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WSJ Minute Briefing

Paramount Launches Hostile Takeover Bid for Warner

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus: Several Berkshire Hathaway executives are departing as Warren Buffett’s retirement approaches. And the Trump administration plans to announce a $12 billion bailout for American farmers. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.3

Paramount has launched a hostile takeover offer for Warner Brothers Discovery.

0:43.3

It's offering almost $78 billion in cashed by the company and is taking its case directly to shareholders,

0:49.3

just days after Netflix agreed to a $72 billion cash and stock deal with Warner.

0:55.6

Paramount says its offer is a better deal for shareholders and more likely to be approved by

0:59.7

regulators. Netflix declined to comment. There's been a shake-up among Berkshire Hathaway's top

1:05.9

leadership as longtime CEO Warren Buffett prepares to retire at the end of the year. Guy Coeckhue chief executive

1:11.8

Todd Combs, who had appeared to be in line for Berkshire's top insurance job, is leaving for J.P. Morgan

1:17.2

Chase. Berkshire's finance chief Mark Hamburg is also retiring. And the Trump administration is planning to

1:24.3

announce $12 billion in aid to U.S. farmers. That's according to administration

1:29.1

officials who say that much of the aid will be in the form of one-time payments through the

1:33.2

Farmer Bridge Assistance Program, which helps U.S. crop farmers, while the remaining $1 billion

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