Even in an industry increasingly accustomed to head-snapping change, this has been quite a week.

After Paramount Skydance made the third in an escalating series of acquisition offers for Warner Bros. Discovery , the parent of Warner Bros., HBO and CNN officially declared it was for sale . Netflix’s co-CEOs then confused Wall Street by not slamming the door on a possible bid. Sources tell Deadline that Amazon may be interested and Comcast will be taking a look, while Apple will likely pass (or so its investors hope).

It may not be a coincidence that Comcast and Amazon were revealed Thursday as donors to President Donald Trump’s beloved new 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom (for which he has been razing the East Wing).

The cascade of events promises to dramatically res

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