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Oscars statues are displayed during preparations for the 97th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, on March 1, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) Photographer: PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP
Night Media Inc., the talent management firm that represents social media celebrities such as popular Twitch streamer Kai Cenat, has raised $70 million to fund acquisitions and expand into gaming, sports and music.
Night Media Inc., the talent management firm that represents social media celebrities such as popular Twitch streamer Kai Cenat, has raised $70 million to fund acquisitions and expand into gaming, sports and music.
Warner Bros Discovery Inc. is considering reopening sale talks with rival Hollywood studio Paramount Skydance Corp. after receiving its hostile suitor’s most recent amended offer, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Warner Bros Discovery Inc. is considering reopening sale talks with rival Hollywood studio Paramount Skydance Corp. after receiving its hostile suitor’s most recent amended offer, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. Netflix Inc. shares tumbled Wednesday after the company issued a disappointing forecast for earnings in the months ahead as it spends more on programming and works to close its $82.7 billion deal with Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
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Christian Oestlien, director of product management at YouTube Inc., speaks during the company's unveiling of the new television subscription service at the YouTube Space LA venue in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. For $35 a month, starting sometime this spring, subscribers to YouTube TV will be able to watch the top four broadcast networks and some affiliated cable channels. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg
Paramount Skydance Corp. is pressing to wrap up a Justice Department antitrust review of its tender offer for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. shares in the coming weeks, according to people familiar with the matter.
Paramount Skydance Corp. is pressing to wrap up a Justice Department antitrust review of its tender offer for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. shares in the coming weeks, according to people familiar with the matter.
Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. Photographer: Ethan Swope/Bloomberg
Netflix Inc. and Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. faced a skeptical Senate panel Tuesday as their executives defended their $82.7 billion media merger against lawmakers’ concerns about the proposed tie-up and its impact on streaming consumers and Hollywood workers.
Netflix Inc. and Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. faced a skeptical Senate panel Tuesday as their executives defended their $82.7 billion media merger against lawmakers’ concerns about the proposed tie-up and its impact on streaming consumers and Hollywood workers.
Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. Photographer: Caroline Brehman/Bloomberg
Netflix has long excelled at avoiding regulatory entanglements. That’s about to change.
Ted Sarandos, chief executive officer of Netflix Inc., center, and Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's president, during a press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. Netflix will invest $1 billion for production in Mexico through 2028, which will fund about 20 productions per year. Photographer: Mayolo Lopez Gutierrez/Bloomberg
Sony Music Group and Singapore’s GIC Pte sovereign wealth fund are forming a joint venture to acquire music copyrights, with plans to invest $2 billion to $3 billion in the project.
Sony Music Group and Singapore’s GIC Pte sovereign wealth fund are forming a joint venture to acquire music copyrights, with plans to invest $2 billion to $3 billion in the project.
Paramount needs to raise its offer to reclaim the initiative
David Ellison, chairman and chief executive officer of Paramount Skydance Corp., center, outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. Paramount Skydance Corp. has lined up as much as $54 billion of financing from Wall Street’s biggest firms to help support its planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., just days after the company agreed to a deal with Netflix Inc. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
Netflix Inc. shares tumbled Wednesday after giving a disappointing forecast for earnings in the months ahead as it spends more on programming and works to close its $82.7 billion deal with Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
Netflix Inc. shares tumbled Wednesday after giving a disappointing forecast for earnings in the months ahead as it spends more on programming and works to close its $82.7 billion deal with Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
A Netflix building in Los Angeles. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg
Netflix Inc. reached an amended, all-cash agreement to buy Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.’s studio and streaming business as it battles Paramount Skydance Corp. to acquire one of Hollywood’s most iconic entertainment companies.
Netflix Inc. reached an amended, all-cash agreement to buy Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.’s studio and streaming business as it battles Paramount Skydance Corp. to acquire one of Hollywood’s most iconic entertainment companies.
The Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California, US.
Peter Chernin is in talks to sell his independent production company
Peter Chernin, chairman and chief executive officer of the Chernin Group LLC, speaks during a session at the Qatar Economic Forum (QEF) in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. The third Qatar Economic Forum will shine a light on the rising south-to-south economy and the new growth opportunities it presents to the global business community. Photographer: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg
Netflix’s embrace of podcasting is a major moment for the service -- and a bigger one for the podcast industry
Bill Simmons, founder and chief executive officer of the Ringer, during the Bloomberg Screentime event in Los Angeles, California, US, on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. The event gathers moguls, celebrities, and entrepreneurs to discuss the future of cinema, the boom in streaming audio and video, the latest sports and gaming experiences, and the potential impact of artificial intelligence. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. rejected an amended takeover offer from Paramount Skydance Corp. and encouraged shareholders to stick with a deal it has in place with Netflix Inc., voicing skepticism about the interloper’s ability to pull off what it said would effectively be the largest leveraged buyout in history.
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. rejected an amended takeover offer from Paramount Skydance Corp. and encouraged shareholders to stick with a deal it has in place with Netflix Inc., voicing skepticism about the interloper’s ability to pull off what it said would effectively be the largest leveraged buyout in history.
Larry Ellison Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/Sipa/Bloomberg
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Neal Mohan, chief executive officer of YouTube Inc., left, arrives for the morning session at the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, US, on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. The annual event has been a historic breeding ground for media deals and is usually a forum for tech and media elites to discuss the future of their industry. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. Paramount Skydance Corp. and Netflix Inc. — the entertainment heavyweights locked in a bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. — are girding for a battle they predict will stretch well into 2026. Photographer: Ethan Swope/Bloomberg
Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners is exiting the takeover battle for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. in a political and financial blow to a foundering hostile takeover bid for the fabled studio.
Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners is exiting the takeover battle for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. in a political and financial blow to a foundering hostile takeover bid for the fabled studio.
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