Paramount CEO David Ellison Can’t Attend Senate Hearing on Warner Bros. Merger Because of Death in the Family, Company Says

Sen. Cory Booker, Democrat of New Jersey, is holding a “spotlight hearing” Wednesday in Washington about Paramount Skydance’s proposed $111 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. David Ellison, Paramount’s chairman and CEO, will not be able to attend the hearing because of a death in the family, according to the company. “Regretfully, Mr. Ellison […]