David Ellison’s Spending at Paramount Has Changed Hollywood’s Mood NYT | Top Stories Brooks Barnes and Nicole Sperling 13 September 2025 at 00:26 David Ellison has gotten off to a fast start as the owner of Paramount, at least when it comes to buying things. © Charly Triballeau/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesLast month, David Ellison took over Paramount Global as part of an $8 billion merger that combined his company, Skydance Media with MTV, the Paramount movie studio, CBS and two streaming services.
Paramount Plans Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery NYT | Top Stories Brooks Barnes, Lauren Hirsch and Benjamin Mullin 12 September 2025 at 03:22 Any deal would further reshape the media industry, putting CBS News, CNN and two major movie studios under the same corporate umbrella. © Stella Kalinina for The New York TimesWarner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif.