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Sara Fischer

@sarafischer
405 posts
2026-02-28
The deal will go thru DOJ & if it sues to block it, an indp court will rule on merits of the case. (State AGs can do same). If a future DOJ seeks to sue to unwind it, same process. Implying “Democrats” will “break up” these deals implies those indp processes would be politicized
2026-02-28 View on X
The Hollywood Reporter

Paramount agrees to acquire WBD, paying $31 per share in cash, giving WBD an enterprise value of $110B; Paramount paid a $2.8B breakup fee to Netflix

Netflix backed away from its $87.2 billion deal on Thursday. … The two companies formally unveiled the deal Friday after Netflix formally bowed …

2026-02-27
The deal will go thru DOJ & if it sues to block it, an indp court will rule on merits of the case. (State AGs can do same). If a future DOJ seeks to sue to unwind it, same process. Implying “Democrats” will “break up” these deals implies those indp processes would be politicized
2026-02-27 View on X
CNBC

Netflix walks away from a deal to buy WBD's studio and streaming assets after WBD deemed Paramount's $31/share bid to be superior; NFLX jumps 8%+

Netflix is walking away from a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets after the WBD board on Thursday deemed …

From Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters: “The transaction we negotiated would have created shareholder value with a clear path to regulatory approval. However, we've always been disciplined, and at the price required to match Paramount Skydance's latest offer, the deal
2026-02-27 View on X
CNBC

Netflix walks away from a deal to buy WBD's studio and streaming assets after WBD deemed Paramount's $31/share bid to be superior; NFLX jumps 8%+

Netflix is walking away from a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets after the WBD board on Thursday deemed …

Smart maneuvering by @WBD board these past few months. — WBD's stock has surged 78% since the first Paramount offer at $19 per share in September, while share prices for Paramount and Netflix have fallen 36% and 30%, respectively.
2026-02-27 View on X
CNBC

Netflix walks away from a deal to buy WBD's studio and streaming assets after WBD deemed Paramount's $31/share bid to be superior; NFLX jumps 8%+

Netflix is walking away from a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets after the WBD board on Thursday deemed …

Bottom line: Netflix walked away from an expensive bidding war that wasn't prudent and in doing so, it conveniently leaves one competitor saddled with debt and two competitors burdened by a very long, distracting regulatory approval process — Investors agree. $NFLX shares are up
2026-02-27 View on X
CNBC

Netflix walks away from a deal to buy WBD's studio and streaming assets after WBD deemed Paramount's $31/share bid to be superior; NFLX jumps 8%+

Netflix is walking away from a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets after the WBD board on Thursday deemed …

🚨🚨🚨 @Netflix declines to raise its offer for @WBD, leaving WBD in the hands of David Ellison and his “Superior Proposal” — After repeatedly rebuffing Paramount's offers, the board ultimately got $PARA to raise its bid to $31, up 63% from the original bid of $19 in September [image]
2026-02-27 View on X
CNBC

Netflix walks away from a deal to buy WBD's studio and streaming assets after WBD deemed Paramount's $31/share bid to be superior; NFLX jumps 8%+

Netflix is walking away from a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets after the WBD board on Thursday deemed …

2026-02-15
Scoop: @Disney today sent a cease and desist letter to @ByteDance over Seedance 2.0 for copyright infringement - Follows swift condemnation from Hollywood advocacy groups such as @motionpictures and Human Artistry Campaign - More on @axios https://www.axios.com/...
2026-02-15 View on X
Axios

Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, claiming it infringed on Disney's works to train its Seedance 2.0 video generation model without pay

2026-02-14
Scoop: @Disney today sent a cease and desist letter to @ByteDance over Seedance 2.0 for copyright infringement - Follows swift condemnation from Hollywood advocacy groups such as @motionpictures and Human Artistry Campaign - More on @axios https://www.axios.com/...
2026-02-14 View on X
Axios

Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, claiming it infringed on Disney's works to train its Seedance 2.0 video generation model without pay

The Walt Disney Company on Friday sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, alleging the Chinese tech giant has been infringing …

2026-01-24
#BREAKING: @TikTok divestiture deal closes - Steve Case's Revolution Ventures, Michael Dell's Family office & Alpha Wave all investors, in addition to Oracle, MGX Silver Lake - $14B deal is a fire sale to avoid a lawsuits TikTok lives to see another day https://www.axios.com/...
2026-01-24 View on X
Wired

TikTok users in the US were presented with a new privacy policy; the changes were part of the app's ownership transition and now allow precise location tracking

According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location …

#BREAKING: @TikTok divestiture deal closes - Steve Case's Revolution Ventures, Michael Dell's Family office & Alpha Wave all investors, in addition to Oracle, MGX Silver Lake - $14B deal is a fire sale to avoid a lawsuits TikTok lives to see another day https://www.axios.com/...
2026-01-24 View on X
New York Times

ByteDance strikes a deal with a group of non-Chinese investors to create a new TikTok US entity and avoid a federal ban, concluding a six-year legal saga

Here's all you need to knowAnkita Chakravarti /Moneycontrol:TikTok avoids US ban after sealing last-minute dealJoy Chakravarty /Arabian Business:Abu Dhabi's MGX buys 15% stake to k...

