Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s $108.4B bid
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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.
No matter which megacorp emerges as the studio's new owner, the Warner Bros. Discovery boss will likely rake in hundreds of millions.
The Standard General hedge fund co-founder Soo Kim has held talks over buying into Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)’s TV networks, according to the Financial Times. Citing people briefed on the matter, the article reported that Kim had been approached by “at least one” WBD shareholder about acquiring some or all of the cable TV assets,
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.
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.
Netflix has made waves in entertainment with its deal to acquire Warner Bros. The streaming giant announced on December 5 that it had reached an agreement to purchase Warner Bros.