How David Ellison battled to rule Hollywood and won

David Ellison battled to rule Hollywood and won. His small production company bought Paramount and quickly leveraged that into buying a much bigger prize: Warner Bros.Discovery – a merger that Trump appeared to favor. The new company now becomes the largest Hollywood studio with considerable television and streaming assets. But it will need to lay off thousands of workers, and despite its scale, its long-term prospects remain in question in a rapidly changing media landscape.