Paramount’s David Ellison Attends Trump White House State Dinner for Chinese President; CNN and MS NOW Reporters Barred From Event

By Todd Spangler

Todd Spangler

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David Ellison, CEO of Paramount Skydance, dined at the White House Thursday evening at the state dinner held for visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping — but the White House shut out reporters for CNN, the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned news network Ellison is about to gain control over, as well as MS NOW.

Ellison attended the soiree with his wife, Sandra Lynn Ellison, among a guest list of more than 100 government officials and business leaders. Ellison’s Paramount is coming down the home stretch in closing a $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros., after reaching a settlement with 12 Democratic state attorneys general this week. (The judge in the case is still reviewing the proposed settlement.) The Paramount-WBD deal was approved by Trump’s Justice Department earlier this year without any conditions.

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