Paramount Accuses Netflix of Lobbying Campaign to Block Warner Bros. Discovery Merger
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· 3 sourcesParamount Skydance has accused Netflix of launching a "scorched-earth campaign" to undermine its proposed $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, according to a letter sent to the Department of Justice and first reported by Politico. Paramount's chief legal officer, Makan Delrahim, alleged that Netflix is engaging in a "panic-level response" driven by fear of competing with a combined entity, as Variety reported. Netflix has responded by calling the accusations "absurd," per Deadline.
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Summary
Paramount Skydive's chief legal officer, Makan Delrahim, has accused Netflix of launching an aggressive lobbying campaign to sway regulators and stakeholders against Paramount's proposed $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. According to Delrahim, Netflix is allegedly engaging in a "scorched-earth" strategy driven by fear of competing with a combined Paramount-WBD entity. The accusation follows Netflix's failed bid to acquire Warner Bros.' streaming and studio businesses in late 2025, after Paramount raised its offer for all of WBD.
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· 3 pulledParamount Skydance's top lawyer claims Netflix is so worried about the prospect of competing with a merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery that the streaming company is going all-out to try to 'poison regulators and other stakeholders' against the pending $111 billion deal.
Netflix clinched a deal to buy Warner Bros.'s streaming and studios businesses in late 2025 before backing out of the bidding in February after Paramount upped its takeout offer for all of WBD.
Makan Delrahim, Paramount's chief legal officer, has alleged that Netflix is lobbying hard against Paramount's p
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