Reports: Paramount Skydance Eyes Warner Bros Discovery Takeover Bid

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Above: A water tower at the Paramount studios on August 7, 2025 in Los Angeles. Image copyright: Eric Thayer/Getty Images

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This bold acquisition makes perfect strategic sense for creating a media powerhouse capable of competing with tech giants like Amazon and Apple. Combining Paramount's broadcast strength with Warner's premium content would create unmatched scale in both traditional TV and streaming. The Ellison family's deep pockets provide the financial firepower needed to execute this vision before Warner splits apart.

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Such massive consolidation threatens competition and consumer choice by putting too much media power under one roof. This proposed deal would eliminate a major competitor in Hollywood. If the government is interested in protecting customers, it will have no choice but to raise antitrust concerns about this horizontal merger that would leave one company controlling both major studios and news networks like CBS and CNN.

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