Tag: david_ellison
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Paramount Skydance closes $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery takeover
The combined company, called Skydance, owns CNN, CBS News, HBO Max and Paramount+, and must deliver $6 billion in cost cuts over three years as Fitch downgrades it over debt and integration risk.
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Media Monitor: Paramount Asks CNN Chief Mark Thompson to Stay After Warner Bros. Discovery Deal
Poynter reports Paramount CEO David Ellison has asked CNN chief Mark Thompson to remain after the Warner Bros. Discovery merger, while Trump again attacks the press.
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Media Monitor: Paramount Threatens California Exit Over Merger Lawsuit
L.A. Times Politics reports David Ellison's threat to move Paramount out of California if the state's antitrust lawsuit against its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery continues.
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Media Monitor: Ellison Addresses CNN Concerns Amid Paramount-WBD Merger Scrutiny; Rodgers Criticizes ESPN
Poynter reports on Paramount CEO David Ellison's defense of the Warner Bros. Discovery merger and CNN's future, alongside criticisms of his silence on CBS News issues. The antitrust trial date is set for March. Aaron Rodgers' controversial ESPN appearance and…
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