Larry Ellison is backstopping Paramount’s bid for Warner Brothers, but Warner Brothers is concerned that the billionaire has not provided a personal guarantee to pay.

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President Trump’s unusual decision to involve himself in the government’s review of the deal puts pressure on his antitrust chief.

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He replaces John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois in one of the most high-profile decisions of Bari Weiss’s early tenure as the network’s editor in chief.

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The tug of war for Warner Bros. Discovery echoes an earlier clash of media titans.

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The Warner Bros. deal has the town on edge.