The Ellisons' Trump Payoff, an Intruder Comes for Today Show's Craig Melvin, and R. Kelly's Hail Mary to the White House
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🗓️ 17 July 2026
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
A new Paramount shareholder lawsuit claims the Ellisons paid President Trump thirty-six million dollars and agreed to get rid of CNN anchors he doesn't like to help get their Warner Bros. Merger approved. A man got past security at the Today show, went looking for Al Roker, then lunged at Craig Melvin while shouting a racial slur. And R. Kelly is asking President Trump to shorten his thirty-year prison sentence.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:09.1 | A new paramount shareholder lawsuit alleges billionaires, David and Larry Ellison cut a secret deal with President Trump to hand him editorial control over CNN. |
| 0:19.7 | This $110 billion proposed merger, |
| 0:23.6 | the largest merger in Hollywood history, |
| 0:26.6 | would extinguish competition. |
| 0:28.6 | And a man slips past security at the today's show, |
| 0:31.6 | reportedly looking for Al Roker before confronting Craig Melvin |
| 0:34.6 | and yelling a racial slur. |
| 0:36.6 | So you actually heard about what I did? |
| 0:40.1 | And R. Kelly is asking President Trump to shorten his prison sentence. |
| 0:44.6 | I didn't do this stuff. |
| 0:46.9 | It's Friday, July 17th. |
| 0:49.3 | From the Black Effect Podcast Network, I'm Mimi Brown. |
| 0:52.8 | This is Front Page, and here are the day's biggest stories. |
| 0:57.0 | Stay with me. |
| 1:02.0 | A new shareholder lawsuit is raising serious concerns about the proposed merger between Paramount and Warner Brothers Discovery. |
| 1:08.0 | The lawsuit claims Larry and David Ellison made promises to President |
| 1:12.5 | Trump to help get the deal approved. According to the lawsuit, those promises included up to |
| 1:17.7 | $20 million in free advertising, a $16 million payment tied to an earlier settlement, and a promise to |
| 1:24.5 | make changes at CNN, including getting rid of anchors President Trump doesn't like. |
| 1:30.2 | Paramount denies the allegation, saying neither Larry nor David Ellison made any deals with the Trump administration or promised any changes at CNN. |
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