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Netflix pulls out of Warner Bros. Discovery purchase

Covered by 17 outlets over 16 hours. First reported by Bloomberg at 22:52 UTC on February 26, 2026.

17 outlets

What happened?

  1. Reports state that Netflix pulled out of a Warner Bros. Discovery purchase.

Netflix has pulled out of a purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, according to reports.

A machine summary written from the reports listed below; read them for the full account. How summaries are made and what is checked.

Who reported it, and when?

21 distinct reports run by 17 outlets, earliest first (UTC); a syndicated report lists every site that ran it
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Feb 26 22:52Netflix Drops Warner Bros. Offer, Leaving Paramount the Winner
  • Bloomberg
Feb 26 23:55Netflix backs out of bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, giving studios, HBO, and CNN to Ellison-owned Paramount
  • techcrunch.com
Feb 27 01:00Netflix walks away from Warner Bros. deal
  • freemalaysiatoday.com
Feb 27 01:00Netflix Pulls Out Of Warner Bros. Discovery Purchase
  • iHeartRadio
Feb 27 01:00Netflix Pulls Out Of Warner Bros. Discovery Purchase | New York Power 105.1 FM
  • iHeartRadio
Feb 27 01:15Report by wamc.org
Feb 27 01:15Netflix Pulls Out Of Warner Bros. Discovery Purchase | New Country 107.9 YYD
  • iHeartRadio
Feb 27 01:15Netflix Pulls Out Of Warner Bros. Discovery Purchase | Newstalk 1400, 104.5, and 105.9 WJMX
  • iHeartRadio
Feb 27 01:15Netflix Pulls Out Of Warner Bros. Discovery Purchase | NewsRadio 1370 AM & 92.9 FM WSPD
  • iHeartRadio
Feb 27 01:30Report by nzherald.co.nz
  • nzherald.co.nz
Feb 27 02:00Warner Bros. Discovery board backs Paramount bid as Netflix declines to raise offer
  • investmentnews.com
Feb 27 02:15Netflix Declines to Match Paramount Warner Bros. Bid
  • TheWrap
Feb 27 03:00CNBC Daily Open: Netflix bows out from Warner Bros. Discovery bidding war
  • CNBC
Feb 27 03:04Netflix Ends Warner Bros. Bid After Paramount Raises Offer
  • Bloomberg
Feb 27 08:00Paramount Skydance wins Warner Bros as Netflix walks away
  • rte.ie
Feb 27 08:00Netflix declines to raise its offer to buy Warner, says deal is no longer financially attractive
  • The Hindu
Feb 27 08:30CNBC Daily Open: Netflix walks away from Warner Bros. Discovery bid
  • CNBC
Feb 27 08:46Report by Bloomberg
  • Bloomberg
Feb 27 09:30Paramount Skydance wins Warner Bros; Netflix walks away and its shares jump
Feb 27 11:40Netflix Drops Discovery Bid, Clearing Way for Paramount
  • Bloomberg
Feb 27 15:00Netflix declines to raise offer to buy Warner Bros ., says deal is no longer financially attractive
  • fox26houston.com

A report's title is shown once our automated legal check has read it and passed it; 3 reports are named by outlet, and the links lead to each report.

Who was named?

More news naming Netflix

  1. Oct 14 · HR & workforce Netflix cutting close to 1,000 jobs, mostly in product, tech, HR 2
  2. Oct 6 · Finance Paramount Completes $110B Warner Bros. Deal, Forms Skydance 2
  3. Sep 21 · Finance Paramount agrees to concessions in Warner Bros. Discovery takeover lawsuit 12
  4. Aug 15 · Finance iranherald.com (Big News Network): “Tiger Global cuts stakes in major tech firms, adds AMD and SpaceX” 3
  5. Aug 6 · Marketing timescall.com: “FCC votes in favor of lifting limits on TV station ownership” 4
  6. Jul 28 · AI kmxt.org: “Authors have mixed feelings about the $1.5B Anthropic copyright infringement ruling” 2
  7. Jul 19 · AI techcrunch.com: “Netflix paid $587M for Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup” 2

Sources: the outlets' reports linked on this page; counts and times from GetYourBrief's record of those reports (methodology).