{"id":360212,"date":"2026-02-11T00:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=409917"},"modified":"2026-02-11T00:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:57:09","slug":"paramount-doesnt-get-tired-and-insists-on-acquiring-warner-at-all-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/paramount-doesnt-get-tired-and-insists-on-acquiring-warner-at-all-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramount doesn&#039;t get tired and insists on acquiring Warner at all costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Paramount has raised its offer to acquire <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.softonic.com\/articulos\/tendra-resultados-culturalmente-catastroficos-las-salas-de-cine-alertan-contra-la-fusion-de-la-que-todo-el-mundo-habla\" title=\"\">Warner Bros. Discovery<\/a> (WBD) by $0.25 per share, introducing a fee known as a &#8220;ticking fee&#8221;.<\/strong> This fee will be paid to WBD shareholders for each quarter that passes without the transaction closing before December 31, 2026. This move underscores Paramount&#8217;s confidence that regulatory approval for its transaction will be achieved quickly and safely.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trust Tito Paramount, please<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The increase in supply, along with the inclusion of the &#8220;ticking fee,&#8221; highlights Paramount&#8217;s strategy to make its proposal more attractive in a competitive market. <strong>The company seems eager to move forward with the merger, reflecting the urgency and motivation to close the transaction<\/strong> within a reasonable timeframe. However, the need for proper regulatory approval always presents a degree of uncertainty, which could influence the projected timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>In addition to increasing its offer for WBD, Paramount has also <strong>decided to finance a significant termination fee of $2.8 billion that must be paid to Netflix<\/strong>. This decision implies a significant commitment from Paramount, suggesting that the company is willing to take substantial financial risks to carry out the transaction with Warner Bros. Discovery.<\/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=\"One Mile | Official Trailer | Paramount Movies\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/868HlmpAhtQ?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 movement can be seen as an attempt to consolidate a greater presence in the digital entertainment industry, where alliances and mergers have become a prevalent trend. <strong>As the media landscape continues to evolve and challenge established players<\/strong>, Paramount&#8217;s involvement in such transactions could provide it with a strategic advantage in the pursuit of exclusive content and a larger market share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paramount has raised its offer to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) by $0.25 per share, introducing a fee known as a &#8220;ticking fee.&#8221; This fee will be paid to WBD shareholders for each quarter that passes without the transaction closing before December 31, 2026. This move underscores Paramount&#8217;s confidence that regulatory approval for its transaction will be achieved quickly and safely. Trust in Tito Paramount, please The increase in the offer, along with the inclusion of the &#8220;ticking fee,&#8221; highlights Paramount&#8217;s strategy to make its proposal more [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":360226,"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-360212","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\/360212","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=360212"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":360230,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360212\/revisions\/360230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360212"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=360212"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=360212"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=360212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}