{
  "id": 12066735,
  "title": "John Oliver Dodges David Ellison-Skydance News on ‘Last Week Tonight’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/john-oliver-dodges-david-ellison-skydance-news-on-last-week-tonight",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-05T03:53:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-david-ellison-skydance-hbo-warner-bros-1236898839/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The big media news this week concerned Skydance Corp., David Ellison’s newly formed Hollywood mega-company comprising Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, which Ellison (and his father Larry) acquired in a $111 billion debt-addled merger that is set to officially close Oct. 6. What the long-term future of the studio behemoth may look like is […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}