Paramount's David Ellison says critics don't get his politics

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Set us as preferred Paramount Chairman David Ellison believes the tug-of-war over his proposed $111-billion purchase of Warner Bros.Discovery comes down to a single question: whether he can be trusted to control CNN.“I believe this fight is not really about market share,” Ellison wrote in a Tuesday op-ed in the New York Times, noting that regulators around the world, including the U.S.

Justice Department, have approved the deal that has been temporarily blocked by an antitrust lawsuit brought by California Atty.Gen.

Rob Bonta and his coalition of Democrat state attorneys general.“I believe a plainer worry sits beneath the briefs and the news releases ...

The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of Warner’s CNN,” Ellison wrote.The rare opinion piece serves as Ellison’s acknowledgment that his family’s close association with President Trump has sullied his standing in Hollywood and beyond.Shakeups at CBS News, which is part of Paramount, the departure of CBS late night host Stephen Colbert, and a visible presidential lobbying effort — including hosting a dinner for Trump in Washington in late April and attending Trump’s birthday extravaganza in June with UFC fights on the White House lawn — have come with a cost.More than 5,000 entertainment industry workers, including such high-profile stars as Jane Fonda, Ben Stiller, Bryan Cranston and Mark Ruffalo, signed an open letter early this year, calling on Bonta to try to block the merger.

Hollywood Inc.As the deal drama surrounding Warner continues to heat up, it has caused a rift in Hollywood’s creative community.Bonta and the other state attorneys general sued, saying the merger of two of the major film studios would give Paramount-Warner Bros.

more than 25% of the wide-release theatrical film market.Their lawsuit also alleged the combined com...