Paramount won't say whether Middle East money is funding its WBD deal

Saudi Arabian ruler Mohammed bin Salman at a US-Saudi investment event in Washington DC, in November 2025. In December, Paramount said a Saudi-controlled fund would pitch in $10 billion towards its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.

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• In December, Paramount's Larry and David Ellison said they had partners to help them buy WBD: Three Gulf states.
• At the time, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar were going to chip in a collective $24 billion into the deal.