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Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros. might backfire.

Since Netflix announced that it was the frontrunner to buy Warner Bros., David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance has been getting more hostile in its bids to own the legacy studio. But Semafor reports that Paramount’s tactics have raised eyes in Washington, where some think Ellison is banking on favoritism from Trump’s Justice Department.

Finger-pointing in Washington as Paramount goes hostile

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