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Netflix is going to buy them both for the same price in about 5 years. Paramount is a highly leveraged company. They are not going to come out of this very expe

Netflix is going to buy them both for the same price in about 5 years. Paramount is a highly leveraged company. They are not going to come out of this very expensive acquisition unscathed.

mudil 8mo ago
I would not bet against RedBird and Ellisons.
- andsoitis 8mo ago
  One must.
HDThoreaun 8mo ago
The Ellisons have zero liquidity issues. Theyll sell off parts to cut costs but no chance they sell the stuff they actually want
cyanydeez 8mo ago
As long as they get to keep a media alt-right afloat in politics, it doesn't matter their value.
jsnell 8mo ago
I'm hope not, and that they'll instead spin out WB, for it to be gobbled up again. Anything done three times is tradition, and breaking it just wouldn't do.
programmertote 8mo ago
Is it rumor or true that Saudis or some middle eastern financiers are part of the Paramount bid?
- gruez 8mo ago
  Maybe you're thinking of tiktok?
- stopbulying 8mo ago
  "After Hostile Takeover Fail, Ellison's Paramount Skydance Sues WBD Netflix" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46642776 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46642776 "Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery" https://www.axios.com/2025/12/08/jared-kushner-paramount-warner-bros-netflix https://www.axios.com/2025/12/08/jared-kushner-paramount-war... .. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46195124 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46195124 : > Affinity Partners, the private equity firm led by Jared Kushner, is part of Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros Discovery, according to a regulatory filing > Affinity Partners was not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196242 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196242 : > "Letter to DOJ on Kushner - FARA (Wyden - Raskin) final.pdf" (October 2024) https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/Letter%20to%20DOJ%20on%20Kushner%20-%20FARA%20%28Wyden%20-%20Raskin%29%20final.pdf https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/demo... : > Recent public reports and a Senate investigation have uncovered significant evidence that Mr. Kushner acted as an unregistered foreign agent of [SA] >> Kushner - who was never credentialed by State Department, an ambassador, or registered as a foreign agent in the US or in any other country - has now, in 2025, helped sell Electronic Arts to SA and is trying to help sell Warner Brothers Discovery to SA, a foreign territory which does not support Freedom of Speech. "Kushner's Affinity Partners exits Paramount bid for Warner Bros. Discovery" (2025-12) https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/16/kushner-affinity-paramount-wbd-netflix.html https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/16/kushner-affinity-paramount-w... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196370 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196370 : >> Trump wanted Ellison to purchase TikTok (from the owners in China that weren't offering to sell it) so that US data would remain in the US. >> By comparison, why did Trump/Kushner help sell EA (NFL Madden, NBA Live, PGA Tour,) to foreign interests, and why is Trump/Kushner trying to help sell WBD to foreign interests?
  - stopbulying 8mo ago
    WBD includes franchises like Batman, Superman, CNN, HBO, and Chuck (TV Series). Why did Kushner and Affinity Partners try to sell these American companies to foreign interests?
dyauspitr 8mo ago
I’m sure this administration has some plan to fund this. They want to turn our airwaves in far right propaganda machines, they’ll find a $100 billion somewhere.
throw0101c 8mo ago
> Paramount is a highly leveraged company. They are not going to come out of this very expensive acquisition unscathed. Is this before or after Ellison et co gut the news side of the organization to create another Fox New / RT? We've already seen what happened with 60 Minutes and CBS News: * https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/bari-weiss-cbs-mark-hyman https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/bari-weiss-c... * https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/26/inside-bari-weisss-hostile-takeover-of-cbs-news https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/26/inside-bari-we...
- turtlesdown11 8mo ago
  How many people are going to watch a right wing CNN? We saw the CBS viewership for the new partisan news plummet. At the end of the day, you have to draw attention to make money.
- gamblor956 8mo ago
  Ellison is more pragmatic than his current activities make it appear. He's playing to the right wing now because Trump was in office, but during the last administration he played heavily to the left. When push comes to shove, he'll follow the money. If Republicans lose the midterms, CBS will start shifting back to the middle to regain the millions of viewers it lost to NBC and ABC since Weiss took over and Weiss will probably be looking for a new job.
- matt-attack 8mo ago
  I’ve listened to Bari for years in her podcast and she’s indistinguishable from every liberal I was around in the 80s and 90s. Choosing not to jump aboard all the insane modern woke politics doesn’t make you some scary right winger. She could only help a legacy news outfit in my opinion.

