December 9, 2025 • 3 mins
Mendte in the Morning spoke with Rory O’Neill about the deal for Netlfix to acquire Warner Bros. and why it may fall through.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'll tell you what This Paramounts Warner Brothers Discovery Netflix
(00:05):
deal is fascinating, but I don't think it's probably any
more fascinating than the conversation that Natalie Vaka was having
with Rory O'Neill as we were getting set up. I
think that sounded. I was listening in I just for
what I could hear. I heard a lot of laughing.
I heard a lot of I heard a lot of
(00:26):
that kind of stuff. And I know you were talking
about the holidays, So tell me, fest up, what was
that all about.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Bru was telling me about how he grew up having
Jello molds at holidays, so I said, I could say,
I don't think I've ever had a Jella mold, but
we were in Ambrosia's salad family And then I think
about it, fruit and marshmallows mixed together with sour cream.
You can't get more bizarre dessert than that, but jella mold.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
It's the canned fruit in heavy syrup. Thinks my teeth
hurt just thinking about it.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
That'd be an interesting for a talkback.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
What's the what's the one thing that's brought to a
holiday table that you are like, maybe you like it,
but you don't you know, maybe you'll eat it, but
you don't like it.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
But see, I loved it, and I've actually introduced it
to my family, and nobody seemed to have the same
passion for the ambrosia salad I did.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Yeah, how about what you're embarrassed to like? You know,
I do like I do like fruitcake. That's sort of
a thing.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Now, somebody, did you say that Rory was talking about
a yellow mold with tuna fish.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
Something like that.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Well, no, it was not jello, but it was just
some ad came up from Nostalgia something something on my
Facebook and it said the tuna tree. So you have
your appetizer is a small, maybe eight inch tree of
molded tuna salad.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
It's a.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Little cherry tomatoes stuck on the side of the balls
and parsley sort of strung around as garland.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Oh my, you know, we're in the we're we're laughing
about it because we're on the receiving end of these things.
The people that have to make this stuff. You know,
it's like, oh God, I have to go to a party.
What am I gonna do? What am I gonna a
jello mold?
Speaker 4 (02:17):
That's easy. No, is not easy.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
About devil hand. When's the last time you had devil hand? Oh?
Speaker 4 (02:25):
God, I don't think ever deviled eggs in school kids
would have a devil hand sandwich. Yes, that's so.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Let's talk about Netflix, Warner Brothers Netflix. What what the
last I checked? The last I checked, Water Brothers was
buying Netflix or Netflix was buying Water Brothers.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
What? What is happening? What's happening now?
Speaker 3 (02:50):
That deal was announced on Friday, Then on Monday, Paramount says,
ha ha ha, we've got a hostile takeover bid, because
it really was Paramount that started these negotiats about a
month ago, and they came back with a sweeter offer. Netflix,
the CEO this morning is sort of dismissing it, saying, yeah,
we expected they try to stir the pot, but they're
confident their deal Netflix will move forward with the takeover
(03:13):
of Warner Brothers Discovery. It does include a spin off
of some channel, so that gets a little bit weird
in how you value this whole proceeding. But because otherwise,
if Paramount wins, that would be CBS News and CNN
essentially being in the same company. Probably don't need two newsrooms,
so you know that could be some big changes there too.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
Well we can only hope anyway.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
I know you three fsrooms.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
I know you have a tune of tree to get
back to.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
So Rory O'Neil wilmore, National correspondent with us every day
at this time.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
Thanks so much, Rory
I'll tell you what This Paramounts Warner Brothers Discovery Netflix
(00:05):
deal is fascinating, but I don't think it's probably any
more fascinating than the conversation that Natalie Vaka was having
with Rory O'Neill as we were getting set up. I
think that sounded. I was listening in I just for
what I could hear. I heard a lot of laughing.
I heard a lot of I heard a lot of
(00:26):
that kind of stuff. And I know you were talking
about the holidays, So tell me, fest up, what was
that all about.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Bru was telling me about how he grew up having
Jello molds at holidays, so I said, I could say,
I don't think I've ever had a Jella mold, but
we were in Ambrosia's salad family And then I think
about it, fruit and marshmallows mixed together with sour cream.
You can't get more bizarre dessert than that, but jella mold.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
It's the canned fruit in heavy syrup. Thinks my teeth
hurt just thinking about it.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
That'd be an interesting for a talkback.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
What's the what's the one thing that's brought to a
holiday table that you are like, maybe you like it,
but you don't you know, maybe you'll eat it, but
you don't like it.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
But see, I loved it, and I've actually introduced it
to my family, and nobody seemed to have the same
passion for the ambrosia salad I did.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Yeah, how about what you're embarrassed to like? You know,
I do like I do like fruitcake. That's sort of
a thing.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Now, somebody, did you say that Rory was talking about
a yellow mold with tuna fish.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
Something like that.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Well, no, it was not jello, but it was just
some ad came up from Nostalgia something something on my
Facebook and it said the tuna tree. So you have
your appetizer is a small, maybe eight inch tree of
molded tuna salad.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
It's a.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Little cherry tomatoes stuck on the side of the balls
and parsley sort of strung around as garland.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Oh my, you know, we're in the we're we're laughing
about it because we're on the receiving end of these things.
The people that have to make this stuff. You know,
it's like, oh God, I have to go to a party.
What am I gonna do? What am I gonna a
jello mold?
Speaker 4 (02:17):
That's easy. No, is not easy.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
About devil hand. When's the last time you had devil hand? Oh?
Speaker 4 (02:25):
God, I don't think ever deviled eggs in school kids
would have a devil hand sandwich. Yes, that's so.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Let's talk about Netflix, Warner Brothers Netflix. What what the
last I checked? The last I checked, Water Brothers was
buying Netflix or Netflix was buying Water Brothers.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
What? What is happening? What's happening now?
Speaker 3 (02:50):
That deal was announced on Friday, Then on Monday, Paramount says,
ha ha ha, we've got a hostile takeover bid, because
it really was Paramount that started these negotiats about a
month ago, and they came back with a sweeter offer. Netflix,
the CEO this morning is sort of dismissing it, saying, yeah,
we expected they try to stir the pot, but they're
confident their deal Netflix will move forward with the takeover
(03:13):
of Warner Brothers Discovery. It does include a spin off
of some channel, so that gets a little bit weird
in how you value this whole proceeding. But because otherwise,
if Paramount wins, that would be CBS News and CNN
essentially being in the same company. Probably don't need two newsrooms,
so you know that could be some big changes there too.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
Well we can only hope anyway.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
I know you three fsrooms.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
I know you have a tune of tree to get
back to.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
So Rory O'Neil wilmore, National correspondent with us every day
at this time.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
Thanks so much, Rory
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