There’s no question that David Ellison, the doggedly ambitious CEO of Paramount Skydance, loves movies and filmmaking. In making his case for Paramount’s eye-poppingly pricey megadeal to merge with Warner Bros., he has repeatedly pledged that the combined company will release a lot more movies — to the tune of at least 30 titles per
The U.K.’s decision to clear Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has been broadly welcomed by European industry players. U.K. exhibitors, media executives and analysts have argued the deal reflects a wider shift in regulatory thinking as European broadcasters face mounting competitive pressure from global streaming giants. Following the European Commission’s
Paramount Skydance chief executive David Ellison has broken his silence, defending his company’s $110bn (£86bn) takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Opposition to the mega-merger relies on a vision of Hollywood that “no longer exists,” he wrote in an op-ed published by The New York Times. In his first public comments on the transaction, Ellison rejected
Paramount Skydance boss David Ellison and his father, tech billionaire Larry Ellison, were sued by a Paramount shareholder who alleged they reached an “illegal” deal with President Donald Trump to secure US government approval for the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The shareholders’ lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Delaware Court of Chancery, seeks to block Paramount’s
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has been quietly backing a bill to launch a federal tax incentive for film, with support from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, multiple sources said. Variety. Ellison has spent at least six months in exploratory meetings for the proposed legislation, two sources added, and on Monday night he