Netflix is going to buy them both for the same price in about 5 years. Paramount is a highly leveraged company. They are not going to come out of this very expensive acquisition unscathed.

mudil 8mo ago

I would not bet against RedBird and Ellisons.

andsoitis 8mo ago
One must.

HDThoreaun 8mo ago

The Ellisons have zero liquidity issues. Theyll sell off parts to cut costs but no chance they sell the stuff they actually want

cyanydeez 8mo ago

As long as they get to keep a media alt-right afloat in politics, it doesn't matter their value.

jsnell 8mo ago

I'm hope not, and that they'll instead spin out WB, for it to be gobbled up again. Anything done three times is tradition, and breaking it just wouldn't do.

programmertote 8mo ago

Is it rumor or true that Saudis or some middle eastern financiers are part of the Paramount bid?

gruez 8mo ago
Maybe you're thinking of tiktok?
stopbulying 8mo ago
"After Hostile Takeover Fail, Ellison's Paramount Skydance Sues WBD Netflix" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46642776 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46642776 "Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery" https://www.axios.com/2025/12/08/jared-kushner-paramount-warner-bros-netflix https://www.axios.com/2025/12/08/jared-kushner-paramount-war... .. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46195124 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46195124 : > Affinity Partners, the private equity firm led by Jared Kushner, is part of Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros Discovery, according to a regulatory filing > Affinity Partners was not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196242 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196242 : > "Letter to DOJ on Kushner - FARA (Wyden - Raskin) final.pdf" (October 2024) https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/Letter%20to%20DOJ%20on%20Kushner%20-%20FARA%20%28Wyden%20-%20Raskin%29%20final.pdf https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/demo... : > Recent public reports and a Senate investigation have uncovered significant evidence that Mr. Kushner acted as an unregistered foreign agent of [SA] >> Kushner - who was never credentialed by State Department, an ambassador, or registered as a foreign agent in the US or in any other country - has now, in 2025, helped sell Electronic Arts to SA and is trying to help sell Warner Brothers Discovery to SA, a foreign territory which does not support Freedom of Speech. "Kushner's Affinity Partners exits Paramount bid for Warner Bros. Discovery" (2025-12) https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/16/kushner-affinity-paramount-wbd-netflix.html https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/16/kushner-affinity-paramount-w... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196370 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196370 : >> Trump wanted Ellison to purchase TikTok (from the owners in China that weren't offering to sell it) so that US data would remain in the US. >> By comparison, why did Trump/Kushner help sell EA (NFL Madden, NBA Live, PGA Tour,) to foreign interests, and why is Trump/Kushner trying to help sell WBD to foreign interests?
- stopbulying 8mo ago
  WBD includes franchises like Batman, Superman, CNN, HBO, and Chuck (TV Series). Why did Kushner and Affinity Partners try to sell these American companies to foreign interests?

dyauspitr 8mo ago

I’m sure this administration has some plan to fund this. They want to turn our airwaves in far right propaganda machines, they’ll find a $100 billion somewhere.

throw0101c 8mo ago

> Paramount is a highly leveraged company. They are not going to come out of this very expensive acquisition unscathed. Is this before or after Ellison et co gut the news side of the organization to create another Fox New / RT? We've already seen what happened with 60 Minutes and CBS News: * https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/bari-weiss-cbs-mark-hyman https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/bari-weiss-c... * https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/26/inside-bari-weisss-hostile-takeover-of-cbs-news https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/26/inside-bari-we...

turtlesdown11 8mo ago
How many people are going to watch a right wing CNN? We saw the CBS viewership for the new partisan news plummet. At the end of the day, you have to draw attention to make money.
gamblor956 8mo ago
Ellison is more pragmatic than his current activities make it appear. He's playing to the right wing now because Trump was in office, but during the last administration he played heavily to the left. When push comes to shove, he'll follow the money. If Republicans lose the midterms, CBS will start shifting back to the middle to regain the millions of viewers it lost to NBC and ABC since Weiss took over and Weiss will probably be looking for a new job.
matt-attack 8mo ago
I’ve listened to Bari for years in her podcast and she’s indistinguishable from every liberal I was around in the 80s and 90s. Choosing not to jump aboard all the insane modern woke politics doesn’t make you some scary right winger. She could only help a legacy news outfit in my opinion.