WGA Slams David Ellison’s Plan to Pull Paramount From California: ‘This Type of Behavior Is Precisely Why the Merger Should Be Blocked’

David Ellison, CEO of Paramount Skydance, threatened to relocate Paramount out of California starting October first, unless California's attorney general, Rob Bonta, agrees to settle an antitrust lawsuit concerning Skydance's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. The Writers Guild of America responded sharply, arguing that this type of behavior demonstrates precisely why the merger should be blocked.

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