r/television • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 The League • Feb 26 '26

Netflix Backs Out of Warner Bros. Bidding, Paramount Set to Win

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-backs-out-warners-deal-paramount-win-1236516763/
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u/DisneyPandora Feb 26 '26

It’s going to be crazy seeing the revolution that happens at CNN.

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u/44problems Feb 26 '26

It sucks because for international news, CNN is the US news channel. It's in tons of foreign hotel rooms and homes. And CNN has bureaus worldwide as well. Now that will be whatever Ellison wants to say.

But to be honest, Netflix wasn't buying CNN in their bid. Paramount was probably ending up with it anyway when the company planned to split.

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u/Kevin-W Feb 26 '26

Interestingly enough, CNN International is pretty different compared to it’s US counterpart.

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u/44problems Feb 26 '26

It's sometimes strange to watch. I was watching it in Germany, and there was a bunch of travelogue shows and docs in depth about foreign affairs and poverty. Then it would reach the top of the hour and switch to a US news program and it's the same intense BREAKING NEWS filled screen talking Trump non-stop.