Zippy Bot@lemmy.zipB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 16 days agoNetflix's $82.7 billion deal to buy Warner has been dramatically gazumped by Paramount, to the tune of $111 billionwww.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkNetflix's $82.7 billion deal to buy Warner has been dramatically gazumped by Paramount, to the tune of $111 billionwww.rockpapershotgun.comZippy Bot@lemmy.zipB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squareTechnus@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·16 days agoThere’s no way in hell Paramount has that much cash available. This is gonna be a leveraged buyout of epic proportions, and it’s gonna crash and burn epically too.
minus-squareBarbecue Cowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·16 days agoI kinda feel like having it all fall apart might be the best case scenario for everyone.
minus-squarecalliope@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 days agoThat’s because “Paramount” in the title translates to “the Ellisons.” I feel like they could have just spelled that out in the title. The article later says Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison and his dad Larry Ellison - who is funding the acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery out of his personal fortune
There’s no way in hell Paramount has that much cash available. This is gonna be a leveraged buyout of epic proportions, and it’s gonna crash and burn epically too.
I kinda feel like having it all fall apart might be the best case scenario for everyone.
That’s because “Paramount” in the title translates to “the Ellisons.” I feel like they could have just spelled that out in the title.
The article later says