Who Will Win: Netflix or Paramount? We’ve Seen This Show Before.

No, it’s not Netflix’s quest to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. It’s Sumner Redstone’s long and painful struggle with Barry Diller to control Paramount three decades ago. The outcome reordered the media industry and created a new Hollywood dynasty.

A $108B Challenge: Paramount Forces WBD to Choose Between Cash Certainty and Netflix’s Vision

The hostile offer may outmuscle Netflix on price, but WBD’s decision hinges on competing futures: a clean reset under Paramount or a deeper strategic alignment with the world’s dominant streamer.

Paramount claims WBD is overvaluing CNN, TBS and other TV networks - alleging that means Netflix's deal is worse for shareholders

A core argument of Paramount Skydance’s hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery is this: WBD’s cable networks like CNN and TBS are not worth as much as the David Zaslav-led company’s deal with Netflix implies,

Netflix Head Honcho Ted Sarandos Does Not Seem To Be Sweating That Paramount Counter Deal

Ted Sarandos calls it a “done deal,” though strictly speaking, that isn’t true. There will be a lot of business decisions left to be made, and the deal will require regulatory approval from the U.S. government to be sure there are no antitrust concerns. It's not unlike what Paramount itself needed when it merged with Skydance earlier this year.

Netflix & Trump In Sync, Ted Sarandos Insists As Paramount Pitches $108B Bid For WBD; “We’re Not Cutting Jobs, We’re Making Jobs,” Says Netflix Chief

Trump & Netflix are in sync, says CEO Ted Sarandos even as Paramount launches a new $108B bid for Warner Bros Discovery

Next shoe in Netflix-WBD saga drops as Paramount launches hostile bid that includes Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner

Over the weekend, President Trump voiced concern over the combined market share of Netflix and Warner Bros.