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David Ellison Will See You Now

Paramount’s new mogul and his post-merger deputy Jeff Shell are taking meetings with their top executives, as plans for the storied studio—and especially its streaming video ambitions—come into clearer focus.

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Ellison knows it’s bad form to publicly question executives, but it’s worse to poke Shari while the deal is open. Photo: Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Champagne Collet & OBC Wines
Matthew Belloni
October 15, 2024

When I read my partner Dylan Byers’s recent piece about the upcoming sit-down between CBS News chief Wendy McMahon and the folks from the network’s soon-to-be-new owner, it reminded me that I never published my broader update on these ongoing meet-and-greets between the various Paramount Global executives and Skydance’s David Ellison, his post-merger president Jeff Shell, and their RedBird Capital team. So let’s do a little of that tonight.