• Following a Thursday afternoon visit to the White House Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos announced he was withdrawing his bid to take control over Warner-Discovery, clearing the way for Larry Ellison’s bid to succeed.
  • Larry Ellison and a group of financial investors now position Paramount Skydance to win control over Warner-Discovery. CNN insiders are reported to be apoplectic considering that Larry and David Ellison will now likely downsize the media group and change directions.
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  • Larry Ellison is also a longtime ally of President Trump, and both Paramount and Netflix have sought to curry favor with the White House. (read more)
  • In October of 2024, accepting the landscape that presented itself, CTH predicted Larry Ellison would eventually gain control over CBS and CNN. Everything is unfolding according to the predictable pathways that have always been visible.
  • October 28, 2024 – “The biggest winners from the Trump victory will be Larry Ellison (Oracle), his super influence operator Elon Musk, and their smaller -albeit ideologically similar- friend, Peter Thiel (Palantir).
  • This is the inside baseball stuff that circles the President Trump campaign orbit in very close proximity. This is the command-and-control influence operation that determines outcomes. When Trump wins, these interests are positioned for strongest influence.