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WBD Sale Moves Forward As Paramount Skydance, Netflix, And Comcast Submit Nonbinding Bids

The offers put WB’s vast animation catalog and its workforce in the spotlight as staff brace for a fourth major transition in a decade.

Warner Bros. Discovery And Mundoloco CGI Partner To Spotlight Latin American Projects With Ventana Sur Launchpad Series

Warner Bros. Discovery and Mundoloco CGI announce seven finalists for Launchpad Series, a new platform spotlighting emerging Latin American animators.

Netflix Reportedly Exploring Warner Bros. Discovery Bid

According to Reuters, Netflix has tapped an investment bank to explore a possible WBD bid and has been given access to the company’s financial data room.

Warner Bros. Discovery Confirms Its For Sale, Bidders Circling

WBD says its board is reviewing strategic options to boost shareholder value. No word in today’s release on how a sale might impact employees or customers.

Paramount Skydance Plots Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery As Ellisons Expand Media Empire

Paramount Skydance, backed by the Ellison family, is weighing a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery in a move that could reshape Hollywood’s studio landscape.

GenAI’s Rough Summer: Hollywood Studios And Authors Push Back Against Predatory Training And Output Models

Last week, Warner Bros. sued Midjourney – like Disney and Universal did before – and Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5B for scraping protected literature.

More Cartoon Network Shows Pulled From HBO Max

‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ and ‘What’s New, Scooby-Doo?’ were pulled from HBO Max, as Warner Bros. Discovery pivots away from legacy animated shows.

Warner Bros. Games Shuts Down Three Studios, Including ‘Multiversus’ Developer

The three companies being shuttered are Monolith Productions, Player First Games, and Warner Bros. Games San Diego

Warner Bros. Discovery Marks Tom & Jerry’s 85th Anniversary With Slew Of New Licensing Deals

Expect to see a lot more of this classic cat-and-mouse duo in 2025.

Report: Warner Bros. Plans To Relaunch Looney Tunes Theatrically In 2028

Even though WBD has made two recent Looney Tunes features that it has chosen to not release itself, it is already planning a revival of the brand.

Cartoon Network No Longer Has A Website Due To Cost-Cutting Measures At Parent Company

After 26 years of operation, the Cartoon Network website has been shut down.

Warner Bros. Discovery Is Shutting Down Its Classic Cartoon Streaming Platform Boomerang

The service’s last day will be September 30, 2024.

Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery Will Begin To Bundle Their Streaming Services Together

This latest era of the streaming wars is creating strange bedfellows, including a partnership between two longtime rivals.

MeTV Announces Toons Network, A Free Channel Dedicated To Classic Animation

The network is licensing a significant part of the Warner Bros. Discovery classic animation library, as well as series and shorts from other companies.

Warner Bros. Japan Will Increase Its Anime Output To More Than 10 Productions Per Year

Upcoming titles include ‘Suicide Squad ISEKAI’ and ‘Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ken.’

Warner Bros. Discovery Is Shuttering ‘RWBY,’ ‘Gen:Lock’ Animation Studio Rooster Teeth

Approximately 150 employees will be laid off.

A ‘Batman Beyond’ Feature Is Being Pitched By ‘My Dad The Bounty Hunter’ Co-Creator Patrick Harpin And ‘Spider-Verse’ Artist Yuhki Demers

It’s been two decades since the cult favorite series ended, but Demers says WB brass has given a solid “maybe” to their proposal.

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