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At the moment, the preferred parlor game among media business types—and, really, anyone who’s ever visited Sun Valley for four days in late June—is whom David Zaslav will choose as a worthy buyer for Warner Bros. Discovery or some of its assets. Of course, there’s feverish interest from David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance. Meanwhile, Comcast’s Brian Roberts, perhaps feeling newly acquisitive amid the Versant spinoff, might view the Warner Bros. studio and HBO as desirable complements to the sports offerings on Peacock. Last week, Netflix’s Greg Peters essentially shrugged off any interest in WBD when asked about it on the company’s earnings call. But we also know that Netflix has moved from a never philosophy to never say never optionality.