On Thursday, Netflix dropped out of the monthslong bidding war to acquire Warner Bros. Under Paramount’s bid, the company would purchase the entire Warner Bros. MS NOW’s Ari Melber reacted to Paramount’s apparent victory on Thursday’s “The Beat” and explained why this is the outcome that “Donald Trump and many MAGA allies view as favorable.”“This is something that Donald Trump wanted,” Melber said. Paramount CEO David Ellison, the son of Larry Ellison, is a billionaire tech entrepreneur, co-founder of Oracle and a major Trump donor. With Paramount set to take control, Melber said Trump and his allies are likely hoping that the same changes David Ellison made to CBS News could soon come to CNN.

Source: CNN February 27, 2026 18:45 UTC