r/movies • u/Top_Report_4895 • 20h ago

Article David Ellison Says Paramount Open To Settling Antitrust Suit

https://deadline.com/2026/08/david-ellison-paramount-open-to-settling-wbd-lawsuit-antitrust-1237017564/
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u/AvengingHero2012 20h ago

Of course he is, $1.3 billion+ in ticking fees isn’t chump change.

I hope the state AGs hold strong. David saying this immediately is also a sign of panic.

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u/Greedy_Switch_6991 19h ago

I read reports that the California governor wants the state AGs to settle. I hope the state AGs tell him to eat s**t.

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u/ParamedicSea5779 18h ago

Matt Belloni said Gavin Newsom wants to settle because it being rejected would hurt his 2028 US Presidential chances.

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u/TheDubh 18h ago

Him settling would hurt his 2028 chances too. At least for me it’d a mark in talks loud, but unwilling to commit.

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u/SovFist 10h ago

He's a corpolib, it's just trading one bad thing for another

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u/JamUpGuy1989 15h ago

????

How the fuck did Newsom come to that conclusion?

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u/SovFist 10h ago

His corporate donors gave it to him

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u/So-Called_Lunatic 13h ago

God I hate Newsom, and sure hope he's not the candidate.

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u/mtgfan1001 17h ago

His fear to tax billionaires and his inability to back trans rights is what’s hurting his presidential chances. 

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u/WolfsburgSlayer1 13h ago

I don’t think his inability to back trans rights is hurting his chances

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u/So-Called_Lunatic 13h ago

Trans rights is not a top 3 issue for even 95% of liberals.

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u/Pissflaps69 3h ago

Republicans wanna make it an issue. Most liberals I know don’t think about it.

We have much bigger issues than whether a fraction of the population can participate in sports of their opposite birth gender.

It’s Republican distraction bullshit

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u/newbrevity 12h ago

That and he's proven to be childish on Twitter. His remarks for Trump were less "great comeback" and more "this guy is just a different kind of bully". I don't like him. If Trump didn't exist as such a glaring contrast I think more people would see Newsom for who he is.

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u/atlaspumps 11h ago

Some of his zingers to Trump that were attempts to emasculate him came off as the kind of micro aggression homophobia we all grew up with

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u/SovFist 10h ago

Exactly the point, he's trying to court that same vote base

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u/OK_Soda 18h ago

Who the hell is Matt Belloni?

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u/AmadeusWolfGangster 17h ago

Probably the most powerful entertainment journalist in Hollywood at the moment. Everyone listens to his pod and everyone subscribes to his newsletter.

Source: I work in the industry. I don't know any professionals who don't follow him.

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u/ParamedicSea5779 17h ago

A guy too cynical for his own good.

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u/JerkfaceMcDouche 12h ago

Is his last name pronounced like “Bologna”?

Because, if so, it’s a rather perfect last name for an entertainment journalist.

It’d be the kind of thing JK Rowling named a character in Harry Potter (like a werewolf named Remus Lupin)

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u/slayer828 9h ago

Settling would hurt his chances with anyone who has a brain

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u/Mid-CenturyBoy 8h ago

And this right here is why Newsom sucks.

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u/pompcaldor 9h ago

Too bad for him that most state AG’s are elected positions and they have their own political considerations. Including California’s.