[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/twitter/BJBethelTweets) "@AnthSmith I haven't heard a thing. But it wouldn't be a surprise. The Saudi PIF is loaded and they're constantly making overtures into US entertainment and sports. Look at Electronic Arts. And the administration is very Saudi friendly just from Jared Kushner's portfolio" [X Link](https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/1980975192487670253) [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/x/BJBethelTweets) 2025-10-22T12:31Z 3466 followers, XX engagements "Amazon's top interest is in HBO Max. Several months ago sources said Amazon was considering a total purchase of WBD prizing HBO Max and the TNT Sports production studios" [X Link](https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/1981447121250234772) [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/x/BJBethelTweets) 2025-10-23T19:46Z 3466 followers, 5098 engagements "I was on Larry Yacht's podcast with Arturo Galletti talking WWE's dive into AI and merger-mania and what's happening with WBD" [X Link](https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/1981532741893034301) [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/x/BJBethelTweets) 2025-10-24T01:26Z 3466 followers, XXX engagements "From Deadline: WGA would work to block Paramount purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery calls mergers "disastrous for workers competition free speech."" [X Link](https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/1981563808142282922) [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/x/BJBethelTweets) 2025-10-24T03:30Z 3466 followers, 2870 engagements "Silver Lake (same one in the TKO/Endeavor suit) the Saudis and Jared Kushner just finished a leveraged takeover of EA/Electronic Arts. Kushner might be the most corrupt White House figure in history" [X Link](https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/1974298755911594284) [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/x/BJBethelTweets) 2025-10-04T02:21Z 3459 followers, 1632 engagements "Paramount hired Makan Delrahim as chief legal officer to help move in on a WBD purchase. He ran the anti-trust division of the DOJ under Trump's first admin. Ironically he sued to stop the ATT/Time Warner merger on anti-trust grounds. He lost in court" [X Link](https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/1980768169816899858) [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/x/BJBethelTweets) 2025-10-21T22:48Z 3460 followers, 1987 engagements "Puck has a quote from a Netflix exec who said mergers were a mess and Netflix built itself without them and would likely be uninterested in WBD. CNBC reported that Netflix was indeed interested as well as Comcast" [X Link](https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/1980768653181174197) [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/x/BJBethelTweets) 2025-10-21T22:50Z 3460 followers, 1009 engagements "The New York Times quoted a Bank of America analyst who said WBD should accept $XX per share making the price around $XX billion. Multiple outlets have reported Zaslav and board chair John Malone want $60-70 billion" [X Link](https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/1980769582521434365) [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/x/BJBethelTweets) 2025-10-21T22:54Z 3461 followers, 9969 engagements "@exitzoostation @SkytelWrestling Malone and Zaslav didn't want the cash offer Paramount put out. My guess they'd be open to a FOX merger and would prefer a Comcast merger over Paramount. Paramount will likely apply a lot of pressure to force a sale or make it too rich for the WBD board to say no" [X Link](https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/1980836350946591144) [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/x/BJBethelTweets) 2025-10-22T03:19Z 3460 followers, XX engagements "@therealrobbie84 There's going to be streaming losses. But a lot of that is people watching YouTube. It's not a zero-sum game from TBS to HBO Max or CBS to Paramount Plus. That audience will always be there's just a question of how many" [X Link](https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/1980841452797342192) [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/x/BJBethelTweets) 2025-10-22T03:39Z 3461 followers, XXX engagements "@therealrobbie84 We need to also consider the people who created this mess - spending billions on content and disrupting themselves despite having control of the faucet - are the same people saying they know which way this is going to go" [X