Netflix Revises Warner Bros. Deal to $72B All-Cash Offer

Will this offer lead to a pro-consumer merger, or a dangerous media monopoly that will threaten independence?

Published JAN 20

Netflix Revises Warner Bros. Deal to $72B All-Cash Offer

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Above: The Warner Bros. Discovery Techwood office campus in Atlanta, Georgia, Image credit: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The Spin

Narrative A

Netflix's latest offer is a superior deal that provides shareholders with greater financial certainty and an accelerated timeline. The revised structure eliminates market-based variability while maintaining the transaction value, demonstrating Netflix's commitment to completing this pro-consumer, pro-innovation combination. This merger will unite two premier storytelling companies and deliver broader choice and greater value to audiences worldwide.

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Narrative B

This merger threatens to create a dangerous media monopoly that would give Netflix control over more than a quarter of the U.S. media market. Concentrating oversight of major newsrooms like CNN under one owner with potential political ties undermines media independence and diversity. The deal deserves heavy regulatory skepticism given the unprecedented market power it would grant to a single streaming giant.

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