{"id":121787,"date":"2026-04-07T17:35:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/america-first-paramount-finalizes-24-billion-in-middle-east-backing-for-warner-bros-deal\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:36:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:36:35","slug":"america-first-paramount-finalizes-24-billion-in-middle-east-backing-for-warner-bros-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/america-first-paramount-finalizes-24-billion-in-middle-east-backing-for-warner-bros-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"America First? Paramount Finalizes $24 Billion In Middle East Backing For Warner Bros Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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from the America-last<\/i> dept<\/h3>\n

MAGA Republicans spent yr swaddling themselves in phony \u201cAmerica first!\u201d rhetoric (together with struggling an embolism over Chinese language affect over TikTok), however have\u00a0suddenly gone mysteriously quiet<\/a>\u00a0now that $24 billion in Saudi, Chinese language, and different international money helps to bankroll proper wing billionaire Larry Ellison\u2019s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers.<\/p>\n

The Wall Avenue Journal (Reuters non-paywalled alternative<\/a>) signifies that Saudi Arabia\u2019s Public Funding Fund (PIF) has finalized plans to \u200cpresent \u2060roughly $10 billion to assist fund the deal, with one other $14 billion break up between Qatar Funding Authority and Abu Dhabi\u2019s L\u2019imad Holding. China\u2019s Tencent can be anticipated to contribute hundreds of millions of dollars<\/a> to fund Ellison\u2019s media play. <\/p>\n

As a result of the Trump administration is a corrupt, pay-to-play kakistocracy subservient to the pursuits of worldwide oligarchs and autocrats, Paramount executives don\u2019t count on any significant regulatory overview, regardless of the apparent competitors, labor, and international affect points that plague the foremost deal:<\/p>\n

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Paramount executives don’t count on the funds\u2019 involvement \u2060to set off \u200ba overview by the Committee \u200bon Overseas Funding within the U.S. or Federal Communications Fee, the Journal \u200bstated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Trump DOJ claims<\/a> it\u2019s conducting a severe overview (and has already despatched out some subpoenas), however despite media pretense<\/a>, there\u2019s completely zero motive<\/strong> to imagine the DOJ is a reputable actor on this enviornment, particularly after the Trump administration purged the handful of even remotely serious antitrust reformers<\/a> peppered with out the ranks of MAGA.<\/p>\n

Consequently, the one semi-serious impediment to deal completion is a likely looming lawsuit from a coalition of state attorneys general<\/a>, who’ve ample proof that the deal will result in mass layoffs<\/a> and better costs as a result of ridiculous $111 billion price ticket and broad aggressive erosion.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s earlier than you even get to the issues with having Center East nations again the continuing Republican plan to dominate consolidated company media and destroy what\u2019s left of U.S. journalism. Democrats have performatively urged FCC boss Brendan Carr to investigate<\/a>, however that\u2019s clearly not occurring, regardless of Carr\u2019s historical past of phony outrage<\/a> at international authorities meddling. <\/p>\n

This has all been a fairly commonplace street map for autocracies around the globe, including Orban\u2019s Hungary<\/a>. Social gathering-friendly oligarchs purchase up all of the media, which then will get to work pummeling the general public with proper wing propaganda whereas the federal government strangles impartial journalism simply out of body. <\/p>\n

It is going to proceed to speed up right here within the States till the general public reaches crucial mass and our so-called \u201copposition occasion\u201d develops an precise, useful spine and cultivates extra ruthless management.<\/p>\n

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\tFiled Underneath: agitprop<\/a>, antitrust<\/a>, china<\/a>, consolidation<\/a>, corruption<\/a>, journalism<\/a>, media<\/a>, propaganda<\/a>, saudi arabia<\/a>
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Firms: paramount<\/a>, warner bros. discovery<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n