#paramount-skydance — Public Fediverse posts

Will David Ellison Say Goodbye to Hollywood? Some See Paramount’s Potential Exit From California as ‘Strategically Unwise’ — but Others Say It’s Just Smart Business
#Variety #News #DavidEllison #Paramount #ParamountSkydance #ParamountWarnerBros

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/goodbye-to-hollywood-paramount-california-exit-david-ellison-1236837300/

Paramount Demands That States Post $1.88 Billion Bond Amid Warner Bros. Antitrust Suit
#Business #BusinessNews #Paramountskydance #WarnerBrosDiscovery

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramount-states-post-billion-dollar-bond-wbd-antitrust-1236675237/

Paramount Requests States and WGA Be Required to Post $1.9 Billion Bond to Cover Financial Losses While Warner Bros. Merger Is Stuck on Hold Pending Trial
#Variety #News #ParamountSkydance #ParamountWarnerBros #WarnerBrosDiscovery #WGA

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paramount-requests-1-9-billion-bond-state-lawsuit-warner-bros-merger-1236836420/

Rosie O’Donnell Was ‘Surprised’ by Jimmy Kimmel’s Guest-Hosting Offer and Believes a David Ellison-Run CNN Would Be ‘Tragic’
#Variety #News #BariWeiss #CBSNews #CNN #DavidEllison #DonaldTrump #JimmyKimmel #ParamountSkydance #ParamountWarnerBros #RosieODonnell

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/rosie-o-donnell-jimmy-kimmel-host-surprise-david-ellison-bari-weiss-cbs-news-cnn-1236835778/

Paramount Says It Has Secured All Global Clearances to Close WBD Deal … Except for That Pesky Lawsuit
#Business #BusinessNews #Paramount #Paramountskydance #WarnerBrosDiscovery

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramount-secures-global-clearances-wbd-deal-except-lawsuit-1236673941/

If Paramount Leaves California, It Might Cut Costs but Wouldn’t Save on State Taxes
#Variety #News #ParamountSkydance #ParamountWarnerBros

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paramount-state-taxes-leaving-california-1236833420/

Nigel Farage Documentary ‘Where Does the Money Come From?’ Set at U.K. Broadcaster 5 as Parliamentary Standards Watchdog Reopens Finance Probe
#Variety #Global #News #5 #ITNProductions #NigelFarage #ParamountSkydance

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/nigel-farage-documentary-5-standards-probe-1236834471/

Teamsters Pound Paramount Over WBD Merger Promises & Threats: “Stop Playing Games”
#Executives #News #DavidEllison #DonaldTrump #LindsayDougherty #Paramount #ParamountSkydance #ParamountWBD #RobBonta #TeamstersLocal399

https://deadline.com/2026/08/paramount-merger-teamsters-protest-1237033400/

DGA & IATSE Urge Fast Track On Paramount-WBD Merger Standoff For Fears That Prolonged Court Battle Will Hurt Jobs
#News #DavidEllison #DGA #IATSE #ParamountSkydance #RobBonta

https://deadline.com/2026/08/dga-iatse-letter-paramount-wbd-lawsuit-concerns-1237032544/

DGA and IATSE Push Rob Bonta to Allow Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger With Conditions
#Variety #News #Dga #ParamountSkydance #RobBonta #WarnerBrosDiscovery

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/dga-iatse-rob-bonta-paramount-settle-warner-bros-merger-1236833456/

Paramount Has Considered Creating Oversight Body for CNN in Warner Deal
#Variety #News #CNN #ParamountSkydance #WarnerBrosDiscovery

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/paramount-cnn-oversight-committee-warner-deal-1236833271/

WGA Says David Ellison’s Threat That Paramount Will Leave California Over AG’s Antitrust Lawsuit “Proves The Danger Of Its Outsized Power”
#News #DavidEllison #ParamountSkydance #WGA #WGAEast #WGAWest #WritersGuildOfAmerica

https://deadline.com/2026/08/wga-ellison-threat-leave-california-paramount-merger-suit-1237031575/

California Attorney General Says David Ellison’s Plan to Pull Paramount Out of the State Is a ‘Blackmail’ Attempt That ‘Won’t Work’
#Variety #News #DavidEllison #ParamountSkydance #ParamountWarnerBros #RobBonta

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/california-attorney-general-bonta-david-ellison-paramount-blackmail-attempt-1236832141/

