{"id":110480,"date":"2025-10-31T10:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/110480\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T10:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:24:07","slug":"netflix-eyes-warner-bros-discovery-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/110480\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix eyes Warner Bros Discovery acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/netflix-announces-a-10-for-1-stock-split\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix (NFLX)<\/a> is exploring a potential bid for Warner Bros Discovery\u2019s (WBD) studio and streaming business, according to three sources familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"753\" data-end=\"1096\">The streaming giant has retained investment bank Moelis &amp; Co \u2014 which advised Skydance Media on its successful acquisition of Paramount Global \u2014 to assess a possible offer, two sources said, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a> reports, citing <a href=\"https:\/\/reuters.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"753\" data-end=\"1096\">Netflix has also reportedly been granted access to Warner Bros Discovery\u2019s data room, which contains key financial details necessary for due diligence.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1098\" data-end=\"1219\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Following the reports, shares of both Netflix and Warner Bros Discovery rose more than 2% in premarket trading on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix (NFLX) is exploring a potential bid for Warner Bros Discovery\u2019s (WBD) studio and streaming business, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,1094,111,139,69,3204],"class_list":["post-110480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-netflix","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-warner-bros-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}