WBD Done Dealt: Politics Are On Paramount’s Side
The latest development in the Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) acquisition saga sees Netflix out and Paramount in, with Paramount’s offer for WBD being financially superior. Despite potential antitrust concerns raised by Democratic lawmakers and an open investigation by the California Attorney General, the article suggests that politics will ultimately favor Paramount's deal over Netflix's, which faced criticism from Republican lawmakers over "woke" programming. The author argues that streaming deals are now influenced by political and cultural factors as much as economic ones, making the outcome of this saga highly unpredictable.
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