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Is Larry Ellison the new king of American media?

Is Larry Ellison about to snatch Rupert Murdoch’s media crown? Tom Wainwright, our media editor, looks at why the world’s second-richest man is so intent on acquiring major film studios and the American arm of social-media giant TikTok.
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