{"id":2518797,"date":"2025-12-08T13:54:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-ellison-is-trying-to-save-theatrical-movie-business-with-wbd-offer\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:55:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:55:21","slug":"david-ellison-is-trying-to-save-theatrical-movie-business-with-wbd-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-ellison-is-trying-to-save-theatrical-movie-business-with-wbd-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"David Ellison is &#8216;trying to save&#8217; theatrical movie business with WBD offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdavid-ellison-is-trying-to-save-theatrical-movie-business-with-wbd-offer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2518797&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>David Ellison, CEO of Paramount Skydance, has made an all-cash offer of $30 per share to Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) stockholders in an attempt to acquire the company and save the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-paramounts-leadership-has-gotten-worse\/\" title=\"Trump says Paramount&#039;s leadership has &#039;gotten worse&#039;\">theatrical movie business<\/a>. His bid comes after Netflix&#8217;s $27.75 per share offer, which WBD accepted. Ellison argues that combining Netflix (the No. 1 streamer) with HBO Max (No. 3) creates a company with excessive market power-over 400 million subscribers-which he believes is harmful to Hollywood, the creative community, and consumers. In contrast, Ellison proposes merging Paramount and HBO Max (No. 4 and No. 5 streamers) to create a more competitive entity with around 200 million subscribers, better positioned to challenge Disney. He also stresses that his company, supported by his family and Redbird Capital, woudl be the largest investor in the deal. The controversy has drawn attention from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/belarus-migration-hybrid-war-is-greatest-attempt-to-destabilise-europe-since-cold-war-says-polish-pm\/\" title=\"Belarus Migration \u2018Hybrid War\u2019 Is Greatest Attempt to Destabilise Europe Since Cold War, Says Polish PM\">political figures including<\/a> former President Donald Trump,who expressed concerns about the Netflix-WBD merger. The deal is under regulatory scrutiny, with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Antitrust expected to review the acquisition.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">David Ellison is &lsquo;trying to save&rsquo; theatrical movie business with offer to Warner Bros. Discovery<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2424564\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison explained that his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3910259\/paramount-hostile-bid-warner-bros-discovery\/\">merger offer to Warner Bros. Discovery stockholders<\/a> would save the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3909017\/netflix-warner-bros-deal-anti-monopoly-concerns-hostile-bid-rumors\/\">theatrical movie business<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ellison&rsquo;s all-cash offer of $30 per share follows Netflix&rsquo;s offer, which WBD accepted, for $27.75 per share. Paramount Skydance provided this offer earlier this year but &ldquo;never got a response&rdquo; from WBD, according to Ellison. During an interview on CNBC News&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/grabien.com\/profile?id=1034\"><em>Squawk on the Street<\/em><\/a>, Ellison defended why his offer is better for Hollywood than Netflix&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3910259\/paramount-hostile-bid-warner-bros-discovery\/\">Paramount makes hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3910153\/trump-netflix-warner-bros-merger-could-be-a-problem\/\">Trump says Netflix-Warner Bros. merger &lsquo;could be a problem&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3906048\/trump-linked-companies-family-crypto-ventures-hit-second-term\/\">Trump-linked companies and family crypto ventures take a hit in second term<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;When you combine the No. 1 streamer with the No. 3 streamer, that creates a company that has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >unprecedented market power north<\/a> of 400 million subscribers,&rdquo; Ellison said. &ldquo;The next largest competitor is Disney, with just under 200 million. That&rsquo;s bad for Hollywood. That&rsquo;s bad for the creative community. That&rsquo;s bad for consumers. And look at how the market is reacting to this deal. We are literally seeing talent talking about the death of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amc-stock-climbs-after-nyc-says-movie-theaters-can-reopen\/\" title=\"AMC Stock Climbs After NYC Says Movie Theaters Can Reopen\">movie theaters<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ellison also insisted that his company, backed by the Ellison family, &ldquo;will also be the largest investor in this deal.&rdquo; The merger proposal is also backed by Redbird Capital.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos previously predicted the end of the movie theater release, saying earlier this year that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e83-6l3_IMc\">theaters are &ldquo;outdated.&rdquo;<\/a> Sarandos said Friday that they will &ldquo;continue to support&rdquo; a &ldquo;life cycle that starts in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-netflixs-acquisition-of-warner-bros-means-for-the-movies\/\" title=\"What Netflix\u2019s acquisition of .... means for the movies\">movie theater&#038;rdquo<\/a>; for Warner Bros. movies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are trying to combine the No. 4 streamer with the No. 5 streamer,&rdquo; Ellison said. &ldquo;When you put Paramount and HBO Max together, you get round numbers, 200 million subscribers. That creates a streaming service that is competitive with Disney.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When you put No. 1 and No. 3 together, you are handing Netflix unprecedented market power, which is anticompetitive in every single measure, every single metric you can measure. And we think that is bad.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3269348&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=d79fa9d0349ccd855a46c7034ad3a5d5\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3908424\/netflix-acquire-warner-bros-blockbuster-entertainment-deal\/\"><strong>NETFLIX TO ACQUIRE WARNER BROS. IN BLOCKBUSTER ENTERTAINMENT DEAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3910153\/trump-netflix-warner-bros-merger-could-be-a-problem\/\">signaled his disapproval<\/a> of the merger between Netflix and WBD. The acquisition still must face the Federal Communications Commission for final approval. Earlier this year, the FCC <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3481899\/fcc-approves-skydance-merger-paramount-dei-assurances\/\">approved Paramount&rsquo;s merger with Skydance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BasedMikeLee\/status\/1997177533201371209?s=20\">anticipated to hold a hearing<\/a> on the merger, according to its chairman, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Ellison aims to save theaters with Warner Bros. bid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2518798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/david-ellison-e1765216944748.jpg?1765192437&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[68438,68439,68440],"class_list":["post-2518797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-david-ellison","tag-theatrical-movie-business","tag-wbd-offer"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/david-ellison-e1765216944748.jpg?1765192437&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2518797"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2518801,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518797\/revisions\/2518801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2518798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2518797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2518797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2518797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}