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20.12.25 - 01:06
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Why Netflix Buying Warner Bros. Discovery Is A Bad Bet For Investors (ZeroHedge)
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Why Netflix Buying Warner Bros. Discovery Is A Bad Bet For Investors
Authored by Mark Anthony of Forrester Research,
Eaerlier this week, Netflix responded to the vast industry concerns about its deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery from the likes of the Writers Guild of America and a who's-who list of elected officials, including liberal ones like Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, by stating that “the “deal is about growth” and that the company is “strengthening one of Hollywood's most iconic studios, supporting jobs, and ensuring a healthy future for film and TV production.”
Netflix continues to tout how it is a perfect strategic fit for WBD, but the only strategy that matters to investors is the one that provides the most deal certainty, speed to close, and risk-adjusted return. By those measures, a Netflix acquisition of WBD is a fundamentally unattractive trade.
It is only a matter of time before this deal to combine the two companies will face antitrust scrutiny ?...
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18.12.25 - 23:06
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As Netflix, Paramount Battle Over Warner Bros., What′s at Stake? (Bloomberg)
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Who ends up with the assets of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., the owner of one of Hollywood's largest and most venerable film studios, is likely to impact the entertainment industry for decades to come. On Dec. 5, the company announced that Netflix Inc., the world's dominant streaming platform, had agreed to purchase its streaming and studio assets in a $82.7 billion deal, including debt. Three days later, Paramount Skydance Corp. launched a hostile takeover bid for all of Warner Bros. The offer v...
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18.12.25 - 23:06
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Mattel Appoints Natalia Premovic as Chief Consumer Products and Experiences Officer (Business Wire)
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mattel, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAT), a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world, today announced that Natalia Premovic has been appointed Chief Consumer Products and Experiences Officer for the company, effective January 5, 2026. In this role, Premovic will oversee global consumer products, experiences, publishing, and location-based entertainment for Mattel. She will report to Mattel Chairman and CEO Ynon Kreiz.
Kreiz said: “We welcome Natalia to Mattel at an exciting time for the company, as we continue to expand our entertainment offering and capture more value from our IP. Her expertise building and scaling global consumer products businesses at pace bodes well for Mattel's next chapter as we accelerate our growth in entertainment.”
Premovic joins Mattel most recently from Netflix, where she built the company's consumer products business from the ground up. She served as Head of Consumer Prod...
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