{
  "id": 12504574,
  "title": "David Ellison Defends Meeting With Trump Amid Paramount-Warner Bros Merger Review, Comments On What Was Said About CNN",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/david-ellison-defends-meeting-with-trump-amid-paramount-warner-bros",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-07T00:06:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/paramount-warner-bros-skydance-david-ellison-trump-1237148444/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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 […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}