Money Wins Paramount

Larry Ellison, David Ellison
Who other than the Ellisons are willing to put that kind of personal money into a company that makes most of its revenue from linear television? Photo: Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for The Hollywood Reporter
Matthew Belloni
July 9, 2024

Has Hollywood ever rooted harder for one billionaire’s kid to buy a company from another billionaire’s kid? With apologies to HBO’s Girls, David Ellison’s on, off, then on-again deal to merge his Skydance Media with Shari Redstone’s Paramount Global is almost certainly Peak Nepo Baby, right?