Paramount Unveils Jared Kushner, Middle East Sovereign Funds As Backers Of Now Hostile WBD Bid; China’s Tencent Out

Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery includes public investment funds of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners.

Jared Kushner suddenly emerges in the Warner brawl between Paramount and Netflix, backed by Saudi billions and fresh off brokering another megadeal

Trump’s son-in-law is emerging as a central conduit for Gulf money moving into American media, and they’re backing the Ellisons and Paramount.

Paramount’s Warners Bid Includes $24 Billion From Middle Eastern Funds, Backing From Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners

Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery includes funds from Middle Eastern investors, Jared Kushner and China.

Dems rip Paramount Skydance’s hostile WBD bid over Saudi- and Kushner-linked funding: report

Reps. Sam Liccardo (D-Calif.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) sent letter to board of WBD as well as to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday.
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Fear Returns To CNN as Jared Kushner Joins Paramount’s Hostile Bid for WBD, Putting Erin Burnett’s and Brianna Keilar’s Jobs in Peril

The potential future for CNN appears to have grown even more dire for the left-leaning staffers with the president’s son-in-law now involved

Warner Bros: Paramount's Mysterious Middle East Financiers and Their Big Law Advisers

Gulf sovereign funds and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners are supporting Paramount’s $108 billion bid for Warner Bros., raising questions about money, media influence, and the law firms behind the bid.

Trump Declines Picking Side in Netflix and Paramount’s WBD Fight: ‘None of Them Are Particularly Great Friends of Mine’

And of son-in-law Jared Kushner's role in Paramount's bid, the president says he's "never spoken with him about it."

Jared Kushner Outed as Key Player in Multibillion Takeover Battle

Jared Kushner’s private-equity firm, Affinity Partners, is part of the Hail Mary after Netflix agreed to pay $82.7 billion for the media and entertainment conglomerate, beating out Paramount and Comcast after a monthslong bidding war, Axios first reported.
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