One nepo baby to rule them all

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

David Ellison’s daddy won him Warner Brothers. The rest of us are probably losing. This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger and Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Andrea Lopez-Cruzado, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	All right, what's the craziest thing your daddy ever by you?
0:03.5	For David Ellison, son of Oro Clary, the answer would be Warner Brothers.
0:11.5	Not the actual brothers.
0:13.6	Larry Ellison bought his best boy, David, the studio.
0:17.6	Larry had already bought David Paramount the studio, and Paramount the studio just beat Netflix
0:23.9	out in a long, drawn-out saga to acquire the WB. The debt-ridden studio that owns Batman,
0:34.4	Bugs, Harry, Carrie, Mad Max, The Matrix, Tony, Tyrion, all six friends,
0:40.0	the Lego Cinematic Universe, and the Lisan Al-Gai'i.
0:43.8	Listen, K.
0:44.8	Oh, and CNN, you just bought Wolf Blitzer.
0:48.3	Blitzer.
0:49.3	The biggest night in Hollywood is around the corner, but we're going to talk about the biggest
0:53.0	deal in Hollywood and why it's probably going to be bad for you on Today Explained.
1:00.4	Support for the show comes from Public, the investing platform for those who take it seriously.
1:05.2	On Public, you can build a multi-asset portfolio of stocks, bonds, and options, and now generated
1:09.9	assets, which allow you to turn any
1:11.3	idea into an investable index with AI. Go to public.com slash podcast and earn an unkept 1%
1:16.9	bonus when you transfer your portfolio. That's public.com slash podcast. Paid for by public
1:22.3	investing brokerage services by Open to the Public Investing Inc. member FINRA and SIPC. Advisory
1:27.2	service by Public Advisors
1:28.5	LLC, SEC Registered Advisor. Generated assets is an interactive analysis tool. Output is for
1:33.3	informational purposes only and is not an investment recommendation or advice. Complete disclosures
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vox, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vox and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.