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# ![@CGasparino Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::68739089.png) @CGasparino Charles Gasparino

Paramount Global, led by David Ellison, is trying to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, but the offer has been rejected multiple times. The deal is complicated by regulatory issues and politics, with US President Donald Trump reportedly opposing a potential merger between Warner Bros. Discovery and Comcast. The situation remains uncertain, with Warner Bros. Discovery's CEO David Zaslav reportedly telling Ellison to "get serious or go home".

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[stocks](/list/stocks)  #1335 [finance](/list/finance)  #1979 [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  #7561 [social networks](/list/social-networks)  XXXX% [countries](/list/countries)  XXXX% [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  #1332 [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  XXXX% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  XXXX%

**Social topic influence**
[$wbd](/topic/$wbd) #52, [warner bros](/topic/warner-bros) #194, [$spot](/topic/$spot) 4.46%, [youtube](/topic/youtube) 4.46%, [apple](/topic/apple) 4.46%, [white house](/topic/white-house) #503, [$psky](/topic/$psky) #24, [auction](/topic/auction) #437, [wall street](/topic/wall-street) #253, [ceo](/topic/ceo) #1474

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@wbd](/creator/undefined) [@netflix](/creator/undefined) [@paramountco](/creator/undefined) [@skydance](/creator/undefined) [@comcast](/creator/undefined) [@grok](/creator/undefined) [@endseg](/creator/undefined) [@_99paul99](/creator/undefined) [@bobsloans3](/creator/undefined) [@davidsacks](/creator/undefined) [@nypost](/creator/undefined) [@timwalz](/creator/undefined) [@kylesgibson](/creator/undefined) [@thesportspo11](/creator/undefined) [@jkdestin](/creator/undefined) [@imaxenthusiast](/creator/undefined) [@michael22748691](/creator/undefined) [@gavinnewsom](/creator/undefined) [@writingsofbgf](/creator/undefined) [@marlaseraphine](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Warner Bros Discovery, Inc. (WBD)](/topic/$wbd) [Spotify Technology (SPOT)](/topic/$spot) [Paramount Skydance Corporation Class B Common Stock (PSKY)](/topic/$psky) [Netflix Inc (NFLX)](/topic/$nflx) [Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin) [NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA)](/topic/$nvda) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Comcast Corporation (CMCSA)](/topic/$cmcsa) [Oracle Corporation (ORCL)](/topic/$orcl)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"SCOOP: The $PSKY letter to David Zaslav according to reps for $PSKY is first step in @paramountco - @Skydance's threat to go "hostile" and appeal directly to $WBD shareholders to approve its bid over @netflix because it's the only one that can pass regulatory review by Trump. I previously reported the plan to go hostile. The letter to Zas accuses him of running an unfair bidding process. Zaslav has no immediate comment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1996597388044046428)  2025-12-04T15:08Z 241K followers, 43.3K engagements


"SCOOP: As reported @paramountco @Skydance is now looking to launch a hostile bid for @wbd because it feels its $XX a share all cash offer is actually higher than what @netflix offered in terms of cash stock and the value of the spinoff of the cable business--sources. story developing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1997008542692487604)  2025-12-05T18:21Z 241K followers, 400.1K engagements


"Could $NFLX actually make a play and buy $WBD Here's the latest from what my sources are telling me Listen and subscribe to Risk and Return on your favorite platform YouTube: Spotify: Apple:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1995136239100367153)  2025-11-30T14:22Z 240.7K followers, 9419 engagements


"Why would anyone in biz the exact people we need in government go into public service if every decision they make is seen as a potential conflict of interest. I mean does any one in their right mind really believe @DavidSacks went into government to get rich Hes already rich; in reality hes leaving money on the table"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1995611805024952358)  2025-12-01T21:51Z 240.7K followers, 55.9K engagements


"So this is the dude who @Harvard thinks is qualified to help it with "advising faculty on curriculum designand consulting on complex academic subject matter and may be receiving a stipend of up to $11000." Why is the federal government subsidizing this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1995831223101411479)  2025-12-02T12:23Z 240.7K followers, 23K engagements


