President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly celebrated the wealthy Ellison family’s growing media empire in recent days, even as the Trump administration is reviewing Paramount Skydance’s deal to buy Warner Bros. CNN, a longtime target of Trump’s complaints about the media, is among the most prominent assets in Paramount’s pending acquisition of Warner Bros., which requires approval from the Justice Department. That has helped rebrand the tech billionaire and his son David into media tycoons — with some help from Trump. Ask The Post AIDive deeperThe administration’s posture toward Paramount’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. After Netflix announced an $83 billion deal in December to buy most of Warner Bros.

Source: Washington Post March 17, 2026 13:32 UTC