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Warner Bros. Discovery Board Rejects Paramount’s Hostile Offer
The WBD board warns shareholders Paramount’s offer is too risky, citing uncertain financing and long-term concerns as the takeover fight continues.
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Paramount Launches $108.4 Billion Hostile Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery
The surprise bid disrupts Netflix’s near-finished deal and ignites a new battle over control, financing, and the future of major Hollywood assets.
Netflix To Purchase Warner Bros. For $82.7 Billion
The acquisition positions Netflix to absorb a century of Warner Bros. film and animation history as industry consolidation accelerates.
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.