Murdoch, Ellison and China: what we know about the US’s TikTok deal TikTok’s future in the US has been in limbo for over year, but Trump says the US and China finally have a deal The Guardian - US · Sep 22, 2025
Investors rejoice over looming TikTok deal despite political concerns White House says Oracle, whose cofounder Larry Ellison is a key Trump ally, will be an investor in short-video app. Al Jazeera · Sep 22, 2025
A Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger could give Trump even more influence over US media – shaping the news and culture Americans watch and stream Following unprecedented threats from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, major affiliate station owners Nexstar and Sinclair Broadcasting pressured Disney’s ABC to pull Jimmy Kimmel’s show off the air over his comments related to Charlie Kirk’s killing. The Conversation · Sep 22, 2025
How Bullish Was Elon’s $1B Insider Buy on Tesla Stock? Curious Timing, Billionaire Egos, and More CEO Elon Musk just dropped a billion dollars on Tesla stock, but our Senior Market Strategist says it may have been a better trade for Elon than anyone else. Here’s a closer look. Barchart · Sep 22, 2025
Trump says Michael Dell and Larry Ellison will be involved in US-TikTok deal The White House has confirmed a TikTok deal “is done” to retain US access to the platform. TechRadar · Sep 22, 2025
If Larry Ellison’s Wealth Was Evenly Distributed Across America, How Much Money Would Every Person Get? Financial records shattered on Sept. 10 when, for just a few hours, Elon Musk was no longer the richest human being on Earth. GOBankingRates · Sep 22, 2025
Stock Market Today: Dow, Nasdaq 100 Futures Slip After A Stellar Week—Fox, Oracle, Dell In Focus On TikTok Investment U.S. stock futures fell on Monday following Friday’s positive moves. Futures of major benchmark indices were lower. Benzinga · Sep 22, 2025
Trump reveals that Murdochs and tech billionaires could take part in TikTok deal Trump’s disclosure is the latest twist in a fast-moving potential deal to keep TikTok operating in the US. Euronews · Sep 22, 2025
Trump Names Lachlan Murdoch, Larry Ellison And Michael Dell As Key Investors In TikTok Deal, Praises Group As 'American Patriots' On Sunday, President Donald Trump said media mogul Lachlan Murdoch and tech leaders Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison and Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL) CEO Michael Dell will take part as investors in a proposed deal to transfer TikTok's U.S. operations from Chinese parent ByteDance to American ownership. Benzinga · Sep 22, 2025
TikTok Tug-of-War: Trump Enlists Media Moguls and Tech Tycoons in Bid to Control App A new consortium of billionaires including Rupert Murdoch, Larry Ellison, and Michael Dell has emerged as the frontrunner to take control of TikTok's US operations. This article examines the implications and the future of the social media giant. International Business Times UK · Sep 22, 2025
Trump says Lachlan Murdoch part of proposed TikTok deal Murdoch will be part of a group of US investors – including Trump allies – trying to take over TikTok’s US operations. Al Jazeera · Sep 21, 2025
Trump says Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch likely part of US TikTok deal US president tells Fox News ‘a man named Lachlan is involved … that’s a very unusual name, Lachlan Murdoch’ The Guardian - US · Sep 21, 2025
Bill, Melinda French Gates Teach Phoebe The Power Of People, Not Money, As Her AI Fashion-Tech Startup Secures $8 Million From Top Investors A billionaire and co-founder of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates may be among the world's richest philanthropists, but when it comes to their 23-year-old daughter Phoebe's first company, the only thing they offered was advice, not cash. Benzinga · Sep 21, 2025
Bill Gates Shares His Two-Step Secret To Problem-Solving, A Technique He's Used Since Teenage: 'It's Surprisingly Hard' Bill Gates, billionaire and the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), shared his approach to solving problems, including those related to his philanthropic projects. Benzinga · Sep 19, 2025
The Guardian - US · Sep 18, 2025 Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert … who is the next to be silenced? When a regime can use the power of the law to punish speech because it does not like that speech’s content, then speech is not free
The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2025 ‘Court of King Trump’: how media barons are bowing to president to protect key deals Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s TV show over Charlie Kirk comments is latest sign of business coming under pressure from White House
Fortune · Sep 18, 2025 $34 billion was wiped from Larry Ellison’s net worth days after briefly becoming the world’s richest as ‘AI bubble’ fears grow Larry Ellison briefly knocked Tesla CEO Elon Musk from the top spot last week, but he’s lost billions in the one week since.
The Guardian - US · Sep 18, 2025 Trump’s suit against the New York Times is nonsense. Yet it poses a grave threat The president won’t prevail in court. But his cases against media companies have a potential chilling effect on criticism of the government
Euronews · Sep 18, 2025 What is Oracle, and how has the 50-year-old company made a tech comeback with AI and TikTok? The company’s co-founder Larry Ellison briefly overtook Elon Musk as the world’s richest person this month.
The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2025 ‘He lied to us’: CBS News staffers say new owner David Ellison ‘just can’t be trusted’ EXCLUSIVE: Multiple CBS News staffers said new owner David Ellison has broken his promise not to “politicize” the network by installing a Trump loyalist as ombudsman, and courting The Free Press founder Bari Weiss for a senior editorial position
Fortune · Sep 16, 2025 Why the Oracle-OpenAI deal has set 'AI Bubble' alarm bells ringing Oracle’s $300B deal with OpenAI drove a stock surge, but investors worry both companies could fail to deliver
Benzinga · Sep 16, 2025 Amid Elon Musk's $1 Billion Stock Buy, Here Are Tesla's 5 Biggest Market-Open Insider Purchases Since It Went Public Elon Musk's purchase of over 2.57 million Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares totaling $1 billion is the biggest market-open insider trade for the EV giant since it went public in 2010. With that said, here's a look at some of Tesla's biggest market-open insider trades.
Benzinga · Sep 14, 2025 Larry Ellison: College Dropout And World's 2nd Richest Man Larry Ellison, co-founder and chief technology officer of Oracle Corp. (NYSE:ORCL), has led a life full of remarkable and lesser-known accomplishments.
The Guardian - US · Sep 14, 2025 How the US right wing is taking over news media and choking press freedom Takeover of broadcast companies by Donald Trump’s allies is harbinger of media capitulation to authoritarian leanings