Larry Ellison provides personal guarantee for Paramount takeover of Warner Bros (theguardian.com)

Remember the lawnmower and the acronym.

Some context from Matt Levine [0] as to what was different prior to this change.

(TL;DR, but please correct me if I'm wrong: it was previously backstopped by Ellison's revocable trust. Ellison could theoretically clear out the revocable trust at any time, and leave WBD high and dry. Now that it is backstopped by Ellison himself, there is no such worry.)

[0]: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2025-12-17/war...

Daddy Ellison helps nepo baby

I can't wait for both the Ferengi and the Cardassians to take over The Federation in the next Star Trek series.

Related Paramount release:

Paramount amends its $30 per share all-cash offer for warner bros. Discovery

https://ir.paramount.com/news-releases/news-release-details/...

Netflix diabolically threw in a $5.8 billion reverse termination fee for their offer, which I believe is rich enough that even if their deal doesn't go through, Warner Bros has enough money to give Ellison the bird and still keep their investors happy.

He already uses $82 billion in stock as collateral for his borrowing:

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/18/larry-ellison-365-billion-fo...

This is another $40 billion guarantee. Imagine he gets a margin call if ORCL drops another 30%.

The negative publicity obviously motivated him. Who does he care about impressing these days?

All the media ownership in the world won't put the genie back in the bottle larry - zionism is dying and Americans are sick of footing the bill to their own detriment.

Asshole involved, not surprised...