Netflix Faces DOJ Antitrust Heat Over Nearly $83 Billion Warner Bros. Deal As Regulators Question Market Power Grab: Report

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The Justice Department is reportedly scrutinizing Netflix Inc.'s (NASDAQ:NFLX) proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) assets. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether ...

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Discovery's studios and HBO Max streaming service, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing a civil subpoena.\nThe subpoena, sent to another entertainment company, seeks information on whether Netflix has engaged in \"exclusionary conduct\" that could help it entrench or expand its monopoly power.\nThe line of questioning suggests regulators are evaluating not only the structure of the deal but also Netflix's broader competitive behavior.\nIn December, Netflix said it had agreed to acquire Warner Bros. at $27.75 per share, valuing the deal at about $72 billion in equity and roughly $82.7 billion in total enterprise value\nUnder U.S. law, regulators can block transactions that substantially reduce competition or increase the risk of monopoly power.\nSteven Sunshine, a lawyer for Netflix, said the company has not received any notice or indication that the Justice Department is conducting a separate monopolization investigation.\nEstimates suggest Netflix and HBO Max together would control roughly 30% of the U.S. subscription streaming market, a threshold that can trigger heightened antitrust concern under DOJ guidelines.\nHowever, Netflix has said the figure is misleading, noting that about 80% of HBO Max subscribers also subscribe to Netflix.\nMeanwhile, in an interview with NBC News this week, President Donald Trump said he would not intervene in the proposed deal and that the Justice Department should handle the matter.\nPrice Action: Netflix shares closed up 1.64% at $82.20 on Friday and slipped slightly to $82.06 in after-hours trading, according to Benzinga Pro.\nNFLX shows a weak price trend across the short, medium and long-term, with low Momentum and Value scores, according to Benzinga's Edge Stock Rankings.\nDisclaimer: This content was partially produced with the help of AI tools and was reviewed and published by Benzinga editors.\nImage via Shutterstock\nTo add Benzinga News as your preferred source on Google, click here.","kind":"highlight","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"policyRegulatory","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":0,"need_auth":false,"code":"91000000","status":"200"},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"tenantId":"TBGLOBAL","deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.36.2","shortVersion":"4.36.2","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2609056546","isCrawlerRequest":true}