Cory Booker To Hold Hearing On Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

David Ellison Invited to Testify at Hearing Over Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

So far, the Paramount CEO has declined invitations to testify as he looks to complete the $111 billion megadeal. Lawmakers are turning up the pressure.

Cory Booker To Hold Hearing On Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), the top Democrat on the Senate antitrust subcommittee, will hold a “spotlight hearing” on Wednesday on Paramount’s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Booker also has invited Paramount CEO David Ellison to testify, follow up on previous letters asking him to appear. A “spotlight hearing” is not an official hearing on the Senate Judiciary schedule, but rather are typically held by one or more members of a par…

US Senator Cory Booker is holding a hearing Wednesday on the Paramount-WBD merger; so far, Paramount's David Ellison has not accepted an invitation to appear

Ted Johnson / Deadline: US Senator Cory Booker is holding a hearing Wednesday on the Paramount-WBD merger; so far, Paramount's David Ellison has not accepted an invitation to appear  —  Booker also has invited Paramount CEO David Ellison to testify, following up on previous letters asking him to appear.