Jared Kushner’s private equity firm has reportedly stepped back from previous efforts to take over the entertainment giant Warner Bros Discovery, following scrutiny of his involvement.Affinity Partners emerged as a key backer of a $108.4bn hostile bid by Paramount Skydance for control of WBD. Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, set up Affinity.Paramount, controlled by the billionaire Ellison family, is attempting to sink a $82.7bn deal WBD struck to sell its storied Warner Bros movie studios, pr ...

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Well, Warner Brothers is reportedly preparing to tell its shareholders to reject the offer from Paramount Sky Dance as soon as Wednesday. This is according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Um, and the the ideas that Warner Brothers Discover would be recommending to its shareholders as soon as tomorrow that they support the existing deal with Netflix over the proposal from Paramount Sky Dance.We've reached out to the companies for comment. We have not heard yet. Um but just looking at the shares in te ...

Michelle. Just a few minutes ago, we were talking about the potential for or not the potential, but Warner Brothers are basically urging folks to actually embrace the Netflix deal. Now we're learning that Jared Kushner and affinity partners are apparently out of the paramount skydance deal side of this deal when it comes to the financing.Yes. So it's evolving very rapidly. Lots has been happening just in the past few minutes.But what we do know so far is that affinity capital is dropping out of their effort ...

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Jared Kushner, Founder & CEO, Affinity Partners, speaks during the second day of the FII PRIORITY Summit held at the Faena Hotel on Feb. 20, 2025 in Miami Beach, Florida.Jared Kushner's firm Affinity Partners has dropped out of Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery."With ​two ​strong competitors ​vying to secure ​the future ​of this ​unique American ​asset, ​Affinity ​has ​decided no longer to pursue ​the opportunity," an Affinity spokesperson said in a statement."The dynamics ...

And right now we are 2 minutes away from the end of the trading day. Romaine Bostick alongside Katie Greifeld, taking you through to that closing bell with the global simulcast. Carol Massar Tim Stenovec.They join us from the radio room as we welcome all of our audiences across all of our platforms, including our partnership with YouTube. An interesting day in the market. But Carol, I do want to start with that breaking news that we got a little while ago.Just a few minutes ago here, Warner Brothers Discove ...

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Leadership at Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) intends to formally advise stock owners to turn down the recent bid from Paramount Skydance Corp. (NASDAQ:PSKY) . WBD stock is moving. See the chart and price action here. The announcement, expected as early as Wednesday, will instead urge stakeholders to stick with the standing agreement established with Netflix Corp. (NASDAQ:NFLX) , according to the Wall Street Journal. Read Next: Elon Musk Prepares SpaceX IPO Valued At More Than RTX, Boeing, Lockheed Comb ...

Jared Kushner's investment firm Affinity Partners has withdrawn from the takeover battle for Warner Bros Discovery , Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a representative for the firm. ...