David Ellison Threatens to Pull Paramount Out of California Starting Oct. 1 if States Refuse to Negotiate Settlement in Antitrust Suit
#Variety #News #DavidEllison #ParamountSkydance #ParamountWarnerBros

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/david-ellison-move-paramount-out-of-california-states-antitrust-lawsuit-1236831936/

Don’t Believe Paramount’s Hype: California AG Rob Bonta Claims Ellison Muddying WBD Merger Waters With Misinformation & Side Deals; “We Intend To Win” – Guest Column
#Acquisitions #Executives #Legal #Politics #AMinecraftMovie #Antitrust #California #DavidEllison #GuestColumn #Mergers #MissionImpossible #Paramount #ParamountSkydance #ParamountWB #RobBonta #WarnerBros #Warnerbrosdiscovery

https://deadline.com/2026/08/rob-bonta-up-ed-david-ellison-paramount-warner-bros-1237029737/

David Ellison Is Promising Theater Owners Contractual Guarantees for Paramount-Warner Bros. 30-Film Annual Slate. But What if Moviegoers Don’t Care?
#Variety #News #DavidEllison #ParamountSkydance #WarnerBrosDiscovery

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/david-ellison-theater-owners-guarantee-30-movies-paramount-warner-bros-merger-1236830791/

After U.K. Approval of Paramount-WBD Deal, European Media Leaders Rally Behind David Ellison: ‘The Industry Will be Stronger’
#Variety #Global #News #DavidEllison #ParamountSkydance

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/uk-approval-paramount-wbd-european-leaders-david-ellison-1236829488/

Zaslav Admits Looming Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Has Been ‘Challenging’ for Employees but Claims Work Ethic Is ‘Inspiring’
#Variety #News #DavidZaslav #ParamountSkydance #WarnerBrosDiscovery

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/zaslav-paramount-warner-bros-merger-challenging-employees-inspiring-1236829027/

U.K. Competition Watchdog Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Mega-Deal
#Business #BusinessNews #International #Paramount #Paramountskydance #WarnerBrosDiscovery

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramount-warner-bros-discovery-deal-uk-review-expanded-1236650446/

Paramount Q2 Profit Dips, With Streaming Boost Offset by TV Declines
#Variety #News #DavidEllison #Mediaearnings #ParamountSkydance #WarnerBrosDiscovery

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/paramount-q2-earnings-profit-declines-tv-revenue-1236827854/

Judge Sets Paramount-Warner Bros. Antitrust Trial for March 2027
#Variety #News #ParamountSkydance #WarnerBrosDiscovery

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/paramount-warner-bros-antitrust-trial-date-march-2027-1236827843/

David Ellison Says Opposition to Paramount-Warner Bros. Is Over His Control of CNN, Claims He Will Not ‘Bend Newsrooms to My Views’
#Variety #News #CNN #DavidEllison #ParamountSkydance #WarnerBrosDiscovery

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/david-ellison-cnn-paramount-warner-bros-trusted-steward-1236827405/

Queer stars & fans celebrate 'Star Trek's 60 years of diversity

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/star-trek-60th-anniversary

SAG-AFTRA Board Adopts Resolution Opposing Paramount-WBD Deal But Stops Short Of Joining WGA Lawsuit
#News #DuncanCrabtreeIreland #ParamountSkydance #ParamountWBD #SAGAFTRA #SeanAstin #Warnerbrosdiscovery

https://deadline.com/2026/07/sag-aftra-resolution-opposing-paramount-wbd-deal-no-lawsuit-1237004795/

Some Warner Bros. Execs Are Hoping States’ Antitrust Lawsuit Derails Paramount Deal
#Variety #News #ParamountSkydance #WarnerBrosDiscovery

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/paramount-warner-bros-execs-merger-antitrust-lawsuit-derail-1236821885/

David Ellison Addresses Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Delay Amid State AGs’ Lawsuit in Staff Memo: ‘The Facts and the Law Are on Our Side’
#Variety #News #DavidEllison #ParamountSkydance #ParamountWarnerBros #WarnerBrosDiscovery

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/david-ellison-memo-paramount-warner-bros-merger-delay-state-lawsuit-1236821825/

Paramount Faces Drawn-Out Battle With State AGs: ‘They Saw the Writing on the Wall’
#Variety #News #ParamountSkydance #ParamountWarnerBros #WarnerBrosDiscovery

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paramount-state-ags-warner-bros-battle-1236820702/