Harris Associates Encourages Paramount to Hike Warner Bros. Bid

Paramount Studios in Los Angeles.

Photographer: Ethan Swope/Bloomberg

Alex Fitch, director of US research at Harris Associates, is encouraging Paramount Skydance Corp. to increase its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Harris is the fifth-largest shareholder of Warner Bros. with about 3.9% of the stock, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Fitch is also portfolio manager of the Oakmark Select Fund and Oakmark Equity and Income Fund.