{"id":357655,"date":"2026-01-13T01:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=406688"},"modified":"2026-01-13T07:21:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:21:32","slug":"paramount-is-taking-warner-bros-discovery-to-court-over-their-refusal-to-sell-the-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/paramount-is-taking-warner-bros-discovery-to-court-over-their-refusal-to-sell-the-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramount is taking Warner Bros. Discovery to court over their refusal to sell the company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Paramount has taken legal action against Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) in an attempt to obtain detailed information about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.softonic.com\/articulos\/paramount-rechazada-otra-vez-por-warner-la-ha-demandado\">the board&#8217;s decision to reject<\/a> its $30 per share offer. <strong>In its lawsuit, Paramount argues that WBD advised its shareholders to dismiss the proposal without disclosing key information that could have influenced this critical decision<\/strong>. This dispute arises amid a business context marked by strategic moves of alliances and acquisitions in the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Either mine or nobody&#8217;s<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The offer from Paramount, which was presented in cash and aimed to acquire WBD, was rejected in favor of a partnership with Netflix. Paramount argues that by not disclosing certain fundamental data, <strong>WBD failed to fulfill its duty to provide accurate and adequate information to its shareholders, which they claim could have altered the outcome of the decision<\/strong>. The lack of transparency has led Paramount to request that WBD show its calculations and numbers related to the offer and its subsequent rejection.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Your Future is on its Way | Netflix\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lfaW74zJlmk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The lawsuit raises questions about how much information publicly traded companies must share with their shareholders in situations of acquisitions and public buyout offers. <strong>WBD&#8217;s decision to prefer a deal with Netflix instead of accepting Paramount&#8217;s generous offer not only underscores the competitive dynamics in the sector<\/strong>, but also the legal implications that may arise from a lack of transparency in companies&#8217; decision-making processes.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>This litigation is expected to result in greater scrutiny of corporate communication practices in similar situations. 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Discovery (WBD) in an attempt to obtain detailed information about the board&#8217;s decision to reject its $30 per share offer. In its lawsuit, Paramount argues that WBD advised its shareholders to dismiss the proposal without disclosing key information that could have influenced this critical decision. This dispute arises amid a business context marked by strategic moves of alliances and acquisitions in the entertainment industry. Either mine or no one else&#8217;s The offer from Paramount, which was made in cash and aimed to acquire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":357668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[20655,5465,17215,20656,1048,4293,6597,11632],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-357655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-acciones","tag-donald-trump","tag-empresa","tag-litigacion","tag-netflix","tag-paramount","tag-warner-bros-2","tag-warner-bros-discovery","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357655"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":357670,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357655\/revisions\/357670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357655"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=357655"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=357655"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=357655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}