The Ellisons have bought a bunch of dying businesses. Broadcast TV, cable TV, movie studios, much of streaming, and news--not to mention Oracle--are all the walking dead. The business is doomed. Problem is, it'll help democracy before it dies.
If you need something to look forward to, remember that Warner Bros. is Cootie Corp. It poisons all who swallow it: Time Inc. AOL, AT&T, Discovery. The only question is how long it will take the Warner curse--and debt--to kill Skydance-Paramount-Discovery-Warner.
Last September, this was the moment when I appeared on CNN warning of the danger of the Ellisons taking over the network and this was Scott Jenning's smug, gloating smirk to the camera. It's his network now. It's CNN's ruin.
US shoots down US drone. And these Keystone Kops wants AI to kill on its own.
Pentagon Fires Another Laser at Drone, Prompting New Air Closure
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/us/drone-faa-dhs-el-paso-airspace.html?smid=tw-share
Pentagon Fires Another Laser at a Drone, Prompting a New Air Closure
After the downing of a Customs and Border Protection drone, the F.A.A. closed the airspace above Fort Hancock, Texas.
Nothing uncertain about it: CNN is fucked. This is the last nail in the coffin of American mass media as a legitimate actor.
For CNN, a Change in Ownership Means a Suddenly Uncertain Future
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/business/media/cnn-paramount-david-ellison.html?smid=tw-share
For CNN, a Takeover by Paramount Means a Suddenly Uncertain Future
Paramount’s apparent victory over Netflix in securing Warner Bros. Discovery has led to concerns within the CNN newsroom.
What Larry and David Ellison Would Own After Warner Bros. Takeover
If Paramount can close its deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, Larry and David Ellison will influence nearly every corner of news, entertainment and tech.
As often happens the more aggressive Times home-page headline conflicts with the article headline --and neither represents the article.
Horrid
#BrokenPost headline calls the destruction of voting "executive power over elections" and says some unnamed force, is "urging emergency." No. This is a Reichstag fire, you fascist enablers.
Netflix to release four-part series about Rupert Murdoch’s family drama
‘Dynasty: The Murdochs’ will debut on the streamer on 13 March
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