Link](https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/1980842774711681228) [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/x/BJBethelTweets) 2025-10-22T03:44Z 3460 followers, XXX engagements "@therealrobbie84 The ESPN DTC push with WWE PLE isn't about getting WWE fans to swallow $XX a month for shows they were paying $XX for when they had Peacock or for free with the network it's about suckering Sling cable etc into paying another carriage fee" [X Link](https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/1980843166421975471) [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/x/BJBethelTweets) 2025-10-22T03:46Z 3460 followers, XXX engagements "@SkytelWrestling Belloni has someone from Apple on his podcast who said they wouldn't be interested in the merger market. But I don't think they would announce their intentions on a Puck podcast" [X Link](https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/1980843564885246193) [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/x/BJBethelTweets) 2025-10-22T03:48Z 3460 followers, XXX engagements "Tony Khan: AEW to reveal brackets and teams for women's tag title tournament tonight" [X Link](https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/1981068377188876645) [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/x/BJBethelTweets) 2025-10-22T18:41Z 3460 followers, 2277 engagements "@exitzoostation The other fun factor here. Trump Is suing Murdoch for the Wall Streer Journal stories on his birthday card to Epstein. John Malone WBD chairman of the board was a rival of Murdoch in the 90s when they disagreed over how to do conservative media" [X Link](https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/1981159668618793272) [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/x/BJBethelTweets) 2025-10-23T00:44Z 3460 followers, XX engagements "NYT: Letter from Paramount to WBD board says Ellisons have made three offers for WBD in the last four weeks" [X Link](https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/1981149465231962621) [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/x/BJBethelTweets) 2025-10-23T00:03Z 3462 followers, 1585 engagements "WBD UPDATE: Amazon will make a major play for Warner Bros. The company which recently purchased MGM and the rights to the Bond films has shown different levels of interest in the company since WBD announced its spinoff earlier this year. It's expected to be a major bidder" [X Link](https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/1981446732643790911) [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/x/BJBethelTweets) 2025-10-23T19:44Z 3466 followers, 15.4K engagements "@therealrobbie84 WBD also has some college football rights and the NHL. That combined with the production studio would push them closer to a top position as an ESPN competitor" [X Link](https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/1981492826517999783) [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/x/BJBethelTweets) 2025-10-23T22:47Z 3462 followers, XXX engagements "@batmanfan124 I have no idea. Sony wouldn't run into the same anti-trust issues as some of the others" [X Link](https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/1981588184203940344) [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/x/BJBethelTweets) 2025-10-24T05:06Z 3466 followers, XXX engagements "@InGidWeTrust Reading the article the WGA seemed to be responding to the Paramount takeover but its statement is in regard to mergers in general" [X Link](https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/1981589691188084805) [@BJBethelTweets](/creator/x/BJBethelTweets) 2025-10-24T05:12Z 3464 followers, XX engagements
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@BJBethelTweets
"@AnthSmith I haven't heard a thing. But it wouldn't be a surprise. The Saudi PIF is loaded and they're constantly making overtures into US entertainment and sports. Look at Electronic Arts. And the administration is very Saudi friendly just from Jared Kushner's portfolio"
X Link @BJBethelTweets 2025-10-22T12:31Z 3466 followers, XX engagements
"Amazon's top interest is in HBO Max. Several months ago sources said Amazon was considering a total purchase of WBD prizing HBO Max and the TNT Sports production studios"
X Link @BJBethelTweets 2025-10-23T19:46Z 3466 followers, 5098 engagements
"I was on Larry Yacht's podcast with Arturo Galletti talking WWE's dive into AI and merger-mania and what's happening with WBD"
X Link @BJBethelTweets 2025-10-24T01:26Z 3466 followers, XXX engagements
"From Deadline: WGA would work to block Paramount purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery calls mergers "disastrous for workers competition free speech.""
