Warner Bros. Discovery Stock News

The emergence of Netflix as a serious contender comes as the bidding war enters its next stage.

Warner Bros. Discovery has asked bidders to submit a sweetened second round of offers by Monday, Dec. 1, Deadline has confirmed. The media giant led by David Zaslav has been sitting on the first round of non-binding bids since Nov. 20.

Warner Bros Discovery has asked potential buyers to submit improved offers by December 1, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

CNN has removed its stories from Apple News, ending its content-sharing agreement with the platform, Semafor reported on Sunday.

Paramount Skydance has the inside track to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, according to well-placed media executives — and it's all about a cable network that has a troubled relationship with Donald Trump.

As Bill Maher rather wryly told his audience Friday night while wrapping his last show of the fall, by the time Real Time with Bill Maher returns to HBO in late January, he and his staff will have yet another new owner. That's if the new owner still wants Maher, a heterodox political satirist with a gift for enraging both sides of the aisle.

Paramount Skydance , Comcast and Netflix are bidding to buy Warner Bros Discovery , Reuters reported on Thursday, but each company's bid faces its own political and regulatory risks.

A bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery is brewing between Paramount, Comcast, and Netflix.