2025-12-05

The Netflix and Warner Bros. deal might be great for shareholders, but not for anyone else

Netflix's $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. is, in many ways, the last thing a weakened Hollywood needs right now. The industry is still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, where theat [...]

2025-07-28

The new Warner Bros. and Discovery Global would like you to forget Warner Bros. Discovery

Earlier this summer Engadget covered the news that Warner Bros. Discovery would split into two giant media companies. Today the conglomerate announced the names for the restructured entities.<br /& [...]

2025-02-25

Warner Bros Discovery slashes gaming business, closing three studios

Warner Bros Discovery made sweeping cuts to its games division today, closing three studios and ending development on its planned Wonder Woman project. Monolith Productions, Player First Games and WB [...]

2025-12-08

Paramount makes a $108 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

Paramount has been none too pleased about Netflix striking an $82.7 billion deal to buy much of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Now, Paramount is making a hostile takeover bid for WBD. It's making [...]

2025-09-11

Paramount reportedly wants to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, antitrust law be damned

Paramount Skydance, apparently now in a state of permanent merger, plans to make a bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, The Wall Street Journal reports. The company was recently formed following Sky [...]

2025-03-17

Warner Bros. Discovery pulled the original Looney Tunes shorts off Max

The original Looney Tunes animated shorts that aired between the 1930 and 1969 are no longer available to stream on Max, Deadline reports. Warner Bros. Discovery removed them from the streaming servic [...]

2025-07-08

Video Games Weekly: Every time this industry grows, it shrinks

Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday or Tuesday, broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game trends and related to [...]

2025-06-09

Warner Bros. Discovery will split into two media giants

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has announced that it will be splitting up into two separate media companies. The new structure will see one entity retain Warner Bros. film, television and game studios, [...]

2025-12-05

Netflix is reportedly in exclusive talks to acquire Warner Bros. and HBO

Netflix is in exclusive talks to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery's film and TV studios and HBO Max streaming service, according to sources from Bloomberg. That suggests Netflix submitted a superio [...]