{"id":304504,"date":"2026-02-27T07:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T07:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/304504\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T07:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T07:33:07","slug":"netflix-drops-bid-for-warner-bros-clearing-way-for-paramount-takeover-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/304504\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix drops bid for Warner Bros, clearing way for Paramount takeover &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5OYWxEZEhwbHYtSTVUaUJmTDdmZUpaSkEzQ1NmaXFzbmZLUnc3WERzRk9HNWFGRXRQOUY1OGJ2Z0RMNm5JNmxfNFJidnZuaktRMVc2ZVpTQmdEZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Netflix drops bid for Warner Bros, clearing way for Paramount takeover<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxQMFR0M3NPel81OG5zWmdfVWs0dFpsTmoxc3Y5WG9iejBJUDlUa0c2UHhRUHV1aWNMT2k5UTV0UktZVFJ1MG9pbHVFWG1yY3lmZjlPRUNIeWZjaG42Qm12MXFublU2aXM1bGF5X2lRS2pHZWNaNFltdkpEY0hnMjBUag?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Netflix declines to match Paramount offer for Warner Bros Discovery<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxQUHFfLXNTamNOcnRFZEdWWU1uaG0zS0J1eVBMenF6U3U1U1g5NTJFOG9Kd2hjSmM5Z043YnpMS2dGSjBEc29WWlhzSDdEODhnRU1ESkpIeXcyci1fRWpHUXRBNk9kaVM4VmhSLVloTWp6Y183cEJkdU5MNVNtRUM4QnhidldsUkFnZk5xUzM1bV9KTGxudU9pcnVHR19ya24z0gGmAUFVX3lxTFB5ZGFMSE1yNTNZWHFwaUJGbzRVTm1JY1JSZm82WU9wOGlBbHE5Znk5ODdmalJqRkhHNlFkRW9uQVdzTi1nSWRQNkI3UDdoWW1zV1h1NlJwOXBTWkxZRWkwN084YUlRRHJTYm92eUhFcnBSdVRjVUlMU1NwQzZVbnVtMXlraGp4NTFfSnBQTjZnU2Q2U2M0UF8xLUZBaVFMN2NsTHdCbHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Netflix ditches deal for Warner Bros. Discovery after Paramount\u2019s offer is deemed superior<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiyAFBVV95cUxNMWdlSU5YdWt0VG5fWWtScE8zNU94bTJtcHhUaFZYNnFJQTRIazZDM2RlSXVETDdUWS1DcnA0SGZzS19CX1RKWUZJQ0VXQUFNcXVmRzdYU3phb1ZuS2RvaDI3dWhRdXRqQVJVdjVxZDdQWmZobUJiLV9CckRVY2ZHTjE3eUlhMlduektMRUVvV29CVXJhcTdKVmwxbVlPd3c3RThtbDJ5SEZ1RXAxMEtYQjlCZVBkaWo4NmxPNXo3NVZiTHRuQlVtSA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paramount Skydance wins Warner Bros; Netflix walks away and its shares jump<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix drops bid for Warner Bros, clearing way for Paramount takeover&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCNetflix declines to match Paramount offer for Warner&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-304504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304504","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=304504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}