Netflix CEOs make case for Warner Bros. Discovery merger
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Dudeck joins at a time when Netflix really needs to get its own messaging out there with regard to the Warner Bros. takeover.
Ted Sarandos scored a critical sit-down with President Donald Trump in the weeks leading up to Netflix’s successful $82.7 billion agreement to buy Warner Bros. and HBO Max, according to sources familiar with the confab.
Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery was “entirely expected,” but the exec said he remains “super-confident” in the streaming giant’s plan to close the deal.
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Ted Sarandos Says Paramount Takeover Bid for Warners Was "Entirely Expected … We Have a Deal Done"
The Netflix co-CEOs were interviewed hours after a hostile offer for Warner Bros. from Paramount.
Netflix has appointed Dani Dudeck as chief communications officer. She starts on Jan. 12 and will report to co-CEO Ted Sarandos. Dudeck is joining Netflix from Instacart, where she serves as chief corporate affairs officer.
In the wake of freaking out the industry and theater owners with its winning bid for Warner Bros on Thursday, followed by Paramount’s hostile takeover proposal, Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters jumped on a Wall Street call again today to pour cold water on the fire,