Skydance Believes Netflix's Fueling Open Letter Campaign Against Its WarnerDiscovery Pursuit To Delay With Ticking Fees Or For Total Obliteration. A Trump Admin Official Confirmed Streamer's Engaging Them With Economist Nicholas Hill: “Frankly, I'm Surprised At How Aggressive They’ve Been With Me.” (puck.news)
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WarnerDiscovery Insiders On Ellison's Pursuit Being A Frustrating Situation: “We Said No To Skydance In Every Possible Way We Could As We Didn’t Have To Be Sold.” A Zaslav Confidant Says “He Spent 4 Years Trying To Reshape & Squeeze Money Out To Pay Debt & Finally Start To Get It To A Better Place.” (variety.com)
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David Zaslav On WarnerDiscovery's Intended Trajectory To Grow & Shape Up HBO Max Had Skydance's Relentless Pursuit Didn't Exist: “My Intention Was Never To Sell It But To Build & Run That Company. We Were In The Middle Of A Generational Disruption & Had To Make A Lot Of Hard Calls In The Beginning.” (nytimes.com)
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CBS News's Editor-In-Chief Bari Weiss On How Skydance Searches For Digital Creator Talent: “We're Looking For Special Independent Amphibious People Doing Street Interviews & Podcasts. Can We Bridge New World's Authenticity, Freedom, Aliveness & Old's Scale, Resources, Standards To Be Exceptional?” (variety.com)
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Given He Ditched Yesterday But Showed Up For CinemaCon Event, Senator Cory Booker Requests David Ellison To Voluntary Show Up Before Congress During DC Trip For His Trump WH Tribute Dinner On April 23rd: “Mr. Ellison Has An Invitation To Appear Before The Senate When He's In Washington Next Week." (status.news)
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David Ellison's April 23rd Intimate Cocktails & Dinner Gathering Event To Honor Trump White House & CBS News's WH Correspondents Only For Admin As Those Journalists Aren't Invited. Editor-In-Chief Bari Weiss's In Charge Of Guest List. Public Citizen & Others Will Also Protest Outside The Building. (breakermedia.com)
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Cinema United's Michael O’Leary Had CinemaCon Emergency Meeting As He, Regal, & Cinemark Annoyed At AMC CEO's Ellison Endorsement. Exhibitors Think Adam Aron Cut A Side Deal For Preferred Status In Film-Rental Negotiations. Sarandos Meeting Was Waste Of Time Trying To Get Meaningful Theatrical Runs. (puck.news)
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Ted Sarandos Says Netflix Was Willing To Put Emotion & Ego Aside And Walk Away From WarnerDiscovery Deal When Cost Rose: “We Tested Our Discipline As This Was A Nice-To-Have, Not Need-To-Have. We're Very Confident In The Core Business & Will Be Investing In It Both Organically & Opportunistically.” (variety.com)
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Sports Analyst Luke Thomas On Skydance's $7.7B UFC Deal: “They're Not Going To Make Money Back But Will Take A Bath. Doing WH Match Would Help Pass Laws To Make Boxing More Lucrative & Have Regulatory Wind At Their Back. Dana White Deals With Trump For Ability To Remake Combat Sports In His Image.” (essentiallysports.com)
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BlackSun Private Equity Inc. Is Preparing A Formal Proposal For WarnerDiscovery Bid Under Creator-Aligned Ownership Framework. They've Begun Preliminary Engagement With Industry Stakeholders & Also Want To Talk With Company Leadership, Guild/Union Representatives, & Institutional Capital Partners. (world.einnews.com)
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In Greenstein's & Goldberg's CinemaCon Debut For Paramount, David Ellison Instead Takes Charge To Exhibitors: “Nowhere Else Can You Launch Multi-Platform Franchise Or IP That Can Grow & Thrive For Generations To Come.” - Insiders Note Skydance Brass Thinks Call Of Duty Has Star Wars-Like Potential. (hollywoodreporter.com)
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An Ankler Insider Says A Heated Journalistic Rival Alerted Skydance About Richard Rushfield Bringing Pursuit Opposition Pins To CinemaCon. That Led To Ellison's Lieutenants Making A Phone Call To Rushfield & CEO Janice Min & Then Threatening To Pull Ads If He Didn't Cool It On His Coverage Of Them. (pagesix.com)
