# Netflix
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Warner Bros. Discovery Weighs Reopening Talks After Paramount’s Sharpened Hostile Bid
Paramount, with Skydance, has submitted a revised hostile offer to Warner Bros. Discovery offering to pay a $2.8 billion breakup fee, backstop debt refinancing and compensate shareholders if the deal misses a December 31 close. Warner Bros. Discovery’s board is debating whether those concessions create a viable route to a superior transaction despite an existing binding agreement with Netflix, raising the prospect of a renewed bidding war and fresh regulatory scrutiny.
Paramount Turns Up the Heat on WBD Deal — Offers Quarterly ‘Timing Fee’ and to Cover Netflix Break Fee
Paramount kept its $30-per-share bid for Warner Bros. Discovery but sweetened the offer with a 25-cent per‑share quarterly ‘‘timing fee’’ beginning in 2027 and pledged to cover Warner’s $2.8 billion break fee if the studio abandons its larger Netflix deal. The enhancements aim to position Paramount as a lower‑risk, fully financed buyer at a time when regulators are scrutinising Netflix’s $82.7 billion content-and-streaming proposal.
Paramount Turns Up the Heat on Warner Bros. Discovery with Quarterly 'Timing' Payments and a Netflix Breakup- Fee Offer
Paramount has amended its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery by adding a quarterly "timing fee" and offering to pay the $2.8 billion breakup fee if WBD’s deal with Netflix collapses, while keeping its $30 per‑share headline bid intact. The package is intended to provide cash certainty and a clearer regulatory route, but analysts caution it may not be enough to convince shareholders to abandon the larger Netflix proposal.
U.S. Stocks Open Modestly Higher as Memory Shares Lead Gains, Kraft Heinz and Netflix Drag
U.S. markets opened modestly higher, led by gains in memory and storage stocks as investors bet on data-centre and AI-driven demand. Kraft Heinz tumbled after Berkshire registered a large share sale, and Netflix fell after disappointing profit guidance and a pause to buybacks tied to a Warner acquisition.