Billionaire Collector of Legendary Studio Names Uses None of Them
With more than a little help from his father’s piggy bank, David Ellison started Skydance in 2006, and it was… fine, as far as production companies go. Not exactly a brand with a historic legacy, but it had some hits. Now, post-merger and acquisition madness, Ellison controls Paramount and Warner Bros., two of the industry’s most legendary studios with a combined 200+ years of history.
- ▪With more than a little help from his father’s piggy bank, David Ellison started Skydance in 2006, and it was… fine, as far as production companies go.
- ▪Not exactly a brand with a historic legacy, but it had some hits.
- ▪Now, post-merger and acquisition madness, Ellison controls Paramount and Warner Bros., two of the industry’s most legendary studios with a combined 200+ years of history.
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With more than a little help from his father’s piggy bank, David Ellison started Skydance in 2006, and it was… fine, as far as production companies go. Not exactly a brand with a historic legacy, but it had some hits. Now, post-merger and acquisition madness, Ellison controls Paramount and Warner Bros., two of the industry’s most legendary studios with a combined 200+ years of history. So, of course, Ellison has decided to name his new Frankenstein’s monster of a media behemoth……
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