Joe Rogan Experience #2572 - Colum Tyrrell · Aired Oct 29, 2026
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TikTok is owned by the same people who own CNN and CBS.
The finding
What remains unresolved
There is an Ellison-linked overlap, but the ownership structures are not identical: Oracle is one of the TikTok US venture's managing investors, while Skydance owns the media assets. Skydance's October 6, 2026 SEC filing confirms the Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition had closed, so a correction saying it did not yet own CNN would be outdated. The stronger implication of identical ownership or control is not established by these two structures.
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Quick answer
Is it true that TikTok is owned by the same people who own CNN and CBS?
We can't say yet. There is an Ellison-linked overlap, but the ownership structures are not identical: Oracle is one of the TikTok US venture's managing investors, while Skydance owns the media assets. Skydance's October 6, 2026 SEC filing confirms the Warner Bros. It was said on Joe Rogan Experience #2572 - Colum Tyrrell, aired Oct 29, 2026, at 1:07:05. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. The supporting source is sec.gov, linked below.
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