Paramount Open to Selling CNN to End Lawsuit Holding Up Warner Bros. Takeover
Wednesday, Reuters reported Paramount Chief Legal Officer Makan Delrahim told journalists at Politico’s California Agenda conference that everything was on the table, including the sale of CNN, which is owned by Warner, to resolve the California-led antitrust lawsuit. Update: Citing “Paramount sources,” Dylan Beyers of Puck News disputes that CNN is on the table. Related VideoIn a New York Times op-ed, Paramount CEO David Ellison tied the antitrust lawsuit to concerns over editorial independence at CNN on the part of 12 state attorneys general who sued.
- ▪Wednesday, Reuters reported Paramount Chief Legal Officer Makan Delrahim told journalists at Politico’s California Agenda conference that everything was on the table, including the sale of CNN, which is owned by Warner, to resolve the Calif
- ▪Update: Citing “Paramount sources,” Dylan Beyers of Puck News disputes that CNN is on the table.
- ▪Related VideoIn a New York Times op-ed, Paramount CEO David Ellison tied the antitrust lawsuit to concerns over editorial independence at CNN on the part of 12 state attorneys general who sued.
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