Skydance CEO David Ellison defended meeting with Donald Trump as Paramount sought to complete its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, while addressing concerns that he talked to the president about the future of CNN.
“For absolute clarity, we have not talked to any political leader of any party about news, other than to say that we want to be in the truth business and we want to be in the trust business, and we believe in complete editorial independence,” Ellison told reporters on Tuesday at an afternoon press conference on the Paramount lot, hours after its merger with WBD closed.
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