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Larry Ellison’s big dumb gift to his large adult son

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Larry Ellison’s big dumb gift to his large adult son

A plan so astonishingly dumb, even Warner Bros. doesn’t believe it’ll happen.

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Media is a business about dreams, and Larry Ellison’s son is dreaming big. This might explain why the case for Paramount Skydance to buy Warner Bros. Discovery is so incoherent.
 
In October, Warner Bros. put itself up for sale, leading to a number of bids. The two we are concerned with are a bid from Netflix and another from two nepo babies: David Ellison and Jared Kushner. David Ellison is the head of Paramount, but most famous for being Larry’s son. Jared Kushner is most famous for being Donald Trump’s son-in-law, though he also got his start in business by taking over his felon father’s firm when Charles was in prison; his firm is involved in the financing.
 

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David Ellison’s plan to merge Paramount with Warner Bros. is incoherent and largely seen as a vanity project backed by his billionaire father, Larry Ellison. The deal doesn’t offer a compelling business rationale: Paramount is smaller, lacks a dominant streaming platform, and has no significant tech advantage. David’s vague talk about combining media and tech with AI buzzwords lacks substance, and his leadership experience is thin. Meanwhile, the financing relies heavily on Larry’s Oracle stock — a risky move considering Oracle’s deeper focus on AI infrastructure. In contrast, Netflix’s competing bid actually makes strategic sense. Overall, the Ellison proposal looks like a costly attempt to buy influence and prestige, not a smart business move.

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