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David Ellison is threatening to move Paramount if the AG's don't settle. I call bull shit.

Ellison is pre-positioning a narrative so that when the merger closes and he consolidates Paramount onto the Burbank lot and cuts thousands of jobs anyway — which was the plan regardless — there's a ready-made story that California's hostility caused it rather than $79 billion of debt.

#WBD #Paramount #FilmIndustry

Warner Bros. Discovery Stumbles In Q2 As ‘Supergirl,’ Lack Of NBA Drag Down Results
#News #Earnings #ParamountWBD #Warnerbrosdiscovery #Warnerbrosdiscoveryearnings #Wbd

https://deadline.com/2026/08/warner-bros-discovery-q2-2026-earnings-supergirl-nba-1237027368/

David Ellison Should Never Own a Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery, because of course not.

But that didn't stop David Ellison from trying to convince us he should (and oddly making it clear he should not).

#wbd #psky #merger #monopoly #news #media #entertainment #movies #tv #film #television

David Ellison Convinced Me He ...

David Ellison Should Never Own a Combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery, because of course he shouldn't.

No one person, family or company should own so much news, media and entertainment.

But that didn't stop David Ellison from trying to convince us he should (and oddly making it clear he should not).

https://stuff.davidaugust.com/david-ellison-convinced-me-he-should-never-own-nor-control-a-combined-paramount-warner-bros-discovery/

#paramount #WarnerBrosDiscovery #wbd #psky #merger #monopoly #news #media #entertainment #movies #tv #film #television

As Merger Hangs In The Balance, Paramount And WBD Step Into Quarterly Earnings Spotlight
#Executives #News #ParamountWBD #Antitrust #DavidZaslav #Earnings #Mergersandacquisitions #Paramount #Warnerbrosdiscovery #Wbd

https://deadline.com/2026/08/paramount-wbd-merger-q2-earnings-1237016279/

Could Cable TV, That Vestige Of Bygone Media Glory, Undo The Paramount-WBD Merger?
#Legal #News #Antitrust #Paramount #ParamountWBD #Warnerbrosdiscovery #Wbd

https://deadline.com/2026/07/cable-tv-issue-paramount-wbd-merger-1237002560/

🦬 NEW: "Pivotal year." For the first time in The Deion Sanders Era, Colorado Buffs season ticket sales are down, while hard questions are up. Why Coach Prime can't shank his reboot in Boulder, up now from The @DenverPost: 👇

https://denverpost.com/2026/07/25/cu-buffs-football-tickets-slipping-deion-sanders/

#NCAA #collegefootball #football #NCAAfootball #Big12 #Big12football #Colorado #DeionSanders #CoachPrime #CUBuffs #GoBuffs #SkoBuffs #BuffNation #Buffs #ColoradoBuffaloes #Buffaloes #Big12FB #TNT #WBD #television #Boulder #Denver #sports #news

RE: https://mastodon.social/@GIbiz/116973936132635894

This is interesting because Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) is also involved in Paramount's acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD)

#ElectronicArts #SaudiArabia #PublicInvestmentFund #PIF #Paramount #WarnerBrothersDiscovery #WBD

Paramount Shareholder Sues Ellisons, Board For Alleged Side Deal, Promises To Donald Trump
#News #ParamountWBD #Paramouunt #Wbd

https://deadline.com/2026/07/paramount-shareholder-lawsuit-fiduciary-duty-trump-wbd-1236983298/

Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery: Emergency Motions, A Showdown Hearing And Next Steps In Challenge To Mega-Merger
#News #Politics #Analysis #Antitrust #DavidEllison #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #Paramount #ParamountWB #RobBonta #Warnerbrosdiscovery #Wbd

https://deadline.com/2026/07/paramount-warner-bros-lawsuit-next-steps-1236981762/

Paramount-WBD Merger Is Competition Killer, State Attorneys General Allege In Proposed Blockbuster Antitrust Action
#Legal #News #Politics #Antitrust #DavidEllison #DavidZaslav #DepartmentOfJustice #DonaldTrump #HBO #LarryEllison #LetitiaJames #MakanDelrahim #Netflix #Paramount #ParamountSkydance #ParamountWBD #RobBonta #Wbd

https://deadline.com/2026/07/paramount-antitrust-lawsuit-wbd-state-attorney-generals-1236978956/

