Despite the streaming video giant's strong growth in 2025, investors are wary about its 2026 spending plans -- and its high-priced bid to buy Warner Bros.
The landscape of American media has reached a fever pitch this week as Warner Bros. Discovery (Nasdaq: WBD) finds itself at the center of a monumental corporate tug-of-war. On January 22, 2026, the industry is reeling from a massive $108.4 billion hostile tender offer from Paramount Skydance (NYSE: PSKY)
The move aims to convince WBD shareholders to vote against the Netflix transaction at a special meeting, while Paramount also extended its $30-per-share cash tender offer until Feb. 20, 2026.
Apart from the outlook and subscriber numbers, analysts also pointed to Netflix’s revenue coming in at higher costs, while the company is also facing margin pressures.
Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has decided to switch to an all-cash offer for the acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) studio and streaming businesses. This decision was made without increasing the $82.7 billion price, effectively countering rival Paramount's (NYSE: PSKY) efforts.
The global media landscape is currently witnessing its most transformative upheaval in decades as a fierce bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) reaches a boiling point. Following years of post-merger integration and aggressive debt reduction, WBD has become the ultimate prize in a consolidation race that pits the
As of January 16, 2026, the media landscape is witnessing one of the most aggressive corporate showdowns in history. Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) has become the center of a high-stakes bidding war between streaming giant Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) and the newly consolidated Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ: PSKY). What began as
Today, Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO), Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (NYSE: HPP), and Blackstone Real Estate, joint venture partners behind Sunset Pier 94 Studios, Manhattan’s first purpose-built studio facility, announced Paramount Television Studios has signed the first lease ahead of the studio’s opening this month. Paramount Television Studios’ lease of 70,000 square feet will be used for filming the second season of the Showtime original series Dexter: Resurrection for Paramount+. The series will occupy elements of the facility in phases, including two sound stages, production support and office spaces.
Kartoon Studios (NYSE: TOON) is drawing heightened investor attention as political uncertainty clouds one of the media industry’s most closely watched potential mergers. President Donald Trump has publicly opposed Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) ’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD), raising the possibility that his administration could seek to delay or block the transaction. While courts could ultimately overrule such action, the near-term impact would likely be prolonged uncertainty—forcing streaming platforms and content owners to reassess their growth and acquisition strategies.
