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Booker Holds Senate Hearing on Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
Booker convened a Senate hearing on the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger; CEO David Ellison did not attend, citing a death in the family.
Lead article · VarietyMark Ruffalo Blasts Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger at Senate Hearing: ‘Don’t Trust Empty Promises from Billionaires’OUTLETSOUTLETS
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The sides
How each side told it
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WHO’S NAMED
THE FRAME25% · AVG CRED 46
“Ellison's absence tests oversight”
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Next News NetworkWED 2:44 PMHollywood Elite SNUBS Senate: Paramount CEO Skips Antitrust Hearing for 'Personal Reason'BookerBad lookCRED 25UNRATED · NOT ON THE SPECTRUM
- Bleeding Cool News · Grieving David Ellison Misses Senate Hearing, Attends CinemaCon 2026NO PUBLISHED LEAN
- That Park Place · Mark Ruffalo Rails Against Paramount WB Merger in Front of U.S. SenateNO PUBLISHED LEAN
- Deadline · Cory Booker Still Wants David Ellison To Testify On Paramount-WBD Merger; Hearing Speakers Warn Of Massive Layoffs, Less Diversity & Trump InfluenceNO PUBLISHED LEAN
- Mediagazer · Paramount says CEO David Ellison will not be able to attend Senator Cory Booker's "spotlight hearing" about Paramount's WBD deal due to a death in the family (Todd Spangler/Variety)NO PUBLISHED LEAN
- Variety · Mark Ruffalo Blasts Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger at Senate Hearing: ‘Don’t Trust Empty Promises from Billionaires’NO PUBLISHED LEAN
People · 2 MEMBERS
Who’s in it, and how each side portrayed them
Booker and Schumer were named together by 2 of 7 outlets. Counted by outlet.
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D · NJ · DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR
Organized a Senate hearing to scrutinize the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros.
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NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
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◇ SPLITACROSS 2 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: split across 2 outlets (1 mixed · 1 bad).
D · NY · MINORITY LEADER
Warned the proposed merger would harm consumers and alleged corruption and political manipulation.
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NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
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NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: not named.
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When each side picked it up. right-leaning: 2 articles, first wed 2:37 pm. unrated: 6 articles, first wed 8:54 am.
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