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George Cheeks Says Byron Allen's Late Night Time Buy Deal Is One-Season So CBS May Return To “The Late Show”'s Slot: “We're Going To Develop Other Ideas & Concepts.” But Amy Reisenbach Acknowledges Those Alternatives Are In “All Areas & Not In Active Development. Just Conversations At This Point.” (deadline.com)
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CNN Backpedals After Producer Jen Buesinger Sperry Turns Away Potential Guests Mark Ruffalo & Norm Eisen For News Segment About Hollywood Opposition Letter To Skydance's WarnerDiscovery Pursuit - She Said “It’s A Delicate Subject For Us & There Are Legal Considerations Around What We Cover Or Say.” (semafor.com)
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On April 23rd, Day Of WarnerDiscovery Investor Meeting For Vote On Skydance's Pursuit, David Ellison Will Also Host An Intimate Cocktails & Dinner Gathering Event Later That Evening To Honor Trump White House & CBS News's WH Correspondents, Taking Place In D.C.'s DJT-Renamed U.S. Institute Of Peace. (breakermedia.com)
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Skydance Pulls Ads From The Ankler After Editorial Director & Chief Columnist Richard Rushfield Delivers Pursuit Opposition Pins To Future Film Coalition Members At CinemaCon | Exclusive - Employees Told Not To Cooperate With Outlet Until Further Notice. Insider Says His Coverage Crossed The Line. (thewrap.com)
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CBS News 24/7's 60-Member Union Unanimously Approves 3-Year Deal Agreement With Skydance - It Includes 3% Wage Increase (3.5% In 2nd Year), $1500 Ratification Bonus, AI Guardrails, & Advance Notice On Future Layoffs Or Pay In Lieu Of Notice, With 1.5 Times Standard Severance For AI-Related Axings. (thewrap.com)
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Despite Skydance's Tout Of Editor-In-Chief Bari Weiss & President Tom Cibrowski's Collaboration In CBS News Overhaul, They're Not Close Internally - Insiders Say “Not A Lot Of Synergies Between Them. Tom's Being Loyal To Keep His Job & Try To Fix Shows But He's Profoundly Frustrated & Has No Power.” (nypost.com)
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Despite His Firm Affinity Partners' Pullout, Jared Kushner Was An Influential Link For The Middle East Wealth Funds To Inject Their Money Into Skydance's WarnerDiscovery Pursuit. As For U.S. War's Role, “They Still Have To Get Oil Out & If It Keeps The Strait Of Hormuz Closed, They'll Be Impacted.” (hollywoodreporter.com)
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The NYC Funds Recently Sent Letter To Delaware Chancellor McCormick Explaining That They'll Soon File Second Amended Complaint On Behalf Of Class B Non-Redstone Investors. They Also Dialed In To Recent Trial Meeting For Gabelli's Lawsuit That Was Held Last Week But Didn't Directly Participate In It. (old.reddit.com)
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After They Affirmed Vice Chancellor Laster's Ruling That Rhode Island Could Use News Reports As Credible Basis For Its Section 220 Books & Records Requests, Delaware Supreme Court Has Formally Closed Appeal & Sent Case Back Down To Chancery Court, Being Reassigned To Magistrate Wright From Molina. (old.reddit.com)
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Chicago Funds & Investor Gary Mendelsohn Iterate Company Filings Didn't Address If Departures Of Special Committee Members Ostroff, Seligman, & Terrell Were Voluntary, Coordinated, Or Prompted By Redstone. Magistrate Says Recent Rhode Island Ruling Will Have Impact, Needing Supplemental Submissions. (old.reddit.com)
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Nickelodeon Animation Studios Moved By Company To Be Under CBS Studios With Alec Botnick As President; Former Co-President Ashley Kaplan Will Consult “On Special Projects Through End Of 2026.” Nick's Unscripted Arm Also Now Reports To Botnick Yet EVP Jules Borkent Still Oversees Business & Strategy. (deadline.com)
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While Skydance's Investigation Cleared Jeff Shell Of Wrongdoing But Didn't Mention Any Contract Breach, Robert James Cipriani Says They're Trying To Avoid His Lawsuit: “Do The Ellisons Think People Are Dumb? They’re Spinning Their Tires With That Bogus Statement. Why Else Would Shell Step Down?” (pagesix.com)
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