David Ellison Says He Doesn’t Have an Especially Close Relationship with Donald Trump
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The new owner of Warner Bros. Discovery believes all the apparent coziness with the president is just business as usual. "We don’t want to politicize,” says the Skydance chief.
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After the expected close of their merger, Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will together be known as Skydance. CEO David Ellison revealed the new name Friday in a post on X. The $110 billion merger is projected to be finalized on Tuesday after a year-long pursuit by Ellison and a two-month delay…
The Paramount CEO is inheriting the profitable streaming business David Zaslav spent years building, along with a debt sale that left bond investors nursing losses.
After nearly a year of dealmaking drama, Paramount Skydance’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery is about to become reality. Across Europe, where the Paramount chief David Ellison has spent time courting support for his vision of building a Hollywood colossus, the mood is surprisingly upbeat.
John Leguizamo is speaking out about the Paramount and Warner Bros. merger, and he’s imploring David Ellison to consider what the industry needs as he takes over the new Skydance. “Come on, Dave. Do the right thing. Don’t just think of yourself and your pocket.
David Ellison has emerged victorious. And he’s boldly — or arrogantly, if you prefer — decided to name the entertainment giant that he’s bolted together Skydance Corp., nodding to the original name of his film production firm that has swallowed up two Hollywood studios over the past 14 months.
The big media news this week concerned Skydance Corp., David Ellison’s newly formed Hollywood mega-company comprising Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, which Ellison (and his father Larry) acquired in a $111 billion debt-addled merger that is set to officially close Oct. 6.
David Ellison, on the eve of officially closing the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger to form Skydance Corp., has announced his picks for the senior execs to run his new company. The new leadership team will be led by Ellison, chairman and CEO, and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, the former Mattel chief wh…
By Brian Stelter, Clare Duffy, CNN (CNN) — The mega-merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, which took effect on Tuesday, symbolizes Big Tech’s ascendance in Hollywood. It also represents an opportunity for the newly combined company, Skydance, to take cues from tech companies and transform …
David Ellison and his new Skydance executive team will introduce themselves to the world and formally begin the arduous task of selling the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger.
Skydance CEO David Ellison defended meeting with Donald Trump as Paramount sought to complete its merger with Warner Bros Discovery, while addressing concerns that he talked to the president about the future of CNN.
Skydance CEO David Ellison said the newly merged company will be in “the business of rebuilding trust” after the bruising battle to bring together Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. The year-long saga was one of a handful of topics addressed by Ellison and Co-CEO Ynon Kreiz during a press event h…
Ellison admits ‘good relationship’ with administration in remarks to reporters about newly merged media company David Ellison, the chief executive of the newly formed media conglomerate Skydance, denied that he has “politicized” the company despite the close connection he has forged with Donald Trum…
The new owner of Warner Bros. Discovery believes all the apparent coziness with the president is just business as usual. "We don’t want to politicize,” says the Skydance chief.
And just like that, David Ellison is in the driver’s seat. The newly minted executive leadership team at Skydance, led by chairman and CEO Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, held an on-the-record press gaggle at the Paramount lot in Hollywood, hours after their hard-fought acquisition of Warner Bros.
It’s telling that among the first casualties of David Ellison’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. were Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, the studio executives known for spending freely on auteur-driven films like last year’s best-picture winner, One Battle After Another.
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