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