Netflix–Warner Bros. deal: 6 things to keep an eye on

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Netflix's $72 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. raises significant concerns for competitors like Paramount and Disney. The deal may lead to increased subscription prices, drastic corporate culture clashes, and major cost-cutting measures, with potential job losses at Warner Bros.

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Netflix–Warner Bros. deal: 6 things to keep an eye on

Yahoo Finance Video 及 Brian Sozzi

December 6, 2025

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Netflix (NFLX) announced it has reached a deal to buy Warner Bros. (WBD).

Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi outlines six key aspects of the deal that he’s paying particular attention to.

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Video Transcript

00:00 Speaker A

The top story of the morning for me is this blockbuster $72 billion deal Netflix is making for Warner Brothers.

00:06 Speaker A

Here are six things on my mind as I go through this one. No order of importance. First up,

00:11 Speaker A

this is a terrible Friday. If you are Paramount, Comcast, Amazon, Disney or Roku, really, awful.

00:17 Speaker A

Don’t count out the Ellison billions and Trump connections over at Paramount. This Netflix WB deal is far from done.

00:23 Speaker A

Hat tip, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for only spending $8 and a half billion to buy MGM Studios in 2022. MGM does matter.

00:31 Speaker A

Best believe Netflix subscription prices are going way up, should this deal close. How could that not happen?

00:36 Speaker A

Uh the cultures of these two companies couldn’t be more different. Legacy bloated media and Warner Brothers meets a lean and mean Netflix.

00:41 Speaker A

Warner Brothers employees from top to bottom best spruce up their resumes. On this point, Netflix calling out $2 billion to $3 billion in cost savings per year by year three. That’s a hell of a lot of cost savings.

00:52 Speaker A

And score a win for often bumbling and stubbling investment bank Wells Fargo. It’s one of the advisors to Netflix. Not spot in the lineup for investment banking fees, Goldman Sachs.

01:02 Speaker A

Sorry, not sorry.

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