Skydance CEO enlists top antitrust lawyer to woo David Zaslav amid fierce competition from streaming giants and regulatory hurdles. Paramount Skydance’s CEO David Ellison is setting his sights on a bold new target: Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Having recently brought aboard Makan Delrahim, the former U.S. Department of Justice antitrust chief under the first Trump administration, Ellison is now strategizing how to convince WBD CEO David Zaslav to sell, potentially for most or all of the media conglomerate. According to sources, Delrahim, widely regarded as one of the most astute media dealmakers due to his extensive White House ties, is … Continue reading Paramount’s CEO David Ellison Eyes Warner Bros. Discovery Acquisition with Legal Muscle