$71 Billion sounds fair, but Ellison in bed with the Middle East for WB would stink worse than a fart in Church!

[Billy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1990843294977282539

Paramount Skydance has been quick to deny Variety's story about David Ellison teaming up with three Middle Eastern wealth funds to fund their $71 billion bid for WB, and I totally understand. Keeping WB intact for that amount is a bargain that most people would take, but then that partnership would really hurt Paramount's reputation. Ellison has been doing his best to front Paramount as the America-first media company, so taking $21 billion to give a share of WB wouldn't nearly tie into that narrative. Trump may have secured $1 trillion in Saudi investment, but don't be fooled, not everyone would gladly hand them Superman, even at that price!

 

[alexj-12]

Yeah, the whole situation just feels off. The second that report dropped, you could almost feel Paramount rushing to distance themselves from it.

Plus, WB isn’t something you casually slice up for outside investors. People get super territorial about that catalog and the backlash would’ve been brutal. Whether the story was exaggerated or not, Paramount clearly knew they had to shut it down fast just to keep the narrative from spiraling.