Paramount was poised to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. What went wrong? ^79.5%

Los Angeles Times - By Meg James, Stacy Perman - 12/7/2025, 12:21 AM

Oracle founder Larry Ellison was on the cusp of conquering Hollywood. Just four months earlier, he had bankrolled his son David’s $8-billion acquisition of the storied Paramount Pictures. Now the Ellison family had designs on scooping up Warner Bros. Discovery, too, offering to buy the entire company for at least $60 billion. The bold... more