{"id":353963,"date":"2025-12-17T11:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T11:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/353963\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T11:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T11:27:09","slug":"kushners-firm-pulls-backing-from-paramounts-warner-bros-discovery-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/353963\/","title":{"rendered":"Kushner’s firm pulls backing from Paramount’s Warner Bros. Discovery bid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fox & Friends First co-host Todd Piro and entertainment lawyer Seth Berenzweig break down Netflix and Paramount’s bidding war over the purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery and President Donald Trump’s growing input and further emphasis on the sale of C<\/p>\n

A private equity firm owned by President Donald Trump’s<\/a> son-in-law, Jared Kushner, pulled its financial backing on Tuesday from Paramount\u2019s $108 billion hostile takeover bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Paramount launched an all-cash tender offer partially financed by Kushner’s private equity firm, Affinity Partners, to acquire the outstanding shares of\u00a0Warner Bros. Discovery for\u00a0$30.00\u00a0per share in cash, just days after Netflix<\/a> had agreed to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery in a deal valued at $27.75 per share.<\/p>\n

“With two strong competitors vying to secure the future of this unique American asset,\u2004Affinity has decided no longer to pursue the opportunity,” the firm said, according to The Associated Press. “The dynamics\u2004of the investment have changed significantly\u2004since we initially became\u2004involved\u2004in October. We continue to believe there is a strong strategic rationale for Paramount\u2019s offer.”<\/p>\n

Although the amount Affinity was contributing to Paramount\u2019s offer was not disclosed in its latest SEC filings<\/a>, the bid is still supported by wealth funds run by three governments, widely reported as Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar, according to AP.<\/p>\n

PARAMOUNT AND NETFLIX FACE SIMILAR ANTITRUST HURDLES IN WARNER BROS DISCOVERY BIDS, EXPERT SAYS<\/a><\/p>\n

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A private equity firm owned by President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, pulled its financial backing from Paramount\u2019s $108 billion hostile takeover bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery on Dec. 16. (Alex Wong\/Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Kushner’s involvement in Paramount\u2019s offer was previously criticized by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who accused Trump of embracing “authoritarianism”<\/a> after learning that the president’s son-in-law helped advance the hostile takeover bid.<\/p>\n

While Paramount’s proposal is for all of Warner Bros. Discovery, the Netflix agreement would leave out cable assets, including CNN. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Before Paramount announced its bid, Trump said he would play a role<\/a> in the proposed Netflix takeover, and he told reporters at the White House last week it was “imperative” CNN be part of any sale of the Warner Bros. Studios.<\/p>\n

SENATE GEARS UP FOR ‘INTENSE’ ANTITRUST HEARING IN WAKE OF NETFLIX, WARNER BROS DEAL<\/a><\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump has raised antitrust concerns over the proposed Netflix takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. (Dado Ruvic\/Illustration\/Reuters \/ Reuters)<\/p>\n

In August, Paramount owner David Ellison took over Paramount as part of its $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, a deal that was plagued by politics as Paramount settled Trump’s election interference lawsuit against the company over CBS News’ handling of the “60 Minutes” interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Trump criticized “60 Minutes” and CBS leadership, claiming he has been treated fairly under the company’s new leadership.<\/p>\n

“For those people that think I am close with the new owners of CBS, please understand that \u201860 Minutes\u2019 has treated me far worse since the so-called ‘takeover,’ than they have ever treated me before. If they are friends, I\u2019d hate to see my enemies!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n

Trump has also raised antitrust concerns with the proposed Netflix deal, warning that the combined market share could be a problem.<\/p>\n

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Paramount CEO David Ellison announced a hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery on Dec. 8. (Charly Triballeau\/AFP via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

FOX Business has reached out to Affinity Partners for more information.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital’s Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fox & Friends First co-host Todd Piro and entertainment lawyer Seth Berenzweig break down Netflix and Paramount’s bidding…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-353963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}