Elon Musk invests $1bn in CNN owner Skydance as media mogul John Malone predicts an $8bn-$10bn SpaceX deal is coming

David Ellison's Skydance is grappling with a massive pile of debt, and Musk's roughly $1bn stake reportedly throws it a lifeline. John Malone told a Paley Center summit he expects a 'global output deal' with SpaceX to help Skydance cut that debt. He said Musk and Larry Ellison 'are very intertwined'. SpaceX, which owns X, has been buying up broadcast spectrum for Starlink.
Larry Ellison helped finance Musk's takeover of Twitter four years ago.
Malone: Larry Ellison used Tesla stock to help fund the creation of Skydance.
CBS's local stations could hand Musk the broadcast spectrum Starlink wants.
