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Acquisition · on the rundown Thursday, February 26, 2026

Warner Bros. Discovery says Paramount offer is superior to Netflix

Covered by 4 outlets over 23 hours. First reported by Bloomberg at 02:52 UTC on February 26, 2026.

4 outlets

What happened?

  1. Warner Bros. Discovery stated that Paramount's offer is superior to Netflix's.
  2. Warner Bros. Discovery says Paramount's offer is superior to Netflix's.
  3. Warner Bros. Discovery said Paramount's offer is superior to Netflix's.

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Who reported it, and when?

5 distinct reports run by 4 outlets, earliest first (UTC); a syndicated report lists every site that ran it
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Feb 26 02:52Report by Bloomberg
  • Bloomberg
Feb 26 21:45Report by TheWrap
  • TheWrap
Feb 26 22:00Warner Bros. Discovery: New Paramount Offer is Superior to Netflix
  • variety.com
Feb 26 23:00Report by hollywoodreporter.com
  • hollywoodreporter.com
Feb 26 23:08Warner Bros. Says Paramount’s $111 Billion Deal Tops Netflix
  • Bloomberg

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

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