping My TV Set]

The UK regulators started the investigation for the PSKY-WBD merger:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a27d79ff56856fd11c0b1cc/Commencement_notice_9_June_2026.pdf

Until August 7, they have to decide if they go in the Phase 2 or not.

well, there goes the idea of closing the merger in July

 

[awinger24]

well, there goes the idea of closing the merger in July

Why settle on July? Ellison can’t just focus on America. He can’t run a movie studio at all.