{
  "id": 9660962,
  "title": "David Ellison Dines With Trump & Xi As CEO’s Soon-To-Be Owned CNN Banned From White House, Again",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/david-ellison-dines-with-trump-xi-as-ceos-soon-to-be-owned-cnn-banned",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-25T00:17:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/david-ellison-trump-china-dinner-1237113399/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Reporters from CNN aren’t allowed in to the White House’s state dinner Thursday for China’s president Xi Jinping, but the news outlet’s soon-to-be owner will be breaking bread with Xi and Donald Trump, along with a gaggle of tech bosses. Striving to get a settlement in Paramount’s $111 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery approved […]",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "David Ellison Joins Trump at White House Dinner for Xi Jinping as CNN Barred Entry",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/david-ellison-joins-trump-at-white-house-dinner-for-xi-jinping-as-cnn",
        "published": "2026-09-25T01:05:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}