Over an intense six-week period last fall , Netflix went from an initial phone call between co-CEO Ted Sarandos and Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav to sealing an $82.7 billion deal to buy Warner Bros.’ streaming and studios business . But even after being repeatedly rebuffed David Ellison refused to give up, and ultimately his Paramount Skydance outbid Netflix with an $111 billion offer for the entirety of WBD. So the news Monday that Comcast plans to carve off NBCUniversal (together