Could Paramount move to Tennessee? State leaders welcome Hollywood giant as questions swirl over California future
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The speculation follows reports that Paramount’s future leadership has explored moving some operations outside California while the company’s proposed merger faces a legal challenge.
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Advisers to Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison have urged him to consider relocating the studio out of California if the state succeeds in blocking his company's $110B acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, according to a report.
Tennessee has extended an invitation to Paramount Skydance to move its corporate headquarters to the Volunteer State amid the company’s escalating standoff with California, where the attorney general is now suing to block its planned merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
The letter from Tennessee, which Paramount verified, asks the company to consider relocating its headquarters away from its current home in Los Angeles.
The speculation follows reports that Paramount’s future leadership has explored moving some operations outside California while the company’s proposed merger faces a legal challenge.
Gov. Bill Lee publicly invited Paramount to Tennessee after California Attorney General Rob Bonta continued challenging the company's proposed merger, raising new questions about the studio's future in California
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