You are close with the Ellison's who are trying to stop a merger between Warner Brothers, Discovery, and Netflix.

This deal could change the makeup of the media as we know it.

Are you personally going to get involved in that deal?

I haven't been involved. I must say, I guess I'm considered to be a very strong president. I've been called by both sides. It's the two sides. But I've decided I shouldn't be involved. The Justice Department will handle it. Okay. In what way? Just looking at it to see if it's regular... Well, they're going to make a decision. I mean, there's a theory that one of the companies is too big and it shouldn't be allowed to do it. and the other company is saying something else about, you know, they're not going to interfere.

They're beating the hell out of each other.

And they'll be a winner.

Hi again, everybody.

It's 5 o'clock in New York three weeks later.

And today there does appear to be what Donald Trump would call a winner.

Would it surprise you to discover that it's one of Donald Trump's closest buddies or his buddy's

nepo baby son or that as a result, Donald Trump could soon expand his influence over the country's

media ecosystem, including something that has been Donald Trump's trigger for a decade, CNN.

On Monday, we told you about that high-stakes bidding war for Warner Brothers Discovery.

It appears Netflix had the upper hand over Paramount.

Even as Donald Trump demanded, Netflix removed former U.S. ambassador Susan Rice from its

board of her criticism she made of his administration.

At the time, the CEO of Netflix made clear, quote,

this is a business deal, not a political deal.

But since then, in quick succession,

Warner Brothers suggested it was taking a serious look

at a new bid from Paramount.

The Netflix CEO met with officials at the White House.

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