If Warner Bros. Discovery is leaning toward Netflix’s offer in the high stakes race for the company’s assets, rival bidder Paramount Skydance has a “Plan B” to win the auction, On The Money has learned.

Netflix has made a majority cash offer to purchase the Warner Bros. studio and HBO Max while Paramount Skydance has made an all-cash bid for the whole company including cable channels CNN and HBO, the sources said. WBD could pick a winning bidder as early as this week, people close to the process tell The Post.

A source close to WBD said the media giant believes this is now a “horse race” between Paramount Skydance and Netflix whose outcome is a “toss up,” giving it “50 50” odds.

Still, speculation is growing that WBD has come to prefer Netflix’s bid. Insiders note that Netflix CEO T

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