2026-01-23
#BREAKING: @TikTok divestiture deal closes - Steve Case's Revolution Ventures, Michael Dell's Family office & Alpha Wave all investors, in addition to Oracle, MGX Silver Lake - $14B deal is a fire sale to avoid a lawsuits TikTok lives to see another day https://www.axios.com/...
2026-01-23 View on X
New York Times

ByteDance strikes a deal with a group of non-Chinese investors to create a new TikTok US entity and avoid a federal ban, concluding a six-year legal saga

TikTok said on Thursday that its Chinese owner, ByteDance, had struck a deal with a group of non-Chinese investors to create a new U.S. TikTok …

#BREAKING: @TikTok divestiture deal closes - Steve Case's Revolution Ventures, Michael Dell's Family office & Alpha Wave all investors, in addition to Oracle, MGX Silver Lake - $14B deal is a fire sale to avoid a lawsuits TikTok lives to see another day https://www.axios.com/...
2026-01-23 View on X
Axios

Source: the TikTok US deal values it at just around $14B; TikTok's US entity makes roughly $14B annually in advertising revenues alone, per analyst estimates

Sara Fischer /Axios:

2026-01-18
Introducing ads means OpenAI will be held to a higher standard when it comes to things like privacy, brand safety, misinfo, etc. Ads sometimes seem like a pesky thing for consumers but they can force platforms to address issues they otherwise wouldn't
2026-01-18 View on X
Financial Times

OpenAI plans to test ads below ChatGPT replies for users of free and Go tiers in the US; source: OpenAI expects to make “low billions” from ads in 2026

$500bn start-up seeks ways to fund expansion and fend off competition from rivals Google and Anthropic

2026-01-17
Introducing ads means OpenAI will be held to a higher standard when it comes to things like privacy, brand safety, misinfo, etc. Ads sometimes seem like a pesky thing for consumers but they can force platforms to address issues they otherwise wouldn't
2026-01-17 View on X
Financial Times

OpenAI plans to test ads below ChatGPT replies for users of free and Go tiers in the US; source: OpenAI expects to make “low billions” from ads in 2026

$500bn start-up seeks ways to fund expansion and fend off competition from rivals Google and Anthropic

2026-01-16
Introducing ads means OpenAI will be held to a higher standard when it comes to things like privacy, brand safety, misinfo, etc. Ads sometimes seem like a pesky thing for consumers but they can force platforms to address issues they otherwise wouldn't
2026-01-16 View on X
Financial Times

OpenAI plans to test ads below ChatGPT replies for users of free and Go tiers in the US; source: OpenAI expects to make “low billions” from ads in 2026

$500bn start-up seeks ways to fund expansion and fend off competition from rivals Google and Anthropic

2026-01-13
#BREAKING on @axios : @Meta has tapped @DinaPowellMcC , longtime banker, former Trump Admin official and wife of Republican @SenMcCormickPA , as #President and Vice Chair — She'll report directly to @finkd — She'll help the company “build new strategic capital partnerships” as it invests more in AI
2026-01-13 View on X
Axios

Meta appoints Dina Powell McCormick, a prominent banking executive and former Republican official, as president and vice chair, reporting to Mark Zuckerberg

Dina Powell McCormick, a prominent banking executive and former Republican official, is joining Meta full-time as president and vice chairman …

2026-01-12
#BREAKING on @axios: @Meta has tapped @DinaPowellMcC, longtime banker, former Trump Admin official and wife of Republican @SenMcCormickPA, as #President and Vice Chair — She'll report directly to @finkd — She'll help the company “build new strategic capital partnerships” as it
2026-01-12 View on X
Axios

Meta appoints Dina Powell McCormick, a prominent banking executive and former Republican official, as president and vice chair, reporting to Mark Zuckerberg

Dina Powell McCormick, a prominent banking executive and former Republican official, is joining Meta full-time as president and vice chairman …

2026-01-07
#BREAKING: @wbd board again rejects Paramount's hostile bid — The board cited an “extraordinary amount of debt financing” — and the uncertainty around it — as well as other offer terms that made it concerned about Paramount's ability to close the deal More on @axios
2026-01-07 View on X
The Wrap

WBD's board unanimously rejects Paramount's amended $108.4B acquisition offer, saying the bid still has “significant” risks compared to Netflix's $83B offer

The board says the revised $108.4 billion bid continues to offer “significant costs, risks and uncertainties” compared to its $83 billion deal with Netflix

1/ The new WBD response basically ignores Larry Ellison's latest equity backstop assurance and focuses on the extraordinary amount of debt financing for Paramount's bid, as well as costs incurred from walking from Netflix.
2026-01-07 View on X
The Wrap

WBD's board unanimously rejects Paramount's amended $108.4B acquisition offer, saying the bid still has “significant” risks compared to Netflix's $83B offer

The board says the revised $108.4 billion bid continues to offer “significant costs, risks and uncertainties” compared to its $83 billion deal with Netflix

2025-12-22
Paramount guarantees backing of Larry Ellison in Warner Bros. bid — Also upping its breakup fee to match Netflix's — But bid value remains unchanged at $30-oer-share all-cash https://www.axios.com/...
2025-12-22 View on X
CNBC

Paramount says Larry Ellison “agreed to provide an irrevocable personal guarantee of $40.4B” for its WBD bid, after WBD's board raised concerns about the offer

Paramount Skydance on Monday guaranteed the backing of billionaire Larry Ellison in an amended offer for Warner Bros. Discovery …