"What I could never understand is why @nyuniversity allowed the blocks surrounding the university to devolve into a cesspool. Walk thorough Washington Square Park and you will know what I mean. And its only getting worse w @ZohranKMamdani"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1995892909229425093)  2025-12-02T16:28Z 240.8K followers, 47.8K engagements


"BREAKING on the Fed chair sweepstakes: Former Fed gov Kevin Warsh's chances according to a person involved in the process is "better than the media suggests." Story developing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1996235685263519773)  2025-12-03T15:10Z 240.7K followers, 6500 engagements


"If @Tim_Walz does get re elected there really needs to be an investigation if the people of Minnesota have intellectually devolved into the IQs of Neanderthals. He literally allowed the most easily detectable financial scam (and I covered them all over the past couple of decades) to explode under his nose because he was afraid to perform a simple audit on an immigrant communitys use of taxpayer money. I hate the use of the R word but Trump aint that wrong in this case"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1996267939616424151)  2025-12-03T17:19Z 240.7K followers, 35.2K engagements


"BREAKING: Bidders on @wbd say the board has really warmed to a @netflix offer (kudos to Steve Sunshine) for a lot of reasons including the chemistry between Zas and Sarandos but are worried about the regulatory hurdles as I reported today in the @nypost including a 2-year slog through Trump DOJ antitrust EU exams even before this even gets to court. Other thing I picked up is that the value of the $WBD cable properties ie @CNN are considered pretty di minimis in the context of the entire transaction"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1995550583495737400)  2025-12-01T17:48Z 240.8K followers, 82.9K engagements


"SCOOP: Paramount Skydance has a plan B if Netflix wins auction for Warner Bros. Discovery: Go hostile and appeal to WBD shareholders"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1996202233973887085)  2025-12-03T12:57Z 240.8K followers, 15K engagements


"BREAKING: Wall Street execs with ties to the @WhiteHouse say while nothing is XXX per it would take a major XXX in Trump's mind NOT to select Kevin Hassett as the next @federalreserve chair. Hassett brings a mixed-bag to the job they tell me. He wont be the most independent Fed chair but then again Powell was swayed by politics as well particularly during the Biden years where he aided the then president's pumping of the economy that brought about X% inflation. Hassett is both very close to Trump and smart however and he understands the realities of current economy: Sticky inflation and low"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1996210141880787246)  2025-12-03T13:29Z 240.8K followers, 30.4K engagements


"In this episode we discuss the latest in the $WBD bake off and Wall Street lobbying Trump on next Fed chair. Listen and subscribe to Risk and Return on your favorite platform YouTube: Spotify: Apple: Amazon:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1996343023077122284)  2025-12-03T22:17Z 240.8K followers, 4704 engagements


"BREAKING: @wbd bidding war is over -- for now. My latest @nypost piece pubbed a few hours before the the official announcement of @netflix as the winner (I even had the price nailed) lays out what is coming next. That would be an intense regulatory fight with David and Larry Ellison of @paramountco - @Skydance possibly going directly to press its case to $WBD shareholders or waiting to swoop in and buy the company if/when it cant get through Trump DOJ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1996926352683896888)  2025-12-05T12:55Z 240.8K followers, 15.5K engagements


"I literally reported this five times this week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1997738915726549029)  2025-12-07T18:44Z 241K followers, 29.2K engagements


"Better headline: How Biden and his comrades thought it was brilliant to flood the country with millions of the world's poor because they believe in some weird interpretation of "diversity." Again as in most issues that appear cultural they are really economic. Biden and his fellow travelers on the political left are so brain dead they don't understand this simple economic truism: You cant have open borders and a welfare state"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1997659212948619433)  2025-12-07T13:27Z 241K followers, 28.1K engagements


"Dont tell Donald--he called me a "Never Trumper" Sad ha"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1997725907793158264)  2025-12-07T17:52Z 241K followers, 8046 engagements


"I love Andy's writing and agree with his main point here but he doesn't address the main reason the kids aren't that smart: The woke high school and college curriculum. If you're allowed to side step all that wester civ econ and math for gender studies (or in the case of our new mayor "Africana Studies" whatever that means) you will certainly become dumb. The good news: Technology can help you make up what your leftist professor failed to teach Is AI Making Us Dumb by @andykessler via @WSJopinion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1997784258593628480)  2025-12-07T21:44Z 241K followers, 7372 engagements


