Paramount Accuses Netflix of ‘Panic-Level’ ‘Scorched-Earth Campaign’ to ‘Poison’ Regulators Against Warner Bros. Deal

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By Todd Spangler

Todd Spangler

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Paramount Skydance‘s top lawyer claims Netflix is so worried about the prospect of competing with a merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery that the streaming company is going all-out to try to “poison regulators and other stakeholders” against the pending $111 billion deal.

Netflix clinched a deal to buy Warner Bros.’s streaming and studios businesses in late 2025 before backing out of the bidding in February after Paramount upped its takeout offer for all of WBD.

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