Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Beneficiary of $21.7 Million Stock Sale as Paramount Merger Is Stuck on Hold

David Zaslav, president and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, has now sold over $195 million worth of the company’s stock since it clinched a deal to be acquired by David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance. Zaslav’s latest sale of 773,173 shares of WBD stock, for an aggregate market value of $21,655,292, was handled on his beha

The Morning Risk Report: Paramount Has Discussed Creating a Board to Ensure CNN’s Independence  WSJ

The Paramount CEO is seeking to pressure officials over the $190b Warner Bros deal.

Crew union IATSE and the Directors Guild wrote a detailed letter to attorney general Rob Bonta to reach an agreement with David Ellison rather than drag out a fight to a court room next year.

Paramount Skydance is keeping all options, including a possible sale of CNN, “on the table” to resolve California’s antitrust suit challenging ​its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, the company’s ‌chief legal officer said. Speaking at Politico’s California Agenda conference on Tuesday, Makan Delrahim a

UPDATED: The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee wants Paramount CEO to sit for a transcribed interview to answer questions on its proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. The letter from Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) is just the latest that Democrats have sent to Ellison, as they amplify their criticisms and

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are escalating their criticism of Paramount Skydance's attempt to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.

Paramount’s legal officer hints at CNN sale as 12 states, led by California, file lawsuit to block merger with WBD.

Paramount says CNN sale 'on the table' to resolve California suit over Warner Bros deal  Reuters

Xavier Becerra, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in California, urged the state attorney general to settle its antitrust lawsuit with Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery before the case is set to go to trial next year. His plea comes after California Attorney General Rob Bonta suggested he does not want

Paramount's board has approved David Ellison's plan to move headquarters from Hollywood to save money.

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.

Mr. Ellison told Paramount executives he is considering pulling the company out of California amid a lawsuit brought by state attorneys general.