# Netflix’s $72B WB acquisition confounds the future of movie theaters, streaming

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/netflixs-72b-wb-acquisition-confounds-the-future-of-movie-theaters-streaming/
- Published: 2025-12-06T09:30:00-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image credit: (Left) Netflix. (Right) Warner Bros. via Wikimedia Commons. Article by Scharon Harding. Ars Technica – December 5, 2025. The bidding war is over, and Netflix has been declared the winner. After flirting with Paramount Skydance and Comcast, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has decided to sell its streaming and movie studios business to Netflix. If approved, the deal is set to overturn the media landscape and create ripples that will affect Hollywood for years. […] Click here to view original web page at www.news.arstechnica.com Related articles: What to Know About Netflix’s Massive—and Controversial—Deal to Acquire Warner Bros. – Time What does Netflix’s purchase of Warner Bros. mean for theatrical releases? – Mashable The Safer Bet: Why David Zaslav and the WBD Board Favored Netflix in a Turbulent Time for Legacy Hollywood – Variety MAGA Melts Down Over Netflix Deal: ‘Obama Taking Over’ – The Daily Beast Does Netflix Now Own CNN, HGTV, and TLC After Its Warner Bros. Acquisition? – Collider