American billionaire Elon Musk invests $1 billion in Hollywood giant Skydance
Elon Musk has invested about $1 billion in Skydance, giving the debt-heavy owner of Paramount and Warner Bros. fresh cash as it cuts costs.
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American billionaire Larry Ellison pledges Tesla, SpaceX stock for son's $110bn Warner deal
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison put up Tesla, SpaceX and Skydance shares as loan collateral this year to help bankroll his son David's Warner Bros. takeover.
American billionaire Laurene Powell Jobs buys $250 million stake in HBO owner Skydance
Laurene Powell Jobs, Emerson Collective founder and widow of Steve Jobs, paid $250 million for Skydance shares that have since lost 43% of their value.
Billionaire David Ellison now owns HBO, CNN, Paramount and CBS after $111 billion deal closes
Billionaire David Ellison has completed Paramount's $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, nearly $111 billion with debt, creating a media group called Skydance that owns HBO, CNN, CBS and Paramount+.
Billionaire Larry Ellison pledges another $9.2 billion of Oracle stock to borrow against
Larry Ellison pledged 67 million more Oracle shares as loan collateral, lifting his total to about 413 million shares worth roughly $57 billion.
Elon Musk on Paramount's investor wish list as Larry Ellison carries $46.7 billion of the load
Paramount CEO David Ellison has considered asking Elon Musk to join a group of equity investors as his $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger nears the finish line.