“有线电视大亨约翰·马龙周二表示：‘我绝不怀疑，过不了多久你们就会看到一项宣布。’”两天后，Semafor援引知情人士消息报道称，埃隆·马斯克已向大卫·埃利森由派拉蒙和华纳兄弟探索组建的媒体集团Skydance投资约10亿美元。罗汉·戈斯瓦米的独家报道引述了知情人士的说法。
“I would not doubt for a minute that before very long you’re going to see an announcement,” cable billionaire John Malone said on Tuesday. Two days later, Semafor reported that Elon Musk had invested roughly $1bn in Skydance, the media group David Ellison formed from Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery.
CNBC随后援引其自身消息来源报道了同一数字。马斯克和Skydance的代表均未立即回应这两家媒体。TNW未能独立确认该交易。
Rohan Goswami’s scoop cited people familiar with the matter. CNBC then reported the same figure, citing its own source. Representatives for Musk and Skydance did not immediately respond to either outlet.
为削减成本的公司注资 Semafor报道称，马斯克对Skydance的投资是在董事会成员劳伦·鲍威尔·乔布斯等其他投资者注入新股权的大致同一时期达成的。9月，该媒体曾报道派拉蒙曾考虑请求马斯克进行股权注资。
TNW has not independently confirmed the deal. Cash for a company cutting costs The Musk Skydance investment came together around the same time as new equity from other investors, including board member Laurene Powell Jobs, Semafor reported.
派拉蒙于10月6日完成对华纳兄弟探索的收购，并启用Skydance名称。该公司瞄准在三年内实现60亿美元的成本节约。CNBC报道称，其背负近800亿美元债务，股价周四下跌约1%。
In September, it reported that Paramount had considered asking Musk for an equity injection. Paramount closed its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on 6 October and took the Skydance name.
埃利森家族的关联 马斯克与大卫·埃利森的父亲、甲骨文联合创始人拉里·埃利森关系长期密切。拉里·埃利森在马斯克2022年收购Twitter（现X）时投入10亿美元。他于2018年投资特斯拉并曾担任董事会成员。
The company is targeting $6bn in cost savings over three years. It carries nearly $80bn of debt, CNBC reported, and its shares fell about 1% on Thursday. The Ellison connection Musk and Larry Ellison, David Ellison’s father and Oracle’s co-founder, have long been close.
Semafor报道称，他还为华纳兄弟交易的股权融资个人担保了超过400亿美元。马龙是在皮博迪中心的一次露面活动中作出上述预测的。
Larry Ellison put $1bn into Musk’s 2022 takeover of Twitter, now X. He invested in Tesla in 2018 and sat on its board. He also personally guaranteed more than $40bn of the equity financing for the Warner Bros. deal, Semafor reported.
“谁在埃隆收购Twitter时帮他融资？拉里·埃利森，”马龙说。
Malone made his prediction at an appearance at the Paley Center.
据Semafor报道，马斯克公开赞扬埃利森父子曾引发关于Starlink与Skydance建立更广泛合作伙伴关系的猜测。大卫·埃利森希望Skydance像一家科技公司一样运营。
“Who helped Elon finance Twitter when he bought it? Larry Ellison,” Malone said. Musk’s public praise for the Ellisons had prompted talk of a wider partnership between Starlink and Skydance, according to Semafor.
“我们正在打造一支真正的产品和技术团队，”他本月初对CNBC表示。
David Ellison wants Skydance to run like a tech company.
关于马斯克的纪录片 斯凯丹斯现在拥有HBO，后者制作了《马斯克》，这是亚历克斯·吉布尼执导的关于这位亿万富翁的纪录片。该片于10月9日在美国影院上映。吉布尼表示，HBO计划于1月播出该片，“非常具体的计划”正在制定中。
“We are building a true product and tech team,” he told CNBC earlier this month. A documentary about Musk Skydance now owns HBO, which produced “Musk”, Alex Gibney’s documentary about the billionaire. It opened in US cinemas on 9 October.
他在接受《商业内幕》记者杰森·格雷拉西奥采访时表示，当华纳兄弟交易完成时，他曾担心该片的前途。该采访于10月15日发表。
Gibney said “very specific plans” are in the works for HBO to air it in January. He was worried about the film’s future when the Warner Bros. deal closed, he told Jason Guerrasio of Business Insider in an interview published on 15 October.
“有人告诉我，他们会播出这部片子，甚至大卫·埃里森对此非常了解，并承诺会播出，”吉布尼说。
“I’ve been told that they will air it and that even David Ellison very well knows about it and promises he will air it,” Gibney said.
HBO拒绝向《商业内幕》置评，斯凯丹斯未作回应。马斯克曾批评这部电影，X平台在9月拒绝了该片的广告。“毫无诚信。恶劣的人类，”马斯克在X上写道，指责吉布尼。
HBO declined to comment to Business Insider, and Skydance did not respond. Musk has criticised the film, and X refused its ads in September. “He has ZERO integrity. Horrible human,” Musk wrote on X about Gibney.