David Ellison Courted Warner Bros. Discovery's Zaslav Hard Over 12 Weeks to Win a Deal. Then WBD's Chief Stopped Responding to His Texts VarietyOpinion | Netflix? Paramount? They're Both Terrible for Warner Bros. The New York TimesTakeover bid of parent company means limbo for CNN and some fellow cable networks AP NewsDinners, Job Offers and Larry Ellison Zooming John Malone: Inside Paramount's Wooing of Warners The Hollywood Reporter
Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery places CNN and its sister cable networks squarely back into what is likely to be an extended period of management limbo.