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Donald Trump publicly announced that it is “It is imperative that CNN be sold.” Paramount chairman David Ellison has tried to ease the president’s ire by indicating that he supports Paramount’s hostile takeover bid for the studio giant as part of any acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. boil Anger On another matter related to his company.
after trump Angry Paramount’s management was “no better than the old ownership” according to the following 60 minutes Interview with Marjorie Taylor Greene, Trump’s ally turned foeThe New York Post informed Ellison and his father — ultra-wealthy Oracle founder and close Trump friend Larry Ellison — are “struggling to do damage control with the White House.”
Meanwhile, the following Their $108 billion public tender offering After Warner Bros. accepted Netflix’s merger proposal, the young Ellison admitted that he wanted to combine CNN with CBS Newswhat happened recently come under editorial control Anti-Awakening warrior Bari Weiss. Furthermore, he acknowledged that he had personally spoken about it to Trump, who had long been angry about the cable news network and labeled it “fake news.”
“Well, we’ve had a very good conversation with the president about this,” Ellison told CNBC this week. After that surprise entry, wall street journal will report Ellison “assured Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he would make sweeping changes at CNN.”
Around the same time that Ellison presented his hostile bid for WBD this week, which This also includes the investment of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. and sovereign wealth funds of several Middle Eastern countries, the President took to his social media platforms melt away Above 60 minutesDuring her appearance on the show, Greene claimed that Trump was “directly promoting” death threats against her and her family,
In addition to the uproar about the show, “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Brown (turns greenish brown due to stress!)” was given a platform and criticized 60 minutes According to correspondent Leslie Stahl, Trump appeared to take direct aim at Ellison, whom he has repeatedly praised in recent months following the politically tainted Paramount-Skydance merger.
“However, my real problem with the show was not the low IQ traitor, it was that 60 Minutes, Paramount’s new ownership, would allow such a show to air. They are no better than the old ownership, who paid me millions of dollars for fake reporting about your favorite president, me!” Trump got furious. “Since they bought it, 60 Minutes has really gotten worse! Oh well, things could be worse.”
Talking to reporters in the afternoonIt appears that Trump still harbors some anger toward Ellison over the interview, suggesting that they no longer have friendly relations.
When asked if he would be involved in approving the Warner deal, he said, “I know the companies very well. I know what they’re doing. But I have to look at… what percentage of the market they have. We have to look at the Netflix percentage of the market, the Paramount percentage of the market.” “I mean, neither of them are particularly good friends of mine. I just want to do what’s right.”
according to New York Post Charlie GasparinoSubsequently, Ellison began contacting Trump administration officials to clarify that she had been left “mostly in the dark about the controversial interview” before it aired on Sunday night.
Gasparino said, “Sources say Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison told people close to Trump that he did not know about it until the day of the broadcast, as did Paramount Skydance president Jeff Shell and Weiss.”
A source said, “They’re saying they went rogue and when Paramount Skydance found out about it, they got caught.” Post,
Ellison’s damage-control strategy appears to have worked with Trump, and the president is completely on board with Paramount’s acquisition of WBD. While Netflix’s agreement will see CNN became a separate company Along with the bulk of Warner’s other cable properties, Paramount wants to buy all of WBD’s assets — including the cable news channel, which Trump openly despises.
“It is imperative that CNN be sold,” Trump announced from the White House on Wednesday. He called the network’s current leaders “disgraceful”, accusing CNN of spreading “poison” among viewers.
The president said, “I think whatever deal is made, there should be guarantees and certainty that CNN is part of it or sold separately, but I don’t think that the people who are running that company right now and running CNN are a very unscrupulous group of people.” “I don’t think this should be allowed to continue.”
In view of Trump’s announcement on Wednesday, wall street journal informed The President “has told associates that he is willing to consider a new deal for Warner in which CNN would be sold out of the business entirely and not transferred to Discovery Global as planned.”
on the top of that, Journal noted that Trump has privately “said that CNN should be run by people who are friendly to him and the Republican Party.” The elder Ellison, who has long been a loyal supporter of the President, Recently discussed with White House officials If Paramount buys Warner, CNN is likely to fire anchors the President dislikes.
“He’s looking to exert maximum pressure,” Gasparino also said of Trump’s mentality during the sale process.
Meanwhile, a Paramount spokesperson remained silent throughout this week’s story.
As Oliver Darcy of Status News reported this weekA “chief executive openly hinting that he would remodel a newsroom to please a sitting president would be a five-alarm corporate scandal.” However, “Paramount hasn’t said a word” and declined to comment when contacted about David Ellison’s conversations with Trump and White House officials.
Independent Both Paramount and CBS News have been contacted for this story, but have not yet heard back.