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Jimmy Iovine on AI: “The Great Artists Will Show the World How to Use It” Sep 2, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:01:19 Jimmy Iovine All one thing, rather than have to be a tail wagging a dog, you know, I mean, look, uh, Intel's buying Paramount and Warner, right?

Nvidia’s $500B Compute Deal, Paramount Threatens CA Exit, Musk’s Shortcut to $1T Payday | Diet TBPN Aug 12, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 8:02 John Coogan If the state refuses to negotiate a settlement in the legal fight over its Warner brothers discovery merger, we've been covering the story back and forth for a while, but according to variety, Paramount CEO, David Ellison wants a quick… 3 times in the scene

Kimi K3 Reactions, The Odyssey Hits $264M in Debut, Netflix Embraces AI | Diet TBPN Jul 20, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 29:12 John Coogan Warner Brothers gave Black Panther and Creed director Ryan Coogler an unusually generous deal to the rights to make his own original horror movie Sinners, which became a hit last year. 2 times in the scene

Apple Sues OpenAI, Experts Sign Another AI Warning Letter, Paramount Threatens CA Exit Jul 13, 2026 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 15:50 unnamed speaker Rohan in Semaphore says Paramount Ways leaving California over Warner Brothers Rift.
  • ▶ 15:50 unnamed speaker Rohan in Semaphore says Paramount Ways leaving California over Warner Brothers Rift. 4 times in the scene

GPT-5.6 Reactions, Phoebe Gates’ Phia Drama, Hollywood Chases Internet Horror | Diet TBPN Jul 11, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 30:47 John Coogan So he's a forty-year-old illustrator, and he told, he sold the Siren Head movie rights to Warner Brothers for more than a million dollars. 2 times in the scene

Ben Thompson Explains the XBOX Disaster Jul 8, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 26:57 Ben Thompson You could be Netflix and have the stock market and sort of like make a bid for Warner Brothers that the stock market hates, abandon the deal, but they already decided you did the deal because you're desperate and you're screwed anyway, so…

Condé Nast CEO Explains Why Human Journalism Wins in the AI Era May 12, 2026 · 1 mention

Apple-Intel Chip Deal, U.S Adds 115K Jobs, DeepSeek Eyes $50B Valuation | Diet TBPN May 9, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 17:17 unnamed speaker And then Josh Kushner is doing a similar thing with open AI and the San Francisco giants, like two completely opposite ends of the spectrum.

FULL INTERVIEW: GameStop’s Ryan Cohen on Why He’s Buying eBay May 5, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 25:33 unnamed speaker That's what we saw with the Paramount, uh, Warner Brothers deal.

OpenAI Ends Side Quests, SF Housing Market is Back, Kalshi’s $1B Prize | Diet TBPN Mar 17, 2026 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 27:50 unnamed speaker Let's move over to a much smaller deal for Netflix and Warner Brothers and the final deal, which went to Paramount, of course, and David Zaslav is in the Wall Street Journal. 6 times in the scene

Oracle Rips, Larry Ellison's 1997 Vanity Fair Article, Global Fertilizer Crisis | Diet TBPN Mar 12, 2026 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 17:58 unnamed speaker Hollywood is bracing for layoffs and big creative changes if the Paramount Warner Brothers Discovery merger goes, mega merger goes through. 5 times in the scene

Netflix’s Next Move, Zuck’s $170M Florida Mansion, the Billionaire Tax Push | Diet TBPN Mar 4, 2026 · 12 mentions

  • ▶ 0:57 unnamed speaker Then as soon as he was in the deal for Warner Brothers, he was like,
  • ▶ 2:22 unnamed speaker Paramount, Skydance, Warner Brothers, Discovery, CBS, CNN, like, TNT. 7 times in the scene
  • ▶ 9:25 unnamed speaker Because what are you getting with Warner Brothers? 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 13:30 unnamed speaker They're selling a nice Port Authority puffer vest from Warner Brothers Discovery.

Netflix Lost. Now What? Mar 3, 2026 · 12 mentions

  • ▶ 0:16 unnamed speaker Then as soon as he was in the deal for Warner Brothers, he was like, yeah, the theater's amazing.
  • ▶ 2:03 unnamed speaker But I just want to know broadly, like, what, what do we expect from Paramount, Skydance, Warner Brothers, Discovery, CBS, CNN, like, what is their plan? 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 3:14 unnamed speaker Uh, so the result is that David Ellison is handing over a hundred and eleven billion dollars in exchange for Warner Brothers, HBO Max, CNN, and the other cable networks.
  • ▶ 6:47 unnamed speaker So, profits, profits to pay for Warner Brothers Discovery assets, potentially.
  • ▶ 7:45 unnamed speaker And Warner Brothers Discovery, uh, a hundred and ten billion dollar merger. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 10:04 unnamed speaker Uh, but, but there are a lot of similarities, right, because what are you getting with Warner Brothers?
  • ▶ 14:40 unnamed speaker Uh, so, um, by the loosest counts, this is the ninth or 10th time that Warner Brothers has changed hands since it became an independent movie studio in, uh, 1923.

