Buyers Looking at Warner Bros. Assets Amid Paramount Legal Fight - Report
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Investment Bankers Eye New Line Cinema, WBD Cable Networks as Paramount Legal Battle Drags On
As the legal battle between Paramount CEO David Ellison and California Attorney General Rob Bonta over the $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger drags on, investment bankers are preparing for potential asset sales that could come with a settlement. Bloomberg reports that bankers have approached would-be buyers about acquiring New Line Cinema, which has produced “It” and “The Lord of The Rings: Rings of Power.” The outlet also said that WBD’…
Paramount merger delay leaves WBD in limbo. Here's what may come next
An aerial view of the Warner Bros. Studio lot on July 13, 2026 in Burbank, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Warner Bros. Discovery is feeling whiplash. It was only last summer that the company said it would split itself in two and began the process of creating separate, publicly traded entities: Warner Bros., which would have housed the streaming and film units, and Discovery Global, which would have run its global linear TV networks.…
Sources: bankers approached potential buyers about acquiring WBD's New Line Cinema, and its cable networks draw interest, as Paramount's legal fight drags on (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Sources: bankers approached potential buyers about acquiring WBD's New Line Cinema, and its cable networks draw interest, as Paramount's legal fight drags on — Investment bankers and would-be buyers have been eyeing potential assets that might be for sale with Paramount Skydance Corp.'s legal fight …
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