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78 MLB All-Stars under one roof, Ohtani's grand slam hit 16 million views in hours, and South Korea reached the quarterfinals for the first time in 17 years. The tournament everyone dismissed as irrelevant has seized global sports fans by the throat in just five days.
Paramount Skydance is acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery for $111 billion in the largest media merger in Hollywood history. Once Harry Potter and Top Gun share the same roof, the content landscape changes fundamentally. The problem is that thousands of entertainment workers never even got an invitation to this massive party.
WNBA team valuations surged 100% in a single year, Caitlin Clark's economic impact exceeds $1 billion, and 21,000 fans packed an arena for a regular-season game. With the women's sports market surpassing $2.5 billion, this is cold, hard business logic.
The most expensive media bidding war in history is unfolding. Netflix's $82.7B Warner Bros acquisition vs Paramount's $108.4B counter-bid — March 20th shareholder vote decides Hollywood's fate.