"BREAKING: Problem with this story is a major factual point. These weren't "leaks." I was calling them as part of what I do every day. Here's another comment from an administration official I called just now: "Trump was warm and hospitable with Sarandos but the deal has got problems. Plus David Ellison was spotted in covo with the president at the Kennedy Center last night.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1998028493540471011)  2025-12-08T13:54Z 241K followers, 12.1K engagements


"SCOOP: David Ellison makes his case to the White House and DC lawmakers as Netflix bid for WBD edges out Paramount Skydance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1996761985543794966)  2025-12-05T02:02Z 240.8K followers, 15.4K engagements


"SCOOP: There is a last ditch by Wall Street and corporate America insiders to caution @realDonaldTrump about the selection of Kevin Hassett as Fed chair. Their argument goes something like this: Given the political nature of his job (NEC chief) and past work Hassett has lack of credibility inside the Fed with staff and in the markets which seeks a degree of Fed independence. Theyre saying that his appointment sets the stage for higher long term interest rates because 1) The Fed will be a disorganized mess with leader lacking credibility inside 2) If Hassett manages to cut short term rates ("  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1996250879851483340)  2025-12-03T16:11Z 241K followers, 620.2K engagements


"Fear Complacency and AI Squeezes: The Trades Everyone Is Getting Wrong"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1996324536623706413)  2025-12-03T21:03Z 241K followers, 200.3K engagements


"BREAKING: The @wbd bidding war is taking some bizarre turns with a letter from @paramountco @Skydance to $WBD chief David Zaslav about some behind-the-scenes meetings with regulators over the $PSKY bid I am told. More as I get it and Im trying to nail down the details. Story developing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1996589286313832542)  2025-12-04T14:35Z 241K followers, 54.4K engagements


"The more I read about this insane fraud case in Minnesota the more I thank God that imbecile @Tim_Walz isnt VP. Think about this scam that Walz ignored because it involved a minority community while you hear the idiotic outrage about blowing up a boat filled with fentanyl"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1997689743229006070)  2025-12-07T15:28Z 241K followers, 52.5K engagements


"Do you know what a real scandal looks like Try hiding the fact that the dude with the nuclear option aka Joe Biden is senile. We can do this all day professor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1997817610092851386)  2025-12-07T23:56Z 241K followers, 30.6K engagements


"For the tea-leaf readers of the world: David Ellison was spotted at the Kennedy Center last night with his wife seated near President Trump and Melania. Trump and David Ellison were later seen having a "warm conversation" said one person who was there. As most people know David Ellison his dad the long time MAGA supporter Oracle co founder Larry Ellison and their team are "pissed" that they lost the bidding war for @wbd to @netflix and believe their all-cash offer was superior but they were shut out for non financial reasons. They are weighing several moves including a hostile by appealing to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1998031858898985277)  2025-12-08T14:08Z 241K followers, 20.3K engagements


"Breaking: @paramountco @Skydance in a board meeting to discuss next steps in hostile bid for @wbd according to sources. Story developing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1998129877237768646)  2025-12-08T20:37Z 241K followers, 11.1K engagements


"SCOOP: Crypto mogul Changpeng Zhao mulls suing Elizabeth Warren demands retraction for alleged libel after Trumps pardon cc @SenWarren @cz_binance @teresagoody"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1983296616586195094)  2025-10-28T22:15Z 241K followers, 539.3K engagements


"Opinions are like assholeseverybody has one. In the spirit of that timeless quote heres what I just heard down here in Miami: While dining at Carbone last night a Miami Beach city official told me his phone is ringing off the hook from business people looking to escape Mamdani. I trust him over two real estate dudes talking their book to keep prices from immediately collapsing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1989733684916707689)  2025-11-15T16:34Z 240.9K followers, 64.9K engagements


"Nvidia Loses the Lead Bitcoin ETF Shorts Shift"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1993786034803609865)  2025-11-26T20:56Z 241K followers, 424.2K engagements


