David Ellison Floats Hollywood Exit as States Threaten His Warner Bros. Deal
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- Variety·1h agoWGA Slams David Ellison’s Plan to Pull Paramount From California: ‘This Type of Behavior Is Precisely Why the Merger Should Be Blocked’
The Writers Guild of America has fired back at Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison after he threatened to start pulling Paramount out of California on Oct. 1 if California AG Rob Bonta refused to come to the bargaining table and settle the antitrust suit to stop the studio’s…
Read at Variety → - Deadline Hollywood·4h agoWGA Says David Ellison’s Threat That Paramount Will Leave California Over AG’s Antitrust Lawsuit “Proves The Danger Of Its Outsized Power”
As expected, the Writers Guild of America has not taken kindly to Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison’s latest threat to pull the storied studio out of California if state AG Rob Bonta refuses to settle an antitrust suit to block the planned merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.…
Read at Deadline Hollywood → - Fox News·4h agoParamount escalates threat to leave California as Dem AG's antitrust lawsuit stalls Warner Bros merger
David Ellison threatens to move Paramount out of California if AG Rob Bonta doesn't negotiate to settle his antitrust lawsuit against the Warner Bros. merger.
Read at Fox News → - NYT Business·4h agoDavid Ellison Floats Hollywood Exit as States Threaten His Warner Bros. Deal
Mr. Ellison told Paramount executives that he was considering pulling the company out of California amid a lawsuit brought by state attorneys general.
Read at NYT Business → - Hollywood Reporter·8h agoWould David Ellison Really Just Pick Up His Hollywood Studios and Leave California?
The state has seen production spend stabilize in recent months, though Paramount could undermine that recovery. Attorney general Rob Bonta called the threat "another attempt to blackmail the state."
Read at Hollywood Reporter → - Al Jazeera·10h agoParamount CEO may remove operations from California over stalled merger
Paramount's CEO David Ellison warns of a California exit if the US state does not agree to talks, according to reports.
Read at Al Jazeera →