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David Ellison Says Paramount Hopes to Close Warner Bros. Deal in ‘ Approximately Two Weeks’ in Staff Memo

Variety · September 21, 2026 at 2:06 PM

David Ellison Says Paramount Hopes to Close Warner Bros. Deal in ‘ Approximately Two Weeks’ in Staff Memo

David Ellison’s endgame is in sight.

Following a dramatic weekend of negotiations with a collection of state attorneys general and the WGA, the mogul’s path to combining Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros.

Discovery is now clear.

In a Monday address to staff, Ellison said his team’s goal is to “to c

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David Ellison Says Paramount Hopes to Close Warner Bros. Deal in ‘ Approximately Two Weeks’ in Staff Memo

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