"BREAKING: @BobSloanS3 does an amazing job explaining the rotation into @Google from @nvidia PLUS my take on the @wbd bidding war that COULD take $WBD stock up to $XX a share or more on the latest episode of Risk and Return $GOOG $NVDA $WBD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1994079892372152401)  2025-11-27T16:24Z 240.9K followers, 10.1K engagements


"SCOOP: @comcast CEO Brian Roberts plans to join a second round of bidding next week for @wbd and to reinvigorate his media shrinking empire he is even weighing a potential offer that could catapult him ahead of his rivals $CMCSA $WBD $NTFLX $PSKY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1994385135631061454)  2025-11-28T12:37Z 240.9K followers, 48.9K engagements


"SCOOP: Senior White House officials recently discussed antitrust concerns surrounding Netflixs interest in acquiring the Warner Bros. studio and the HBO Max streaming service raising doubts whether such a deal would give Netflix too much power over Hollywood The Post has learned. The high-level meeting that took place about XX days ago hasnt been previously reported. Several White House officials also suggested during the sitdown that a broader investigation is necessary focusing on Netflixs market power a government official who attended the confabsaid. @netflix @wbd @comcast @paramountco"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1995250352237515168)  2025-11-30T21:55Z 241K followers, 602.1K engagements


"SCOOP: As previously reported @apolloglobal is helping with the financing of @paramountco @Skydance bid for @wbd with debt financing for $PSKYs all cash bid sources tell me. The price Im hearing is around $XX a share. Also getting conflicting accounts on whether @netflix bid for $WBD is all cash or mostly cash. Story developing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1995638987864547532)  2025-12-01T23:39Z 241K followers, 33.6K engagements


"Isnt it a little odd that @nytimes and all these MSM outlets are rolling out stories about Trump's mental acuity after missing the Biden story that was so obvious to anyone outside the DC left-wing media bubble"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1995831953464197319)  2025-12-02T12:26Z 241K followers, 19.4K engagements


"SCOOP: @paramountco @Skydance makes the only ALL CASH offer for @wbd by any of the three bidders; @netflix is an offer heavily weighted to cash. People close to $PSKY's reps say their offer includes foreign investors with cash which may need CIFIUS approval they bring "the cleanest deal" of all three. They are looking to buy it all with cash and they have an easier path through Trump's regulators. As I previously reported the WBD board is warming up to @netflix's pitch that it is the "best steward of the assets" whatever that means. And as I reported Trump regulators are skeptical that a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1995864052703154433)  2025-12-02T14:34Z 240.9K followers, 24.4K engagements


"SCOOP: Paramount Skydance has a plan B if Netflix wins auction for Warner Bros. Discovery: Appeal to WBD shareholders cc @wbd @paramount @Skydance @netflix @comcast"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1995995710940971493)  2025-12-02T23:17Z 241K followers, 92.6K engagements


"SCOOP: If Netflix wins the bidding battle to control HBO Max and the Warner Bros. studio Trump's DOJ antitrust chief Gail Slater and her senior staff are working on plans to launch a sweeping multiyear investigation into Netflix's allegedly monopolistic control of streaming market according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. The Trump Administration is said to be unmoved by Netflix's recent lobbying effort to argue the deal doesn't violate antitrust law. cc @netflix @wbd @paramountco @Skydance @comcast"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1996361813768782328)  2025-12-03T23:32Z 241K followers, 468.8K engagements


"SCOOP: Sources involved in the @wbd bidding war say the company has asked for a third-round of bids from @paramountco - @Skydance @netflix and @comcast due today. Story developing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1996607195748692313)  2025-12-04T15:47Z 241K followers, 592.6K engagements


""Trump likes Larry Ellison let's face it." Here's how the Trump White House is viewing the Warner Bros $WBD and Netflix $NFLX merger. Tune in every Wednesday at 4p for our live podcast on X "Risk and Return" YouTube: Spotify: Apple:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1996939592700690790)  2025-12-05T13:47Z 241K followers, 24.4K engagements


"Are investors betting on more global conflict Short interest on shipping giant Maersk has tripled according to @BobSloanS3 and @S3Partners. Risk and Return streams live every Wednesday at 4p ET right here on X. Subscribe to Risk and Return on your favorite platform to catch the full episodes on demand. YouTube: Spotify: Apple:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1997016383301750882)  2025-12-05T18:53Z 241K followers, 9299 engagements


