Teamsters Pound Paramount Over WBD Merger Promises & Threats: “Stop Playing Games”
The DGA and IATSE may want to play footsie with Paramount over the state attorneys general antitrust lawsuit and hopes…
Parties Lay Out Key Discovery And Other Dates For Pending Paramount-WBD Antitrust Trial
This week has been dominated by headlines about Paramount’s threat to leave California, by unions and other officials urging a…
DGA & IATSE Urge Fast Track On Paramount-WBD Merger Standoff For Fears That Prolonged Court Battle Will Hurt Jobs
Two of Hollywood’s most powerful unions have a message for California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Paramount Skydance CEO David…
Paramount Has Spent 100 Years In Hollywood. David Ellison Loved That. Until He Didn’t
By Katie Kilkenny August 11, 2026 6:18pm
WGA 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…
California AG Rob Bonta Open To Structural Remedies In Paramount-WBD Suit But Calls 30 Movies A Year An “Old, Stale Promise”
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said he’d consider structural remedies to resolve a lawsuit over the Paramount-WBD merger but dismissed…
David Ellison Is Promising Theater Owners Contractual Guarantees for Paramount-Warner Bros. 30-Film Annual Slate. But What if Moviegoers Don’t Care?
There’s no question that David Ellison, the doggedly ambitious CEO of Paramount Skydance, loves movies and filmmaking. In making his…
After U.K. Approval of Paramount-WBD Deal, European Media Leaders Rally Behind David Ellison: ‘The Industry Will Be Stronger’
The U.K.’s decision to clear Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has been broadly welcomed by…
Paramount-WBD Deal Endorsed By Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer: “Uncertainty Is The Worst”
Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer went to bat Thursday for Paramount CEO David Ellison and the company’s hung-up merger with Warner…
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit From Paramount Streaming Subscribers Seeking to Block Warner Bros. Merger
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit from a group of consumers looking to challenge the $111 billion merger…