J.K. Simmons On WBD’s “Bizarre” Decision To Shelf ‘Batgirl’ Movie: “Maybe We’ll Never Know”
#News #Batgirl #JKSimmons #JKSimmons #Wbd

https://deadline.com/2026/07/jk-simmons-wbd-bizarre-shelf-batgirl-movie-1236978897/

Looming ParaBros Merger Action By State AGs Boosted By L.A. County Report On Likely Big Job Losses And Lawsuits
#News #DavidEllison #LALocal #Paramount #ParamountWBD #Warnerbrosdiscovery #Wbd

https://deadline.com/2026/06/paramount-warner-bros-job-losses-la-county-report-1236962892/

Paramount Politics: In Tough Year For Incumbents, $111B WBD Merger Has State AGs Concerned With More Than Antitrust After Feds Approve Deal
#Legal #News #Politics #DavidEllison #DavidZaslav #DepartmentOfJustice #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #KarenBass #Mergers #NithyaRaman #Paramount #ParamountWBD #RobBonta #Wbd

https://deadline.com/2026/06/paramount-warner-bros-deal-fallout-antitrust-1236953027/

#wsj #business #media #USPol #Mergers #MandA #wbd

Leah McSweeney Asserts ‘RHONY’ Smear Campaign From NBCU Exec & Andy Cohen In Bid To Save Booze & Drug-Drenched Suit
#Legal #News #AndyCohen #BlakeLively #Bravo #Comcast #ItEndsWithUs #JustinBaldoni #LeahMcSweeney #NBCUniversal #Paramount #ParamountWBD #TheRealHousewivesofNewYorkCity #Warnerbrosdiscovery #WatchWhatHappensLiveWithAndyCohen #Wbd

https://deadline.com/2026/05/real-housewives-leah-mcsweeney-smear-campaign-1236930660/

Please block this #merger
#paramount #WBD #media
https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01kn7kbmx0nrvpn7f74xwaqhzf/post/bluesky%2Fpost%2Fat%3A%2F%2Fdid%3Aplc%3Asguaikukuxa4guhjwfvpjwmb%2Fapp.bsky.feed.post%2F3mmai34wo632p?sharedBy=surf%2Fprofile%2F01kn7kbj4krjr9rjd2y2byft3h&initialTab=All

Newsom Bulks Up California’s Antitrust War Chest As AG Contemplates Paramount WBD Merger Battle
#News #Politics #Antitrust #DepartmentOfJustice #DonaldTrump #GavinNewsom #LiveNation #Nexstar #Paramount #ParamountWBD #RobBonta #Wbd

https://deadline.com/2026/05/newsom-paramount-warner-bros-merger-legal-fight-1236904942/

WBD Staffers Raise Upfront Glass As Yet Another Corporate Merger Looms
#Executives #News #Mergersandacquisitions #ParamountWBD #Upfronts #Warnerbrosdiscovery #Wbd

https://deadline.com/2026/05/wbd-paramount-merger-upfronts-1236901683/

WBD Sees $2.9 Billion Q1 Loss On M&A Charges Including Termination Fee Paramount Paid Netflix
#News #DavidZaslavl #Earnings #HBOMax #Paramount #WarnerBros #Warnerbrosdiscovery #Wbd #WBDearnings

https://deadline.com/2026/05/warner-bros-discovery-q1-loss-termination-fee-paramount-netflix-1236882987/

Battle For L.A.: Mayor Candidate Nithya Raman On Production Crisis, Bass Attacks, Pratt Stunts, LA28 & Paramount-WBD Merger Dangers
#News #Politics #CaseyWasserman #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #Interview #KamalaHarris #KarenBass #LA28 #LocalNews #LosAngeles #NithyaRaman #Olympics #Paramount #ParamountWBD #QA #SpencerPratt #TaxCredit #Wbd

https://deadline.com/2026/05/nithya-raman-interview-los-angeles-mayor-candidate-1236875150/