"Whys is @BobSloanS3 following Oracle $ORCL credit default swaps Watch below and subscribe to our YouTube channel + podcast platforms YouTube: Spotify: Apple:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1997017899932754169)  2025-12-05T18:59Z 241K followers, 12.4K engagements


"SCOOP: How Warner Bros. Discoverys CEO decided to sell to Netflix and why the media giants auction may not be over as Paramount Skydance plots its next move including a possible "hostile" bid cc @paramountco @Skydance @wbd @netflix"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1997062724702900617)  2025-12-05T21:57Z 241K followers, 29.6K engagements


"BREAKING: The bipartisan opposition to the @netflix - @wbd continues to grow and the Trump DOJ antitrust still hasnt weighed in with its likely opposition voiced through an investigation. As this comes $WBD CEO David Zaslav is signaling hes always open to an increased bid from @paramountco @Skydance as Im reporting here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1997353493615530136)  2025-12-06T17:12Z 241K followers, 46.1K engagements


"The messaging coming from the @WhiteHouse thats being funneled through right wing talking heads is that the economy is fine were still the greatest nation on earth (which we are) and you the working class American dont know how good you have it. Sound familiar It was exactly the disastrous messaging that @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris tried to sell and it failed. Yes Biden and Harris were two of the least articulate vessels for any message in modern American politics and Trump is not. But the economy is the economy. Since 2020 this has been an economy of liquidity pumped into system that always"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1997359145532461208)  2025-12-06T17:35Z 241K followers, 200.7K engagements


"Why are we paying our public officials like this guy to remain ignorant of current events The @netflix merger must be approved by Trumps DOJ antitrust which has already signaled its opposition. If you wonder why millions of migrants flowed into the country tapping into our already stretched welfare state without a peep from the people we pay to mind the store its because our elected officials are really really dumb. SMH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1997374420260639227)  2025-12-06T18:35Z 241K followers, 32.4K engagements


"How David Zaslav bet on himself--and won. My latest @nypost piece on how the wily @wbd boss defied the odds and got top dollar for his media company cc @paramountco @Skydance @netflix"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1997653903748276716)  2025-12-07T13:06Z 241K followers, 126.8K engagements


"So the drug smugglers were going to drop off their poison somewhere else before it makes its way here And we blew them out of the water before that could happen Wow scandal of the century. I've been around this biz long enough to know what real scandals are like ya know top White House officials using the CIA to bug the headquarters of another party. This scandal seems like endless smoke with no fire along the lines of much of what we're getting from the "Epstein Files""  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1997655345024340337)  2025-12-07T13:12Z 241K followers, 49.3K engagements


"Ive been reporting for days (including today) that Sarandos personally wooed Trump"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1997726387088863467)  2025-12-07T17:54Z 241K followers, 29.3K engagements


"BREAKING NEWS: As the @nypost first reported last week @paramountco - @Skydance is going hostile and will appeal directly to @wbd shareholders that its bid was superior to @netflix. Here will be their argument: The bid is all cash as opposed to Netflix's XX% cash-15% stock spilt. The Netflix deal relies on the sale of $WBDs cable assets for as much as $X a share to get to $XX and they're worth more like $X. Then its deal has "regulatory" certainty where Netflix as I have been reporting doesn't. Game on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1998033288770838986)  2025-12-08T14:13Z 241K followers, 35.2K engagements


"SCOOP: Paramount Skydance may not have to go that hostile to thwart Warner Bros. Discoverys merger with Netflix because David Zaslav has told people hes open to a higher bid from the Ellisons @netflix @paramountco @Skydance @wbd"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1998112255129292936)  2025-12-08T19:27Z 241K followers, 27.1K engagements


"BREAKING: @paramountco - @Skydance board is meeting as I tweet and my sources say the company is weighing whether it will bid higher that $XX a share for @wbd or just take the $XX a share offer to the shareholders. Consensus is that they will have to go higher on a hostile. Story developing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1998139550829346998)  2025-12-08T21:16Z 241K followers, 73.3K engagements