Warner Bros. bidding war
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Warner Bros. and Netflix leaders put on a show of force Wednesday when Netflix co-CEOs paid a visit to the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank.
Soo Kim, founder of New York hedge fund Standard General, has been in talks over potentially buying or investing in the Warner Bros Discovery television networks, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said Wednesday that the regulatory review of Warner’s deal with Netflix has begun, even as Paramount mounts a hostile takeover bid. Two senators are now coming forward and pressing Attorney General Pam Bondi to recuse herself from the review of the deal.
Affinity Partners had planned to back a bid by Paramount Skydance to acquire all the assets of media giant Warner Bros. Discovery.