Everything Larry and David Ellison Will Control if Paramount Buys Warner Bros.

Less than a twelvemonth ago, Skydance Media closed its $8 cardinal merger with Paramount, making the Trump-friendly Ellison family—billionaire Oracle laminitis Larry and his lad David, CEO of Paramount Skydance—among the astir almighty media moguls successful the country. A looming Paramount Skydance merger with Warner Bros. Discovery would grow their empire adjacent further.

Now that Netflix has backed retired of its bid to get WBD, the Ellisons basal to summation an wholly caller trove of important intelligence property, from DC Comics to Harry Potter. As portion of the deal, the Ellison Trust is committing to $45.7 cardinal successful equity and a $7 cardinal termination interest if national regulators don’t o.k. of it, according to Reuters.

Paramount’s merger with Skydance has already brought astir wide layoffs, including astatine CBS News, wherever Free Press laminitis Bari Weiss is starring a taste overhaul arsenic editor-in-chief. In January, Oracle became a partial proprietor of TikTok, giving the Ellisons adjacent much taste currency.

Here’s everything the household would power if the WBD woody goes through.

CBS and CBS News

Besides its quality division, which includes 60 Minutes, CBS is besides location to hits similar Tracker and Matlock, on with world stalwarts Survivor and Big Brother.

HBO and HBO Max

Among the astir Emmy-winningest networks to exist, HBO’s room includes classics similar Game of Thrones, The Wire, and Veep, arsenic good arsenic newer hits similar The Pitt, The Gilded Age, and Thrones spinoff A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. (Outside of Canada, HBO Max is besides a cardinal distributor of hockey smut play Heated Rivalry.)

CNN

While CNN’s ratings dipped past year, it remains a quality juggernaut and a apical 5 cablegram network, featuring household names similar John King, Kaitlan Collins, and Anderson Cooper (who precocious announced helium volition beryllium leaving 60 Minutes astatine the extremity of the existent season).

DC Comics

The merger would enactment Paramount Skydance successful power of storied comic publication franchises similar Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.

Harry Potter

The wizarding satellite of Harry Potter, including each 8 phantasy films and the upcoming HBO tv bid slated to premiere successful 2027 would besides beryllium nether the Ellisons’ purview.

TikTok

As of a woody finalized successful January, Oracle present holds a 15 percent involvement successful TikTok’s US operations.

Star Trek

All 13 Star Trek movies and tv shows are owned by Paramount Skydance. At a property lawsuit past year, Dana Goldberg, cochair of Paramount Pictures and seat of Paramount Television, said the franchise would beryllium a “priority crossed the company.”

Warner Bros. Studios

Home to blockbusters similar Barbie, The Dark Knight, and much recently, One Battle After Another, and Sinners.

Comedy Central

South Park announced a five-year, $1.5 cardinal woody with Paramount past July, conscionable anterior to the merger with Skydance. The amusement has since skewered Donald Trump and those successful his medication regularly.

Avatar Studios

In December, Paramount+ announced it would beryllium the exclusive streamer of Avatar Studios content, including animated movie The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender and bid Avatar: Seven Havens.

A Bunch of Cable Channels and Networks

The Food Network, HGTV, Discovery, TLC, OWN, Adult Swim, Showtime, TNT, and TBS are each portion of WBD.

Other Key Franchises

Other notable titles that are oregon would beryllium controlled by the Ellisons, pending the WBD takeover include: The Lord of the Rings franchise, the Mission Impossible franchise, and the organisation rights to Dune: Part Three.