X Link @BJBethelTweets 2025-10-24T03:30Z 3466 followers, 2870 engagements
"Silver Lake (same one in the TKO/Endeavor suit) the Saudis and Jared Kushner just finished a leveraged takeover of EA/Electronic Arts. Kushner might be the most corrupt White House figure in history"
X Link @BJBethelTweets 2025-10-04T02:21Z 3459 followers, 1632 engagements
"Paramount hired Makan Delrahim as chief legal officer to help move in on a WBD purchase. He ran the anti-trust division of the DOJ under Trump's first admin. Ironically he sued to stop the ATT/Time Warner merger on anti-trust grounds. He lost in court"
X Link @BJBethelTweets 2025-10-21T22:48Z 3460 followers, 1987 engagements
"Puck has a quote from a Netflix exec who said mergers were a mess and Netflix built itself without them and would likely be uninterested in WBD. CNBC reported that Netflix was indeed interested as well as Comcast"
X Link @BJBethelTweets 2025-10-21T22:50Z 3460 followers, 1009 engagements
"The New York Times quoted a Bank of America analyst who said WBD should accept $XX per share making the price around $XX billion. Multiple outlets have reported Zaslav and board chair John Malone want $60-70 billion"
X Link @BJBethelTweets 2025-10-21T22:54Z 3461 followers, 9969 engagements
"@exitzoostation @SkytelWrestling Malone and Zaslav didn't want the cash offer Paramount put out. My guess they'd be open to a FOX merger and would prefer a Comcast merger over Paramount. Paramount will likely apply a lot of pressure to force a sale or make it too rich for the WBD board to say no"
X Link @BJBethelTweets 2025-10-22T03:19Z 3460 followers, XX engagements
"@therealrobbie84 There's going to be streaming losses. But a lot of that is people watching YouTube. It's not a zero-sum game from TBS to HBO Max or CBS to Paramount Plus. That audience will always be there's just a question of how many"
X Link @BJBethelTweets 2025-10-22T03:39Z 3461 followers, XXX engagements
"@therealrobbie84 We need to also consider the people who created this mess - spending billions on content and disrupting themselves despite having control of the faucet - are the same people saying they know which way this is going to go"
X Link @BJBethelTweets 2025-10-22T03:44Z 3460 followers, XXX engagements
"@therealrobbie84 The ESPN DTC push with WWE PLE isn't about getting WWE fans to swallow $XX a month for shows they were paying $XX for when they had Peacock or for free with the network it's about suckering Sling cable etc into paying another carriage fee"
X Link @BJBethelTweets 2025-10-22T03:46Z 3460 followers, XXX engagements
"@SkytelWrestling Belloni has someone from Apple on his podcast who said they wouldn't be interested in the merger market. But I don't think they would announce their intentions on a Puck podcast"
X Link @BJBethelTweets 2025-10-22T03:48Z 3460 followers, XXX engagements
"Tony Khan: AEW to reveal brackets and teams for women's tag title tournament tonight"
X Link @BJBethelTweets 2025-10-22T18:41Z 3460 followers, 2277 engagements
"@exitzoostation The other fun factor here. Trump Is suing Murdoch for the Wall Streer Journal stories on his birthday card to Epstein. John Malone WBD chairman of the board was a rival of Murdoch in the 90s when they disagreed over how to do conservative media"
X Link @BJBethelTweets 2025-10-23T00:44Z 3460 followers, XX engagements
"NYT: Letter from Paramount to WBD board says Ellisons have made three offers for WBD in the last four weeks"
X Link @BJBethelTweets 2025-10-23T00:03Z 3462 followers, 1585 engagements
"WBD UPDATE: Amazon will make a major play for Warner Bros. The company which recently purchased MGM and the rights to the Bond films has shown different levels of interest in the company since WBD announced its spinoff earlier this year. It's expected to be a major bidder"
X Link @BJBethelTweets 2025-10-23T19:44Z 3466 followers, 15.4K engagements
"@therealrobbie84 WBD also has some college football rights and the NHL. That combined with the production studio would push them closer to a top position as an ESPN competitor"
X Link @BJBethelTweets 2025-10-23T22:47Z 3462 followers, XXX engagements
"@batmanfan124 I have no idea. Sony wouldn't run into the same anti-trust issues as some of the others"
X Link @BJBethelTweets 2025-10-24T05:06Z 3466 followers, XXX engagements
"@InGidWeTrust Reading the article the WGA seemed to be responding to the Paramount takeover but its statement is in regard to mergers in general"
X Link @BJBethelTweets 2025-10-24T05:12Z 3464 followers, XX engagements
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