Murphy warns Ellison, other ‘information oligarchs’: Dems will break up big media

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy (Conn.) vowed that Democrats will “break” up large media conglomerates in response to a recent event hosted by Paramount CEO David Ellison following the company’s deal with Warner Bros. Discovery this past week. 

“Ellison and the information oligarchs should enjoy it while they can because when Democrats win power we are going to break these anti-consumer, anti-free speech media conglomerates into pieces,” Murphy wrote on the social platform X on Friday afternoon, alongside a photo of the event invitation. 

Ellison and his father, Larry Ellison, own CBS under their parent company, Paramount. The two billionaires have positioned themselves as close allies of President Trump and his administration.

The board of Warner Bros. Discovery approved the company’s sale to Paramount on Thursday after a........

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