Lionsgate Chief Backs Paramount-WBD Merger, Urges Certainty Over Delay
TL;DR
Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer publicly endorsed Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, saying certainty and the removal of delays are crucial for the industry. In Lionsgate’s earnings call, he praised Paramount CEO David Ellison, floated potential film co-financing and bolstered Paramount+ content as benefits, and argued a bigger Paramount could lift the whole industry even as the $110 billion deal faces antitrust lawsuits and a trial set for next March.
- Paramount-WBD Deal Endorsed By Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer: “Uncertainty Is The Worst” Deadline
- Opinion | David Ellison: In Defense of the Paramount-Warner Deal The New York Times
- The Ellison Doctrine puck.news
- Paramount, Warners Bros. Staffers In Limbo and Denial as Merger Deal Drags On The Hollywood Reporter
- Regal Cinemas CEO Eduardo Acuna Backs Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Variety
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