BUSINESSAug 4 · 15:28 UTCBUSINESS INSIDERJames Faris ([email protected])

Paramount's David Ellison seeks to distance himself from partisan politics after courting Trump

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison attended President Donald Trump's State of the Union address and sought DOJ approval for his Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) deal. Now facing a lawsuit from 12 Democratic states, Ellison published an op-ed distancing himself from partisan politics and defending the merger as necessary to compete with tech giants like Netflix and Amazon.

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