4 d. ago Warner Bros board takes aim at billionaire family as it rejects takeover bid

Warner Bros Discovery says Paramount has “consistently misled” shareholders with its offer as it pushes investors to reject it in favour of its original agreement with Netflix

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4 d. ago Warner Bros takes aim at billionaire family as it rejects ‘misleading’ takeover bid

Warner Bros Discovery says Paramount has “consistently misled” shareholders with its offer as it pushes investors to reject it in favour of its original agreement with Netflix

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4 d. ago Warner Bros says Paramount has ‘misled’ investors in $164 billion hostile takeover bid

Warner Bros has taken aim at the father-and-son duo behind Paramount’s bid as it pushed its shareholders to vote for its original agreement with Netflix.

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5 d. ago As media moguls show Warner Bros the money, keep an eye on CNN – and US democracy

Paramount and Netflix are (almost) knocking each other out to buy Warner Bros Discovery – but there are bigger things than cable TV and movie studios at stake.

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8 d. ago Seven Group’s gas well is leaking methane into ocean off Victoria

An offshore gas well owned by a company controlled by billionaire businessman Kerry Stokes’ family is leaking off Victoria’s coastline.

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8 d. ago ‘Crossed the line’: The week Trump turned his back on Europe

A US security plan takes aim at European governments for being weak, with a fixation on open borders, political correctness and censorship.

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1 week ago Hail to the king: Trump will steer battle for the future of Hollywood

Donald Trump is almost certainly going to have the final say on who wins and who gets fired in the $160 billion contest over Warner Bros.

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2 w. ago All bravado, little humility: Hayden takes aim at England’s misfiring Archer

Jofra Archer delivered a few thunderbolts, along with a verbal barrage in the closing stages of the second Test, but Australian great Matthew Hayden says it was the pillow he carried to the game a day earlier that showed where his head was at.

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2 w. ago Warner Bros CEO set to become a billionaire from Netflix deal thanks to controversial tweak

A contract renegotiation earlier this year offered David Zaslav a new opportunity to supercharge his wealth,

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2 w. ago While Americans feasted on turkey, Netflix clinched a $108b deal

The streaming giant’s acquisition of Warner Bros was an unexpected twist in a long-running sales process. Here’s how it unfolded.

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2 w. ago Netflix to buy Warner Bros Discovery’s studios, streaming unit for $US72 billion

Buying the owner of marquee franchises including Game of Thrones, DC Comics and Harry Potter will further tilt the power balance in Hollywood in favour of the streaming giant.

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