{"id":358603,"date":"2026-01-23T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=407936"},"modified":"2026-01-23T01:20:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T09:20:44","slug":"warner-rejected-paramount-but-we-didnt-know-it-was-in-such-a-crushing-manner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/warner-rejected-paramount-but-we-didnt-know-it-was-in-such-a-crushing-manner\/","title":{"rendered":"Warner rejected Paramount, but we didn&#039;t know it was in such a crushing manner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a recent turn in the complex landscape of acquisitions in the entertainment industry, <strong>more than 93% of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shareholders have rejected the buyout offer<\/strong> presented by Paramount Skydance, which consists of $30 per share. This strong response is set against a broader context, where the majority of WBD shareholders have shown a preference for selling the company to Netflix, valued at $83 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nobody wants this<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><strong>Warner Bros. Discovery spoke out against Paramount&#8217;s proposal, calling it a &#8220;subpar plan&#8221;<\/strong> and stating that the offer lacks the necessary backing from its investors. This rejection highlights the growing competition among major companies in the industry as they seek to better position themselves in a constantly evolving market where significant acquisitions are essential for expansion and consolidation.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The hostile takeover bid by Paramount Skydance has been presented as a strategy to weaken WBD&#8217;s position. However, <strong>the company&#8217;s response, which includes the majority support of its shareholders towards Netflix<\/strong>, indicates a clear preference for the option that offers greater long-term value. Despite Paramount&#8217;s attempts, the future of Warner Bros. Discovery seems to lean towards a partnership with Netflix, highlighting the priorities of shareholders in this competitive climate.<\/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=\"Scream 7 | Legacy (2026 Movie) \u2013 Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HaOs4m6dwOM?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>Rumors in the industry suggest that this situation may not be over, as <strong>Paramount may consider new strategies to advance its acquisition offer<\/strong>. The dynamic between these institutional corporations reflects an intense struggle for dominance and influence in the entertainment sector, where every move can have significant implications for the future of media business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent turn in the complex landscape of acquisitions in the entertainment industry, more than 93% of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shareholders have rejected the buyout offer presented by Paramount Skydance, which consists of $30 per share. This strong response is set against a broader context, where the majority of WBD shareholders have shown a preference for selling the company to Netflix, valued at $83 billion. No one wants this Warner Bros. Discovery spoke out against Paramount&#8217;s proposal, calling it a &#8220;subpar plan&#8221; and stating that [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":358604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[4293,9937],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-358603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-paramount","tag-warner"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358603","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\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358603"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":358610,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358603\/revisions\/358610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358603"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=358603"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=358603"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=358603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}