Anthropic v. DoW, Paramount wins WB, OpenAI raises $100B | Diet TBPN Mar 3, 2026 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 25:41 John Coogan Once his Skydance media took control of Paramount, he turned his attention to a Hollywood icon, launching an audacious takeover bid for Warner Brothers Discovery that would give the Ellison family 6 times in the scene

FULL INTERVIEW: Ben Thompson on Anthropic v. DoW Mar 2, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 32:56 Ben Thompson I'm not sure I'll do the entity with all the debt that Paramount and Warner Brothers is going on.

Nvidia Earnings, Paramount Emerges Victorious, Block Layoffs | Diet TBPN Feb 27, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 22:13 John Coogan And the breaking news is that Warner Brothers says Paramount's new offer is superior.

Big Tech to Pay for Power, Anthropic Abandons Safety, the Adoption Paradox | Diet TBPN Feb 26, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 30:01 Jordi Hays PBH talking about the Warner Brothers, Discovery, Netflix. 2 times in the scene

Datacenter Protests, Paramount WB Bid Clears Key Hurdle, The Mansion Section | Diet TBPN Feb 21, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 19:43 John Coogan More news in Paramount's one hundred and eight billion dollar bid for Warner Brothers. 2 times in the scene

The SaaSpocalypse is Cancelled, WB Back in Play, Zuck Grilled in LA Trial | Diet TBPN Feb 20, 2026 · 10 mentions

  • ▶ 16:07 Jordi Hays We have news on the Warner Brothers Netflix Paramount front. 10 times in the scene

The Cournot Equation, Micron’s $200B Bet, Hollywood vs. Seedance 2.0 | Diet TBPN Feb 18, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 22:44 Jordi Hays Moving on, Lucas Shaw was on a tear over the weekend reporting on the Warner Brothers Paramount conversations. 3 times in the scene

Becoming Unsloppable, Anthropic’s Series G, The Mansion Section | Diet TBPN Feb 14, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 7:03 Jordi Hays Marketplaces, Airbnb, Uber, DoorDash, IP holders, Disney, Netflix, Warner Brothers.

Become Unsloppable: How to Survive the Great Software Collapse Feb 13, 2026 · 1 mention

Anthropic’s $380B round, Paramount vs. WB, Higgsfield ragebait drama | Diet TBPN Feb 13, 2026 · 15 mentions

  • ▶ 16:58 unnamed speaker Uh, what's up with Warner Brothers?
  • ▶ 16:58 unnamed speaker Uh, what's up with Warner Brothers? 14 times in the scene

Netflix vs Youtube, Saudi Arabia’s liquidity crunch, Tether’s gold pivot | Diet TBPN Jan 29, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 9:10 unnamed speaker This has been the backbone of the case for, like, let Netflix buy Warner Brothers, even though they'll get HBO Max, like, you're merging two seemingly big streaming platforms, but the combined watch time will still be lower than YouTube,… 2 times in the scene

Davos Reactions, Waymo in the News, WB & Netflix Strike All Cash Deal | Diet TBPN Jan 21, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 21:51 John Coogan We have an update in the, in the Warner Brothers Netflix deal.
  • ▶ 22:16 Jordi Hays So Warner Brothers Discovery and Netflix said Tuesday they struck a new all-cash deal for Netflix to buy Warner Brothers Studios and HBO Max. 2 times in the scene

The AI Power Backlash, the NYMag David Ellison profile, Google Personal Intelligence | Diet TBPN Jan 15, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 22:27 unnamed speaker You think he's going to lose Warner brothers? 2 times in the scene

We're all Jerome Powell, Apple and Google Make it Official, Anthropic Health Care | Diet TBPN Jan 13, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 29:39 unnamed speaker They're running out of letters as they look to upend Netflix's winning bid for Warner Brothers Discovery. 2 times in the scene

The Jamie Dimon Apple Card, Greenland Ideas, WB-Paramount, TBPN x Vanity Fair | Diet TBPN Jan 9, 2026 · 5 mentions

CES’s legacy, reactions to Dwarkesh’s “Capital in the 22nd Century,” and more | Diet TBPN Jan 7, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 14:45 unnamed speaker As the hundred billion dollar bidding war between Netflix and Paramount for Warner Brothers Discovery shows, once imperiled real estate loans look steadier thanks to the rebound in in-office work.

