CGCharles Gasparino

1. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Charles Gasparino

   Rob Bonta’s Paramount-WBD debacle has created political chaos (opens the original)

   Excerpt · Critical tone · English

   Read excerpt

   Antitrust suits aren’t supposed to be about politics, and yet that’s what’s happening of late, whether it’s Trump’s attempt during his first term to block AT&T from buying Time Warner, or California AG Rob Bonta looking to thwart Paramount’s purchase of TW’s successor, Warner Bros. Discovery. It’s an odd way to run an economy and doesn’t do anyone any good. That includes the pols themselves who end up looking foolish and weak when they ultimately lose. It’s also a clunker for

   Feedback

2. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Charles Gasparino

   Exclusive | Speculation about Bari Weiss’ future is coming to a head (opens the original)

   Excerpt · English

   Read excerpt

   See more of our coverage in your search results. Paramount’s mega-merger with Warner Bros. Discovery is finally in the clear — and hopes and fears that Bari Weiss is now poised to become the queen of TV news broadcasting are coming to a head. It’s no secret that the 42-year-old editor-in-chief of CBS News has been eyeing a takeover of the left-leaning CNN as Paramount’s $81 billion acquisition of the cable network’s owner WBD is getting cleared in a truce with 12 state attorneys genera

   Feedback

3. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Charles Gasparino

   Wall Street hangout that became a post-9/11 destination is open again after major revamp (opens the original)

   Excerpt · English

   Read excerpt

   See more of our coverage in your search results. When the Wall Street elite needed a place to regroup after the devastation of 9/11, they didn’t head to a private hotel suite or some nondescript office building. Instead, many gathered at a restaurant owned by a family of Italian immigrants. San Pietro is a cozy, elegant eatery on East 54th Street just off Madison Avenue that has long served as a sort of demilitarized zone for bankers and CEOs. It’s a place where brutal competitors break bread, d

   Feedback

4. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Charles Gasparino

   Larry Ellison’s about-face on an Oracle stock sale sparks chatter in Silicon Valley, Hollywood (opens the original)

   Excerpt · English

   Read excerpt

   See more of our coverage in your search results. Larry Ellison’s disclosure last week that he planned to sell $7.5 billion in Oracle stock got tongues wagging across Silicon Valley and Hollywood – but what really sparked chatter was the quick about-face that came a day later. The 82-year-old software tycoon – who built one of the great American tech giants through decades of legendarily shrewd M&A deals – revealed in a Friday securities filing that he planned to sell 50 million Oracle sh

   Feedback

5. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Charles Gasparino

   Paramount is getting an assist from a key California pol as it defends its Warner merger against AG Rob Bonta (opens the original)

   Excerpt · Critical tone · English

   Read excerpt

   See more of our coverage in your search results. Paramount Skydance has a strategy for getting its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery approved by Rob Bonta – and it involves making the California AG a pariah in his party while getting an assist from the mayor of Los Angeles, On The Money has learned. The game plan “is to isolate Bonta in the state and in his own party,” said one person close to the David Ellison-run media giant. “Every Dem pol in the state wants a settlement and is worried that

   Feedback

Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.

Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.

• Wall Street21 pieces
• the Money17 pieces
• New York15 pieces
• Paramount Skydance14 pieces
• New York City12 pieces
• Democratic Party7 pieces
• Big Tech7 pieces
• Big Apple6 pieces
• Los Angeles5 pieces
• Gavin Newsom5 pieces
• White House4 pieces
• Sun Valley4 pieces