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Larry Ellison pledged a forty billion dollar personal guarantee to secure Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.The revised proposal includes an increased five point eight billion dollar breakup fee matching a rival offer from Netflix.Paramount extended the shareholder response deadline to January 21 as David Ellison seeks to acquire the entire media portfolio.
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