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Warner Bros Discovery reviews Paramount’s hostile bid
NEW YORK: Warner Bros Discovery has confirmed that Paramount Skydance has launched an unsolicited tender offer to buy all outstanding shares of the Hollywood group, jolting an already fraught takeover landscape.
The company said its board will review the approach in line with its fiduciary duties and in consultation with independent financial and legal advisers. For now, it is standing firm behind its existing agreement with Netflix and has not altered its recommendation to shareholders.
The board said it would communicate its formal view on the Paramount Skydance offer within 10 business days. Investors have been advised to sit tight and take no action while the review is under way.
Allen & Company, JP Morgan and Evercore are advising Warner Bros Discovery, with Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Debevoise & Plimpton acting as legal counsel.
Paramount Skydance’s move adds fresh intrigue to the battle for scale in global media, as studios and streamers fight for content, cashflow and control. Warner Bros Discovery said the bid does not affect the proposed transaction with Netflix, details of which will be set out in forthcoming regulatory filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
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PM Modi hits 30M subscribers on Youtube
World’s most-followed leader adds to 100M Instagram milestone last month.
MUMBAI: PM Narendra Modi just clicked ‘subscribe’ on digital dominance because when your YouTube channel outpaces world leaders like a viral cat video, even politics gets binge-worthy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Youtube channel has surged past 30 million subscribers, solidifying his status as the most-followed world leader on the platform, officials announced on 24 February 2026. This milestone leaves former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro second with about one-fourth of Modi’s count in the dust, while US President Donald Trump trails with roughly one-seventh the subscribers.
The achievement builds on Modi’s Instagram triumph last month, where he became the first global leader to cross 100 million followers. On Instagram, Modi towers over peers, Trump at 43 million, Prabowo Subianto at 15 million, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at 14 million, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at 11 million, and Javier Milei at 6 million their combined totals still fall short of Modi’s solo mark.
Domestically, the gap is equally stark. Modi’s subscriber base is three times that of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, and over four times the channels of the Aam Aadmi Party and Indian National Congress. On Instagram, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has 16 million followers, while Gandhi counts 12 million.
Modi joined YouTube and Instagram in 2014, evolving both into powerhouses of digital outreach with governance highlights, cultural moments, and direct citizen engagement. In a world where likes and shares shape narratives, Modi isn’t just leading polls, he’s leading the scroll, turning policy into playlist gold.
