Trump to be honored by Paramount CEO David Ellison at DC dinner: report
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President Donald Trump is being honored by CNN’s next potential owner ahead of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Crusher Media reported On Tuesday, Paramount CEO David Ellison will host an “intimate meeting” at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace, formerly the United States Institute of Peace, on April 23, just two days before Trump is scheduled to attend the annual media gala for the first time as president.
The dinner will be held “in honor of the Trump White House and CBS White House Correspondents,” according to a copy of the invitation obtained by Breaker Media.
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President Donald Trump will be honored at a dinner hosted by Paramount CEO David Ellison next week, according to Breaker Media. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Ellison, Warner Bros. It is pursuing a $110 billion merger with Discovery (WBD). If successful, he will oversee both CBS News and CNN. Trump had been vocal in his demands for new leadership at CNN during Paramount’s bidding war against Netflix for the network’s parent company.
Critics of the merger point to the perceived closeness between Ellison and Trump and fear that Ellison will turn CNN into a pro-MAGA network. Ellison’s billionaire father, Oracle founder Larry Ellison, financially backs Paramount’s bid and is one of Trump’s key allies in Silicon Valley.
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In a recent interview, Ellison insisted that CNN would maintain “editorial independence,” but the goal would be to appeal to the 70% on the center-left and center-right rather than the political establishment.
Neither Paramount nor the White House immediately responded to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment. A CNN spokesperson declined to comment.
Paramount CEO David Ellision said the network’s parent company, Warner Bros. It is considering a takeover of CNN while pursuing its $110 billion acquisition of Discovery. (Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
While Ellison has a long road ahead before he officially hands over the keys to WBD, he will likely face minimal resistance from the Trump administration, which previously greenlit the $8 billion Paramount-Skydance merger last year.
Breaker Media previously reported that Ellison-owned CBS News invited War Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller to sit at the network’s table at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
“We invite officials from the administration every year, regardless of who is in office,” a CBS News spokesperson told Breaker Media. “Because it’s our job to be in the same room with important resources.”
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Ellison took over Paramount as part of the company’s $8 billion merger with Skydance Media and now runs CBS News. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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