Netflix decided not match Paramount Skydance's offer for Hollywood giant Warner Bros. Discovery.
Stock futures are lower this morning as the market gets set to wrap up a volatile month of trading; shares of Paramount Skydance are surging after the company won the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery, while Netflix is also rising after giving up its bid; producer price index data is expected to slow that inflation slowed in January; Nvidia shares remain under pressure after falling sharply yesterday despite a better-than-expected earnings report; and Block shares are soaring after the payment company announced mass layoffs.
Netflix quickly exits Warner Bros. Discovery bidding war, declining to match Paramount Skydance's offer after just over an hour of consideration.
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Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX, XETRA:NFC) has abandoned its attempt to acquire Warner Bros Discovery Inc (NASDAQ:WBD, XETRA:J5A) stepping aside to allow rival bidder Paramount Skydance to take control of the storied Hollywood studio in a deal valued at $111 billion. The streaming giant said the price required to match Paramount Skydance's most recent offer of $31 a share had made the transaction financially unattractive, and that it would instead continue channelling investment into its own content slate, including around $20 billion earmarked for films and television this year.
Paramount Skydance is on course to win the Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) takeover battle after rival Netflix stepped away.
Netflix has never made a giant acquisition. That's why it was surprising that it made an $83 billion bid for Warner Bros.
In a flurry of hundred-billion-dollar deal offers, the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery is over.
Netflix (NFLX) closed at $84.61 in the latest trading session, marking a +2.31% move from the prior day.
Netflix said on Thursday it will not raise its offer for Warner Bros Discovery after the HBO Max owner's board determined that Paramount Skydance's latest proposal was a "Superior Proposal" to the streaming pioneer's existing merger agreement.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos arrived at the White House for a meeting on his company's effort to buy part of Warner Bros. Discovery.