Paramount CEO David Ellison Can’t Attend Senate Hearing on Warner Bros. Merger Because of Death in the Family, Company Says

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Sen. Cory Booker, Democrat of New Jersey, is holding a “spotlight hearing” Wednesday in Washington about Paramount Skydance‘s proposed $111 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.

David Ellison, Paramount’s chairman and CEO, will not be able to attend the hearing because of a death in the family, according to the company.

“Regretfully, Mr. Ellison is unable to be in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, as he is attending a funeral due to a death in the family,” Ted Lehman, Paramount Skydance’s SVP and head U.S. public policy and government affairs, wrote in a letter to Booker dated April 14. Booker had invited Ellison to speak at the hearing in a letter sent Monday.

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