04/22/2026
The proposed merger of Paramount-Skydance and Warner Brothers Discovery would place CNN, CBS News, HBO, Paramount Pictures, and one of the world’s largest social media platforms under a single corporate structure; owned by one family, accountable to no one, and deeply indebted to the governments and billionaires who made the deal possible.
This is the Ellison Media Cartel.
And it isn’t just a monopoly story.
It’s a surveillance story. A propaganda story. A story about what happens when the line between a corporation and a government disappears, and the only thing left on your screen is the version of reality that powerful people decide you deserve to see.
CNN International reaches 321 million households across 200 countries. $24 billion of this deal is financed by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi; the same Gulf states whose governments have demonstrated zero tolerance for a free and critical press.
Ask yourself: what do they get in return?
Jobs are disappearing. Journalists are being silenced. Stories are being killed before they air. And the government that is supposed to be reviewing this merger for the public interest is the same government that stands to benefit most from its approval.
