"After Hostile Takeover Fail, Ellison's Paramount Skydance Sues WBD Netflix" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46642776 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id

"After Hostile Takeover Fail, Ellison's Paramount Skydance Sues WBD Netflix" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46642776 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46642776 "Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery" https://www.axios.com/2025/12/08/jared-kushner-paramount-warner-bros-netflix https://www.axios.com/2025/12/08/jared-kushner-paramount-war... .. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46195124 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46195124 : > Affinity Partners, the private equity firm led by Jared Kushner, is part of Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros Discovery, according to a regulatory filing > Affinity Partners was not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196242 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196242 : > "Letter to DOJ on Kushner - FARA (Wyden - Raskin) final.pdf" (October 2024) https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/Letter%20to%20DOJ%20on%20Kushner%20-%20FARA%20%28Wyden%20-%20Raskin%29%20final.pdf https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/demo... : > Recent public reports and a Senate investigation have uncovered significant evidence that Mr. Kushner acted as an unregistered foreign agent of [SA] >> Kushner - who was never credentialed by State Department, an ambassador, or registered as a foreign agent in the US or in any other country - has now, in 2025, helped sell Electronic Arts to SA and is trying to help sell Warner Brothers Discovery to SA, a foreign territory which does not support Freedom of Speech. "Kushner's Affinity Partners exits Paramount bid for Warner Bros. Discovery" (2025-12) https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/16/kushner-affinity-paramount-wbd-netflix.html https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/16/kushner-affinity-paramount-w... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196370 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196370 : >> Trump wanted Ellison to purchase TikTok (from the owners in China that weren't offering to sell it) so that US data would remain in the US. >> By comparison, why did Trump/Kushner help sell EA (NFL Madden, NBA Live, PGA Tour,) to foreign interests, and why is Trump/Kushner trying to help sell WBD to foreign interests?