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Has the Ellison Infotainment Empire Peaked With Paramount-WBD?
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Has the Ellison Infotainment Empire Peaked With Paramount-WBD?

naked capitalism·Nat Wilson Turner·about 1 month ago
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The Ellison infotainment empire financed by father Larry and nominally helmed by son David, may have peaked with the shareholder approval of Paramount-Skydance’s purchase of WBD (Warner Bros Discovery). UPDATE: Paramount-Skydance reveals merged entity with WBD will have 49.5% foreign ownership . This is huge. Will have more on this for The MMA Draw tomorrow . Seeking Alpha has more : Following Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), the combined company will be nearly half owned by non-U.S. investors, an issue downplayed by the media conglomerate and flagged by rival Netflix (NFLX) when the two were engaged in a bidding war. According to a filing with the Federal Communications Commission, Paramount (PSKY) said that the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) will be partially financed by three Middle East investment funds that will own a combined 24% of the new company.…

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