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Netflix to buy Warner Bros. in a deal valued at $82.7 billion
Netflix on Friday said it is buying Warner Bros. in a deal valued at $82.7 billion, merging the biggest streaming service with a storied studio that has produced films such as "Casablanca" and the "Harry Potter" franchise.

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Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. with tentative $82.7 billion deal
All the major Warner Bros. properties set to go to Netflix in watershed deal
How Netflix stole Warner Bros from David Ellison
But on Friday Netflix — launched in the 1990s as a mail-order DVD movie rental service — agreed an $83bn deal to buy Warner Bros, the modern descendant of Bewkes’ company and home to the legendary fil...

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Will Netflix Release Warner Bros Movies In Theaters Following Major Acquisition?
Awards Race Heats Up But What Does Netflix-Warner Bros Mean For Oscar Now And In The Future? Plus Deadline’s Winner Of The Week – Notes On The Season
What Netflix Buying Warner Bros. Could Mean For The DC Universe
Variety is reporting that "Netflix's current proposal for Warner Bros. would have a theatrical window as thin as two weeks of exclusivity before moving to streaming," while another source "flatly deni...

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What Netflix’s deal to buy Warner Bros. means for one of Hollywood’s oldest studios
Reviews are in, and Hollywood insiders aren't pleased with the Netflix-Warner Bros. deal

Here's what Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said about the Netflix deal at a company town hall

Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery agreed to a blockbuster deal. Here's what WBD CEO David Zaslav told his employees about the deal and what's next.

In a takeover of Warner Bros., Netflix makes a play for 21st century Hollywood's throne

If the deal goes through, an algorithm-powered streaming titan would gobble up a 102-year-old movie studio synonymous with the romance of Old Hollywood.

Warner Bros. sets up $38.7 million in cash bonuses to retain executives through Netflix merger, Discovery split

Warner Bros. Discovery's board of directors have adopted a transaction bonus program designed to retain key executives through the closing of Netflix's $82.7 billion acquisition of its streaming and studio assets and the company's separation of its linear networks business into Discovery Global.

Netflix boss says the streamer will "continue to support" theatrical releases for Warner Bros. titles, but he's not a fan of "the long exclusive windows"

But, Netflix boss Ted Sarandos said on a call for investors after the deal was announced that the streamer will still release Warner Bros. films in cinemas – though he also hinted the exclusive window might shrink.

Ted Sarandos Says Netflix Committed To Warner Bros. Theatrical Releasing As Cinema Trade Group Calls Merger “Unprecedented Threat”

Ted Sarandos says Netflix is committed To Warner Bros. theatrical releasing. Trade group Cinema United called the deal a unprecendented threat to moviegoing.