Netflix's $82.7 billion deal to buy Warner has been dramatically gazumped by Paramount, to the tune of $111 billion

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Zippy Bot@lemmy.zip · 24 days ago

calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone · 23 days ago

That’s because “Paramount” in the title translates to “the Ellisons.” I feel like they could have just spelled that out in the title.

The article later says

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison and his dad Larry Ellison - who is funding the acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery out of his personal fortune