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# Evan Shapiro values Skydance at $29 billion amid ‘Ellison Risk’ debt pileup
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/evan-shapiro-values-skydance-at-29-billion-amid-ellison-risk-debt-pileup/
- Published: 2026-10-18T17:50:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-18T17:50:03.000Z
- Description: Media War & Peace’s Evan Shapiro launches an interactive Media Map App and pegs the newly merged Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery entity, which he calls “SKID,” at a $29 billion valuation despite deal prices near $88 billion to $111 billion.
- Author: The Signals Desk
- Tags: Streaming, Evan Shapiro, Media War & Peace universe map feature

**Why it matters.** Lenders and investors must now treat Oracle’s and Skydance’s credit as linked, since both carry debt tied to Larry Ellison’s wealth.

*Signal from* [*Media War & Peace*](https://eshap.substack.com/) *·* [*Evan Shapiro*](https://www.medianexis.com/tag/by-evan-shapiro/) *·* [*read the original*](https://eshap.substack.com/p/media-universe-maps-2020-2026)*.*