Buying the Narrative: Ellison, Weiss, and Israel’s Desperation
Larry Ellison, the Oracle billionaire who has poured millions into the IDF, seems to be quietly building himself a media empire at the very moment support for Israel is collapsing in the United States.
His son David has already taken control of Paramount/CBS, and talks are underway to bring Bari Weiss’s Free Press into the fold, giving her an influential editorial role. Now there are reports of bids being prepared for Warner Bros Discovery, which would place CNN under the Ellison umbrella. And now there are rumours about positioning to acquire TikTok alongside Andreessen Horowitz.
If true, this looks like the desperate consolidation of narrative control. When the tide of public opinion turns, when younger generations are rejecting the old propaganda lines, the only weapon left is to seize the platforms through which people see and interpret the world.
TikTok Buyers to Include Oracle, Silver Lake, and Andreessen
TikTok’s US operations would be acquired by a consortium that includes Oracle Corp., Andreessen Horowitz and private equity firm Silver Lake Management LLC under a deal President Donald Trump is set to discuss with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week.
The framework agreement, unveiled on Monday by senior US and Chinese officials after two days of talks in Madrid, would create a US-based version of the popular social media app. Oracle, venture capital firm Andreessen and Silver Lake will all hold stakes in the new venture, according to people familiar with the matter.
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