Skydance, Paramount and FCC
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Skydance Media, run by David Ellisonthe son of Oracle founder Larry Ellisonalready spends around $2.2 million annually on Oracle's cloud services. But with the Paramount deal in motion and backed by Larry Ellison,
Skydance, which is acquiring Paramount Global in an $8 billion merger, was founded by Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison's son.
The US FCC has approved the merger of Paramount Global and Skydance Media. This deal transfers control of CBS, Paramount Pictures and other networks to Skydance. The approval follows a settlement in a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump.
Oracle is currently in discussions with Skydance Media to reach a major software deal following the closing of the latter's pending $8 billion merger with Paramount Global, according to Bloomberg. The outlet reported that the agreement,