With Netflix Retreat, Trump Ally Larry Ellison Will Soon Own Warner Brothers, HBO, CNN, CBS, Paramount, Discovery, And Part Of TikTok | Spyke

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With Netflix Retreat, Trump Ally Larry Ellison Will Soon Own Warner Brothers, HBO, CNN, CBS, Paramount, Discovery, And Part Of TikTok

With Netflix Retreat, Trump Ally Larry Ellison Will Soon Own Warner Brothers, HBO, CNN, CBS, Paramount, Discovery, And Part Of TikTok

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The FTC: ‘very legal and very cool!’

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If we BREAK UP these Companies people will THINK we're being Political!

-Democrats if they Ever get Power!

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Why did Netflix back off?

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A few reasons, but the most likely:

This bogus anti-trust probe: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/justice-department-casts-wide-net-netflixs-business-practices-merger-probe-wsj-2026-02-06/
And this meeting with Bondi and Wiles: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/netflix-s-ted-sarandos-to-meet-with-ag-pam-bondi-white-house-s-susie-wiles/ar-AA1X8NGR

In short, Netflix made a deal with, or was bullied by, the Trump admin.

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With Netflix Retreat, Trump Ally Larry Ellison Will Soon Own Warner Brothers, HBO, CNN, CBS, Paramount, Discovery, And Part Of TikTok | Spyke