OpenAI Sets Sights on $750 BILLION Valuation Dec 19, 2025 · 15 mentions

  • ▶ 2:15 unnamed speaker Fundraising, if you need tens of billions of dollars, if this, um, if, uh, Warner Brothers ends up going, uh, with Netflix, right? 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 4:29 unnamed speaker Warner CEO David Zaslav and Netflix co-CEOs Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos on the Warner Brothers lot. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 5:50 unnamed speaker He says, Warner doesn't trust Paramount, revocable trust, ESG side letters, IPO lockups, destiny of doing deals over the holidays. 10 times in the scene
  • ▶ 13:20 unnamed speaker The only reason that maybe they're in this scenario is because it feels like Warner Brothers did actually sort of

Amazon Bets $10B on OpenAI | News Reaction Dec 18, 2025 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 14:52 unnamed speaker The, the latest news in the Paramount bid for Warner Brothers, this story that just keeps on giving, um, is in back-to-back salvos Tuesday, the president and his former, or his family 5 times in the scene

Ford PULLS BACK EV Investment Dec 17, 2025 · 3 mentions

GPT-5.2 Reactions, Jacob Elordi vs AI, Disney x OpenAI Deal Breakdown | Diet TBPN Dec 13, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 11:25 unnamed speaker It'd be a funny scenario where they only allow violence on Warner Brothers characters.

Nvidia’s China Shift, Meta AI Drama, Paramount's Pitch | Diet TBPN Dec 11, 2025 · 23 mentions

  • ▶ 11:11 Jordi Hays The Warner deal will take a while. 22 times in the scene
  • ▶ 28:24 unnamed speaker And potentially worth noting that we would be behind what would be, if Paramount combined with WBD, them at 14%.

Paramount’s Deal Playbook, Trump Opens Nvidia’s China Door, Saudis Loosen Drinking Laws | Diet TBPN Dec 10, 2025 · 15 mentions

  • ▶ 0:19 Jordi Hays We're monitoring the Paramount Netflix, Warner Brothers situation, because this is one of the most fascinating deals. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:03 Jordi Hays Why are, why, why isn't Warner brothers just going with the highest price? 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 3:17 Jordi Hays Directors at a company like Warner Brothers, they have to maximize shareholder value, but maximizing shareholder value is an expected value calculation. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 9:40 unnamed speaker Is that the Netflix board, or sorry, the Warner, Warner Brothers board went with Netflix and they're coming, it's hostile because they're saying,
  • ▶ 11:51 Jordi Hays There is a wrinkle that, uh, that people haven't really been considering, which is, um, the fact that Warner Brothers Discovery 6 times in the scene

Paramount Strikes Back, Ads In Gemini, Bieber’s Apple Beef | Diet TBPN Dec 9, 2025 · 12 mentions

  • ▶ 0:03 unnamed speaker Paramount is launching a hostile bid worth one, uh, hundred and eight billion dollars to acquire, uh, WB. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 2:06 unnamed speaker Chris says the Netflix purchase of Warner Bros. would be a disaster. 5 times in the scene
  • ▶ 10:24 unnamed speaker NLE Choppa submitted a last minute bid to buy Warner Brothers for 45,000. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 14:17 unnamed speaker And, of course, uh, now, uh, recently, Netflix did buy Warner Bros.,

Netflix Acquires Warner Brothers, Apple’s Leadership Shakeup, SpaceX Prepares For IPO | Diet TBPN Dec 6, 2025 · 24 mentions

  • ▶ 0:08 unnamed speaker They're gonna buy Warner Brothers and HBO Max for an 82.7 billion dollar deal. 8 times in the scene
  • ▶ 0:15 unnamed speaker Uh, the acquisition is expected to close following Warner Brothers Discovery spin-off of Discovery Global TV Networks division in Q-three, twenty-twenty-six. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 4:36 unnamed speaker Netflix says it expects to see two to three billion dollars in cost savings annually by the third year after the Warner Brothers Discovery deal closes. 6 times in the scene
  • ▶ 9:07 unnamed speaker And Warner Brothers together, it doesn't, like, everyone's already subscribed to Netflix. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 10:05 unnamed speaker Anyway, so the deal doesn't include WBD's cable channels such as CNN, TNT, TBS, and Discovery, which are being spun off. 3 times in the scene

Ex Mr. Beast Manager Explains The Creator Economy Nov 18, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:28 unnamed speaker That's kind of transitioned to, like, be the internet's media company, and so we bought a podcast network from Warner Brothers called The Roost.

Weekly Recap: CEO Affair at Coldplay Concert, Elon Musk's AI Girlfriend, Cognition Acquires Windsurf Jul 19, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 2:30:22 Martin Shkreli So I think that's one thing, but then also like the Russian dude who bought Warner brothers, he really timed that his deal.
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