Michael Barbaro

To hear the CEO of Netflix tell it, his $83 billion offer to buy Warner Brothers Studios will benefit everyone.

To hear the CEO of Paramount tell it, that same offer is a monopolistic disaster.

The blockbuster deal that is rocking Hollywood, the competing hostile takeover bid that it's inspired, and what it all means for the future of TV and film, and for all of us, the viewers.

I spoke with three of my colleagues, Nicole Sperling, Kyle Buchanan, and Lauren Hirsch.

It's Tuesday, December 9th.

I want to welcome the three of you to the first ever edition of the Roundtable Hollywood Edition.

Lauren Hirsch.

Nice to have you in the studio.

And joining us from Los Angeles and its environs, Nicole Sperling.

Nice to have you on.

Hello.

And Kyle Buchanan.

Thanks for making time for us.

Hi, Michael.

So we usually put together these panels to make sense of major moments in politics and government.

But the world of business gave us a story so big and so high stakes and so theatrical that it could not be contained, I believe, to a single guest.

And that story, of course, is the emerging fight over who will control Warner Brothers Studios, this storied Hollywood institution, which is why we've asked the three of you on.

And I just want to explain what each of you bring to the conversation.

Nicole, you write about Netflix streaming and the business of Hollywood.

Am I capturing you correctly?