David Ellison breaks silence on Paramount-WBD merger fight, CNN insiders don’t buy ‘lip service’ about network

Paramount CEO David Ellison stated that the central issue in his proposed $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery concerns whether he can be trusted to oversee CNN's news operations. CNN reported that some internal figures at the network expressed skepticism about Ellison's public statements regarding the network's editorial independence. Ellison has not yet disclosed specific commitments or governance structures addressing those concerns.

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