The #WarnerBrosDiscovery board of directors has rejected Paramount’s bid multiple times, opting instead to go with an offer from #Netflix, which #WBD says is more valuable. The board also said #Paramount has misrepresented itself to WBD shareholders, calling into question the legitimacy of the deal’s “illusory” proposed financing.

#billionaires #media #StateMedia #FreePress #censorship #antitrust #law

#60Minutes correspondent says CBS’s #BariWeiss abruptly pulled segment on #Trump #deportations
In a move that drew harsh criticism from its own correspondent, #CBSNews abruptly removed a segment from Sunday’s episode of “60 Minutes” that was to feature the stories of Venezuelan men deported by the Trump admin to what the program called a “brutal” prison in #ElSalvador.

#Law #FreePress #censorship #immigration #rendition #CECOT #HumanRights #torture
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/business/60-minutes-trump-bari-weiss.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Just a reminder — #LarryEllison participated in #Trump’s #coup attempt.

Larry Ellison, #billionaire co-founder & chairman of the software company #Oracle & the biggest backer of #ElonMusk’s #Twitter takeover, participated in a call shortly after the #2020election that focused on strategies for contesting the “legitimacy” of the vote, acc/to court documents & a participant.

#law #billionaires #ElectionInterference #media #StateMedia #FreePress #censorship #antitrust
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/20/larry-ellison-oracle-trump-election-challenges/

#LarryEllison was also accused of conspiring to ethnically cleanse #Palestinians from #Israel-occupied territories, committing #WarCrimes, & funding #genocide. Though the lawsuit was dismissed.

#billionaires #Plutocracy #money #power #media #StateMedia #FreePress #censorship #antitrust #WarnerBrosDiscovery #WBD #Paramount #Oracle #law
https://www.reuters.com/article/world/palestinians-lawsuit-in-us-vs-adelson-others-is-revived-idUSKCN1Q826S/

Just a reminder — #LarryEllison participated in #Trump’s #coup attempt.

Larry Ellison, #billionaire co-founder & chairman of the software company #Oracle & the biggest backer of #ElonMusk’s #Twitter takeover, participated in a call shortly after the #2020election that focused on strategies for contesting the “legitimacy” of the vote, acc/to court documents & a participant.

#law #billionaires #ElectionInterference #media #StateMedia #FreePress #censorship #antitrust
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/20/larry-ellison-oracle-trump-election-challenges/

To counteract that critique, #Paramount said #Oracle founder #LarryEllison – the father of Paramount CEO #DavidEllison – will guarantee all $40.4 billion of the equity he’s putting up to finance the $78 billion deal. That’s a big guarantee, putting Larry Ellison on the hook for about a sixth of his roughly $250 billion net worth if something falls through.

#billionaires #media #StateMedia #FreePress #censorship #antitrust #WarnerBrosDiscovery #WBD #Netflix #law

The #WarnerBrosDiscovery board of directors has rejected Paramount’s bid multiple times, opting instead to go with an offer from #Netflix, which #WBD says is more valuable. The board also said #Paramount has misrepresented itself to WBD shareholders, calling into question the legitimacy of the deal’s “illusory” proposed financing.

#billionaires #media #StateMedia #FreePress #censorship #antitrust #law

And of course…

Monday, Paramount’s new, hostile offer to #WarnerBrosDiscovery: #LarryEllison will personally guarantee $40 billion

#Paramount said on Monday that Larry Ellison, father of Paramount’s chief executive #NepoBaby #DavidEllison, is personally guaranteeing the roughly $40.4 billion in equity that the company is offering as part of its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.

#billionaires #media #StateMedia #FreePress #censorship #antitrust #law
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/22/media/paramount-warner-bros-ellisons-revised-deal?cid=ios_app

In her note, Alfonsi said that her team had requested comment from the #WhiteHouse, the #State Department, & #DHS. “If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient,” Alfonsi wrote.

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“For those people that think I am close with the new owners of #CBS, please understand that #60Minutes has treated me far worse since the so-called ‘takeover,’ than they have ever treated me before,” #Trump complained on Truth Social last week.

#democracy #StateMedia #law #extortion #FreePress #censorship #immigration #rendition #CECOT #HumanRights #torture

Ellison is currently making a hostile bid to outmaneuver a rival company, #Netflix, & acquire the media behemoth #WarnerBrosDiscovery. He has been courting Trump’s support for his bid, but #Trump has used recent episodes of “ #60Minutes” to suggest he is displeased with Ellison’s stewardship of #CBS.

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But #SharynAlfonsi, the veteran “ #60Minutes” correspondent who reported the segment, rejected that criticism in a private note to #CBS colleagues on Sunday.…

“Our story was screened 5 times & cleared by both CBS attorneys & Standards & Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”

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#CBS announced the change 3 hours before the broadcast, a highly unusual last-minute switch. The decision was made after #BariWeiss, the new editor in chief of #CBSNews, requested numerous changes to the segment. CBS News said in a statement that the segment would air at a later date & “needed additional reporting.”

#Trump #Law #FreePress #censorship #immigration #rendition #CECOT #HumanRights #torture

#60Minutes correspondent says CBS’s #BariWeiss abruptly pulled segment on #Trump #deportations
In a move that drew harsh criticism from its own correspondent, #CBSNews abruptly removed a segment from Sunday’s episode of “60 Minutes” that was to feature the stories of Venezuelan men deported by the Trump admin to what the program called a “brutal” prison in #ElSalvador.

#Law #FreePress #censorship #immigration #rendition #CECOT #HumanRights #torture
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/business/60-minutes-trump-bari-weiss.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share