Privacy Please S6, E262 - WARNER BROS CRISIS: Class Action Lawsuit & The $108B Hostile Takeover (Dec 15 Update)
It is Monday, December 15th, and the battle for Hollywood has officially gone nuclear.
What started as an $82 billion acquisition by Netflix has morphed into a $108 billion hostile takeover battle with Paramount Skydance. As of this morning, stocks are volatile, the government has frozen the deal, and a massive Class Action Lawsuit has just been filed to burn it all down.
In this Special Report from Privacy Please, we break down the chaos of the last 72 hours. We uncover the "National Security" weapon Netflix is using to kill the deal, the foreign money backing Paramount, and the leaked memos that reveal why executives are selling you out.
No matter who wins—the Algorithm or the Oligarchs—your privacy is the casualty.
Time Stamps / Key Moments:
0:00 - Monday Morning Chaos: Stocks Halted & The $108B Counter-Bid
2:15 - Future A vs. Future B: The Algorithm Era vs. The Oligarch Era
5:30 - BREAKING: The "National Security" Argument & Class Action Lawsuit
8:45 - Leaked Memos: The "Golden Parachute" Betrayal
11:20 - The Fallout: Why Streaming Prices Will Hit $35/Month
What you'll uncover in this deep dive:
The Weekend of Chaos: A complete timeline of how Netflix lost control of the deal over the weekend.
The "Foreign Money" Threat: Why Paramount's backing by sovereign wealth funds has regulators panicked.
Netflix's Hypocrisy: How the surveillance giant is weaponizing "privacy" to stop their competitors.
The Consumer Cost: Why the era of cheap streaming is officially dead.
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