Today, drama in the boardroom as a mighty media empire goes up for sale.
If you won't merge, then I'm afraid we have no deal.
Can two empires merge?
Marriage or any partnership for that matter is a given-a-take.
Yes,
we're taking a dramatic take on talk of a Warner Discovery and Paramount merger here on World Business Report from the BBC.
I'm Ed Butler and today we're looking at those reports that Warner Brothers Discovery could be listening to offers from potential buyers.
We're also hearing why everyone's going nuts for pistachios and what the market offers to this week's audacious jewelry heist at the Louvre in Paris.
First though, let's go to our main story, the media giant Warner Brothers Discovery.
It has sent Wall Street and the entertainment world into something of a spin today,
saying it could be open to a sale.
You're a wizard, Harry.
I'm a what?
Everything I've done in my life, I've done for my children because I love them.
I, Eddard, the House Stark, Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North, sentence you to die.
Yep, Harry Potter's accession, Game of Thrones, some of the titles that Warner Bros.
Discovery calls its own.
Earlier this year, the media conglomerate announced plans to split into two separate entities,
a streaming and studios business alongside a global networks business earlier this year.
But now,