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BREAKING: Netflix to acquire Warner Brothers for $72 billion

Sam Hill
December 05, 2025

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PODCAST: Netflix to acquire Warner Brothers for $72 billion

by Ceci Heinen and Sophia Arndt | Published December 5, 2025

Netflix to acquire Warner Brothers for $72 billion | MN Daily News: In The Know

What does this mean for streaming services, movie theaters and Minnesotan movie lovers?

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CECI HEINEN: Hello everyone. This is Ceci Heinen from the Minnesota Daily, and you are listening to In the Know, the podcast dedicated to the University of Minnesota.

Today we have a bit of a breaking news special episode coming to you from our studio where I’m sitting here with our arts and entertainment editor, Sophia Arndt. Hi Sophia.

SOPHIA ARNDT: Hello.

HEINEN: Thank you so much for coming in. We wanted to come in here and talk, as many of you may have read by now, about the big Netflix Warner Bros merger that has just transpired in Hollywood and what it’s gonna do to our local markets, our local movie theaters and also just like global movies, Netflix, HBO, all of that stuff.

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