How Warner Bros. Discovery aims to ignite a bidding war — despite Trump's support for Paramount Skydance's takeover offer
Warner Bros. Discovery(US:WBD) New York Post·2025-10-31 11:00David Zaslav wants a bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery – and he’s looking for assistance from Donald Trump’s Justice Department to make it happen, On The Money has learned.I know it sounds crazy. As The Post was first to report, the Trump administration wants Zaslav’s media conglomerate known as WBD to be sold to the president’s pals at Paramount Skydance, run by its CEO David Ellison and his father Larry Ellison, the co-founder of Oracle.While Larry is worth about $350 billion, maybe more important is ...