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Eliot Rosewater

(33,275 posts)
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 08:47 PM Jul 20

CBS owned by maga Larry Ellison son, can't watch CBS anymore

I guess they are behind the Paramount merger, Paramount+ now is shit and so is CBS too bad because I always like the sitcoms on CBS.

America over

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CBS owned by maga Larry Ellison son, can't watch CBS anymore (Original Post) Eliot Rosewater Jul 20 OP
Not one bit of truth will be seen on CBS News or 60 minutes from now on Eliot Rosewater Jul 20 #1
Not Getting This ProfessorGAC Jul 20 #2
Ellison's son is the CEO of Skydance. And he's behind the Skydance - Paramount merger. Initech Jul 20 #4
I Know All That ProfessorGAC Jul 20 #5
Hope you're right, thanks for correcting the record on the numbers. Eliot Rosewater Jul 20 #6
Likely Borrowing Against His Holdings ProfessorGAC Jul 20 #8
They're screwing over South Park too. Initech Jul 20 #3
I am done with CBS & Paramount. My wife too Ars Longa Jul 20 #7
n/t Greg_In_SF Jul 20 #10
I cancelled Paramount+ today NCDem47 Jul 20 #9
Larry Ellison is a first class horse's patoot (to give him a Potterism), total dick and I still haven't forgiven him for LT Barclay Jul 20 #11
In LA I listen to KNX newsradio BidenRocks Jul 21 #12

Eliot Rosewater

(33,275 posts)
1. Not one bit of truth will be seen on CBS News or 60 minutes from now on
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 08:48 PM
Jul 20
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/larry-ellison-invests-6-billion-235416135.html


All media now owned by Maga garbage, don’t know about the rest of you but I don’t know how much more of this I can take and I mean that sincerely.

ProfessorGAC

(73,766 posts)
2. Not Getting This
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 08:58 PM
Jul 20

How would the Ellisons have that much sway
Larry's uber wealth is mostly because he owns 40% of Oracle, so his share is over $270 billion.
CBS & Paramount are mostly owned by Vanguard, Blackrock & various mutual funds.
Elison's name doesn't appear in the top 25 shareholders of either CBS or Paramount.
David Elison is loaded, but only a half-billion. Admittedly it was in the entertainment industry, but with that kind of capital, he's small potatoes.
Why does either network care what they want?

ProfessorGAC

(73,766 posts)
5. I Know All That
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 09:05 PM
Jul 20

Still don't see why anybody in those companies cares what a kid with $500 million & a dad who has no interest in either company
Ellison is worth $290 billion.
$275 billion is his stake in Oracle.
And he owns about 5 billion in TSLA.
Not getting why anybody gives a darn about what they think of their companies.
In the entertainment industry, they're nothing.

Eliot Rosewater

(33,275 posts)
6. Hope you're right, thanks for correcting the record on the numbers.
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 09:05 PM
Jul 20

However what I read is $8 billion merger and Ellison is funding 6 billion of it.

Is that wrong?

ProfessorGAC

(73,766 posts)
8. Likely Borrowing Against His Holdings
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 09:25 PM
Jul 20

Given the numbers I found he doesn't have that kind of liquidity.
But, I doubt any investment bank would blink at lending money to someone that has 48x the amount needed to repay the whole principal.
More than likely, he's backing a loan, so it's not technically his money.

LT Barclay

(3,057 posts)
11. Larry Ellison is a first class horse's patoot (to give him a Potterism), total dick and I still haven't forgiven him for
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 11:46 PM
Jul 20

screwing up the America's Cup. Part of the fun of it was watching millionaires and billionaires wreck their fortunes competing against one another. Then he had to go and use NASCAR as a model to try to make it profitable. He did get his wish in one way and the America's Cup had it's first death a few years back.

BidenRocks

(1,886 posts)
12. In LA I listen to KNX newsradio
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 12:02 AM
Jul 21

Now I understand the slanted interviews after a disaster. They are part of CBS.
They find the Karens' and the Democratic leadership bashers and give them extended airtime to attack Gov. Newsom and Mayor Bass.

How obvious? I wrote them and called them out.

We'll look into it. Another Chumpian response.

Trust level lowered. Same with 60 Minutes.

The same with America. No trust, No credibility!

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