Paramount, In Request For FCC Funding OK, Notes It Will Be 49.5% Foreign-Owned After WBD Merger
#News #Politics #FCC #Foreignownership #Paramount #ParamountWBD #Wbd

https://deadline.com/2026/04/paramount-fcc-request-wbd-merger-middle-east-1236873732/

Congress members join protest against ‘#oligarch’s dinner’ for #Trump thrown by Ellisons

Paramount Skydance CEO fetes administration as it weighs $110bn merger with CNN parent WarnerBros Discovery

Jeremy Barr in Washington
Thu 23 Apr 2026 20.43 EDT

"Dozens of protesters, including members of Congress, gathered along the National Mall on Thursday to protest an 'intimate' dinner being held by #ParamountSkydance’s chief executive, #DavidEllison, 'in celebration of the first amendment' and 'honoring the Trump White House and CBS White House correspondents', and attended by Donald Trump.

"Paramount has faced criticism for the dinner, which has been seen by some as illustrative of the cozy relationship between the #Ellisons and the White House – right as the Trump administration is weighing whether to approve the company’s $110bn merger with CNN parent company #WarnerBrosDiscovery (#WBD). The dinner comes before Saturday’s White House correspondents’ dinner, which Trump will attend. His defense secretary, #PeteHegseth, is expected to sit at one of the many tables bought by CBS News for the event.

"Earlier Thursday, WBD shareholders voted 'overwhelmingly' to approve the merger, which will still require approval from the Department of Justice and European regulators.

"The US representative Jamie Raskin, who has been vocal in his criticism of the Ellisons’ ownership of CBS News, referred to the event as 'a lavish oligarch’s dinner for Donald Trump'.

" 'We’re gathered here together tonight [because] in the building behind us, David Ellison is hosting a dinner to honor President Trump, a dinner that’s designed to cement the Ellisons to the president in their years-running corrupt merger scheme,' Raskin said."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/23/david-ellison-trump-dinner-paramount-skydance-cnn

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/hQ6Ku

#USPol #PowerCorruptionAndLies #CorporateSuckUps #Oligarchy #Fascism #SilencingDissent #SilencingCriticism #OligarchsDinner #Oligarchs4Dinner #EatTheRich #CharacteristicsOfFascism

California Governor Hopeful Tom Steyer Slams “Corrupt” Trump & WBD-Paramount Merger, Talks Uncapping Tax Credits, “Crazy” Steve Hilton & IATSE Support
#News #Politics #DavidEllison #DonaldTrump #GavinNewsom #IATSE #Paramount #ParamountWBD #Taxcredits #TomSteyer #Wbd

https://deadline.com/2026/04/tom-steyer-interview-1236870190/

From the #DreyDossier:

A lot of material information (14 pages) was left out of disclosures relevant to #WarnerBrosDiscovery shareholders ahead of the upcoming vote on the #merger with #ParamountSkydance, until a shareholder sued. One wonders why.

Hint: undisclosed conflicts of interest, including foreign investment from Qatar and Saudi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfCs_dSqPRM

#wbd #Ellison #monopoly #media #uspol

WBD & HBO Max Programming Exec Anke Greifeneder To Be Honored With The Deadline German TV Disruptor Award At Seriencamp
#News #4Blocks #AnkeGreifeneder #HBOMax #Seriencamp #Wbd

https://deadline.com/2026/04/wbd-hbo-max-anke-greifeneder-deadline-german-tv-disruptor-award-1236865540/

Netflix Stock Walloped As Wall Street Questions Its Post-Warner Path
#News #Netflix #NetflixStock #Paramount #Stockprice #WallStreet #WarnerBros #Wbd

https://deadline.com/2026/04/netflix-stock-drops-wall-street-warner-bros-paramount-1236864310/

Ted Sarandos Insists “No Palace Intrigue” Over Reed Hastings’ Netflix Exit & “Aborted” WBD Bid: “Reed Was A Big Champion For That Deal”
#Acquisitions #Executives #News #DavidEllison #GregPeters #Netflix #Paramount #ReedHastings #TedSarandos #Wbd #WBDNetflix

https://deadline.com/2026/04/ted-sarandos-reaction-reed-hastings-netflix-exit-1236863588/