Slate - Larry Ellison Just Quietly Became the Most Powerful Man in America

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Trump news: The Paramount-Skydance merger reveals that Larry Ellison is actually in charge of America.
https://archive.ph/2025.07.26-201415/https://slate.com/technology/2025/07/larry-ellison-donald-trump-paramount-skydance-merger.html

"This week has demonstrated that the tech “broligarch” who’s most influenced President Donald Trump’s second administration isn’t Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, or Marc Andreessen—it’s Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, the 80-year-old software tycoon who recently became the second-richest man in the world.

Just look at everything that’s gone his way. On Thursday evening, the Federal Communications Commission finally voted to approve Paramount’s $8.4 billion merger with fellow entertainment firm Skydance Media. The controversial, long-awaited deal only came about thanks to Paramount’s appeals to this administration: settling a baseless lawsuit that Trump brought against 60 Minutes for “deceptively” editing its Kamala Harris interview, pressuring subsidiary CBS News to shift its “balance” in a right-wing direction, and canceling presidential foe and beloved comedian Stephen Colbert’s highly rated late-night talk show."

Unfortunately there is a pay wall for the rest

[pfitz59]

1. Ellison is scum

Uses his wealrh for what? Nothing charitable..

[dpibel]

2. Archive link

https://archive.ph/nBFZx

[flvegan]

3. Very clickable headline, Slate. n/t

[Celerity]

4. Current top 10 richest on the planet

[CANADIANBEAVER69]

5. I have always said, when are people

going to finally say, that no one person should have that kind of money. When does it stop? The relentless quest for more. How is it even sustainable? To continue to try and make more money day after day, year after year. It's completely obscene, and it sickens me.