Margaret Sullivan on the the billionaire father and son buying up the US media
Speaking at a press conference last month, the US secretary of defence, Pete Hegseth, criticised CNN’s ‘fake news’ coverage of the US-Israel war on Iran.
‘The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better,’ he told the room of journalists.
If the Ellison family successfully acquire Warner Brothers in a planned $110bn deal, they will become the most powerful media magnates on the planet.
In 2025, the family’s company Skydance Media merged with Paramount Global and took control of CBS News. If the Warner Brothers deal proceeds, they will also control HBO and CNN.
