Breitbart Business Digest: Treasury Secretary vs. The Regulatory Woketopus
This is the Breitbart Business Digest weekly wrap, in which we coincidentally run through the economic and financial news of the previous seven days.

This is the Breitbart Business Digest weekly wrap, in which we coincidentally run through the economic and financial news of the previous seven days.

Netflix is pursuing a deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, a move that would create the largest consolidated streaming platform in U.S. history. Together, the two companies would control an estimated 139 million domestic subscribers — roughly 50 million more than the next-largest competitor — raising questions about market concentration within the entertainment industry.

Noah Baumbach directs George Clooney through a sometimes effective, sometimes cloying, sometimes phony mash-up of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2 (1963).

NEW YORK — A Hollywood director was convicted Thursday on charges that he scammed Netflix out of $11 million for a show that never materialized, while he instead used the cash for lavish purchases that included several Rolls-Royces, a Ferrari and about $1 million in mattresses and luxury bedding.

Disney CEO Bob Iger is speaking out leaving little doubt over the dangers he fears that might manifest if a merger between streaming giant Netflix and entertainment giant Warner Bros. Discovery is approved by federal regulators.

President Donald Trump has signaled some opposition to Netflix purchasing Warner Bros. Discovery, saying that CNN should be sold as part of the package deal.

Netflix is being dragged for its upcoming ultra woke film featuring a transgender coal miner “fighting the patriarchy.” Some are saying that with lunacy like this, Netflix is going to turn Warner Bros. into a “woke wasteland.”

The betting site Polymarket just gave Paramount a boost after its announcement of a $108 billion hostile takeover bid to buy Warner Bros.

BANGKOK (AP) — Paramount Skydance says the Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings withdrew from its bid to buy Warner Bros Discovery to avert a possible national security review.

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos is suddenly claiming he’s “deeply committed” to releasing Warner Bros. movies in “exactly the way they release those movies today.”

President Donald Trump is refusing to pick a side in the escalating bidding war between Paramount Skydance and Netflix to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery.

“Fifty Shades of Grey” star Dakota Johnson said the art of cinema in the United States “feels really grim right now” while attending the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, believing a possible deal between Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery could lead to a “rebirth.”

If you love movies, the merger of Netflix and Warner Bros. is about as bad as the news can get.

Paramount took its battle for Warner Bros. Discovery directly to shareholders Monday, launching a $30-per-share all-cash tender offer for the entertainment giant just days after Warner agreed to a deal with Netflix.

President Trump called Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos a “fantastic man” and praised his company while fearing its potential merger.

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is set to meet with Netflix as theater owners call its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery an “unprecedented threat” to the movie business.

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Netflix has come to an agreement to purchase Warner Bros Discovery for a whopping $83 billion. What happens next is key in sealing that deal.

Netflix’s four-hour electronic lynching never stops for a moment to delve into what could’ve been a fascinating documentary, and even a valuable one, about the depravities people are willing to engage in pursuit of fame and, most importantly, how they later come to regret it.

The streaming giant Netflix has solidified itself as the King of Hollywood, announcing Friday its acquisition of Warner Bros. “Together, we’ll define the next century of storytelling, creating an extraordinary entertainment offering for audiences everywhere,” Netflix said in a statement.

Acclaimed “Good Will Hunting” and “Dune” star Stellan Skarsgård agreed with filmmaker James Cameron that Netflix should not be able to qualify for the Academy Awards without a proper theatrical run.

Netflix pushed back against claims made in a cease-and-desist letter from disgraced music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal team over it’s recently released docuseries, “Sean Combs: The Reckoning.”

Actress Jenna Ortega slammed artificial intelligence (AI) at a film festival on Saturday, warning Hollywood that it is opening a “Pandora’s box.”

Dec. 1 (UPI) — Netflix released a teaser for the four-part docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning, which arrives on the streamer Tuesday.

Oscar-winning director James Cameron has endorsed Paramount Skydance purchasing Warner Bros. Discovery, saying “Netflix would be a disaster.”

Cinematic titan James Cameron has come out in opposition to Netflix getting Oscar nominations and called the streaming giant’s theatrical release strategy “rotten to the core.”

Actress Genevieve Chenneour posted a video telling her fans that she has suffered a violent assault in London — and it isn’t her first.

This is the first memorable movie released by Netflix in what feels like years—since 2019’s The Irishman, perhaps.

The man arrested in the killing of John Beam says he believes the famed Last Chance U coach was using witchcraft on him.

According to the far-left fascists at GLAAD, of the 489 LGBTUVWXYZ characters currently on TV, 41 percent will disappear due to their shows being cancelled.

Netflix’s “Stranger Things” star Millie Bobby Brown reportedly filed harassment and bullying claims against her co-star David Harbour.

Netflix’s “Stranger Things” star Joe Keery, who also goes by his musician stage name Djo, is reportedly donating one dollar per ticket to LGBTQ+ youth initiatives.

Shame on everyone involved in the pretentious pail of anti-movie making called A House of Dynamite.

Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says he will never be interested in using AI-generated video as a tool in his movies, even joking that he hopes to pass away before he develops any curiosity about the technology.

Netflix has announced its commitment to leveraging generative AI across its streaming platform to improve various aspects of its service, including recommendations, advertising, and content creation. Critics fear the widespread introduction of “AI Slop,” low quality AI videos that have flooded platforms like YouTube.

Netflix missed the earnings target set by stock market analysts during the video streamer’s latest quarter, a letdown that the company blamed on a tax dispute in Brazil.

Netflix shares dropped seven percent in extended trading Wednesday after the company posted a third-quarter earnings miss after the bell Tuesday.

The Pentagon is calling out streaming giant Netflix over its new military series “Boots,” which follows the story of a gay man enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps in the 1990s.

Congressman Tim Burchett is calling for Netflix executives to explain its massive amounts of “demonic” transgender content.

Netflix is pushing an “ungodly and dangerous agenda on our children and grandchildren,” Christian evangelist Franklin Graham said in response to the backlash against Netflix following various children’s shows repeatedly showing inappropriate LGBT+ scenes.
