A few months ago, Larry and David Ellison's Paramount said it had lined up big backers for its bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery: three Middle Eastern countries , which would contribute a total of $24 billion to help buy the media conglomerate. Now, Paramount has won the rights to WBD, after Netflix walked away . Are those three Gulf states going to help finance Paramount's new deal? Paramount won't say. In government filings and on an investor call Monday, Paramount reiterated that the