Episode 163: How the White House Handed WBD to Paramount

Podcast: The Option · Oil&Cattle

Opublikowano: 2026-10-22

John Malone went on record this week saying the Trump administration told Netflix it had "no chance" of regulatory approval for its Warner Bros. Discovery bid — and Netflix walked away from the deal that same day. The claim lands against a backdrop of competing accounts from Ted Sarandos, a $110 billion Paramount leveraged buyout, and a DOJ antitrust ruling that now sets precedent for every future streaming merger argument. For agents, showrunners, studio executives, and investors trying to understand who owns what and why, Malone's version of events changes the read on one of the biggest media consolidations in history. ...