Article in Poynter by Al Tompkins, 11/18/25
Headline: “Scripps tells staff a Sinclair takeover isn’t a done deal, even after surprise stock purchase”
“Scripps Broadcasting president and CEO Adam Symson told employees Monday that a takeover by rival Sinclair Broadcasting is far from a done deal, even after Sinclair announced it had purchased more than 8% of Scripps stock and had been in merger talks for months. . .”
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Article in Status by Oliver Darcy, 11/18/25
Headline: “The War for Warners”
Subhead: “Paramount, Comcast, and Netflix are preparing final bids for Warner Bros. Discovery’s assets, setting up a high-stakes showdown that will reorder the media landscape”
“. . . Variety had reported, and then largely walked back, that Paramount had ‘formed an investment consortium with the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi’ to pursue a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. . .”
“What is accurate is that Paramount is preparing its final bid for WBD, which Ellison still hopes to swallow whole despite David Zaslav’s best efforts to beat back the takeover. . .
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https://www.status.news/p/warner-bros-discovery-bids-paramount-comcast-netflix