David Ellison denies politicizing Skydance amid Trump links

It's important to note that with David Ellison pledging editorial independence, the day the Paramount merger closed, he visited the CBS newsroom and said he didn't want to politicize the company. Staffers at the time credited him for saying all the right things. We know how that turned out for CBS.

At a press conference in Hollywood on Tuesday, @passantino.bsky.social directly confronted David Ellison about his coziness with Donald Trump. "Do you think the company has been politicized?" Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/david-elli...

Skydance co-CEO David Ellison says that his newly formed company will be in “the business of rebuilding trust” after merging two legacy studios together. “The best I can say to our detractors is: ‘Give us time, and we’ll prove it.’”

If you're upset about David Ellison's Skydance monopoly, you should be furious at Bill Clinton and Joe Biden. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is what made this possible. Clinton signed it and Biden voted for it in the Senate.

De-'mystifying' gay identities & marriage equality came about in mainstream US in no small part to representation in pop culture, eg Will & Grace, etc. So expect to see rapid disappearance of LGBT & Minority characters leading, much less appearing in Skydance content.

I went to Paramount studios today and asked David Ellison about his relationship with Trump and if he feels he has politicized the company. His response: "We were in a transaction review process. But with that said, we are now turning that page.” via @status.news www.status.news/p/david-elli...

To me, the most notable answer David Ellison gave during Q-&-A was to @passantino.bsky.social, who asked whether he politicized the company over the last year. Ellison said: "We were in a transaction review process, but with that said, we are now turning the page." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/b...

➡️ Larry Ellison is the real money machine behind this merger ➡️ Gave $15 million to Sen. Tim Scott’s PAC. ➡️ Threw a dark money lifeline to Trump during the 2024 elections, donating a nice, untraceable $45 million. ➡️ Gave $16 million to Trump directly to “settle” a fake lawsuit against CBS.

On the first day atop his new Skydance media empire, David Ellison faced pointed questions from Anderson Cooper and Status about CNN, his coziness with Donald Trump, and his commitment to editorial independence. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/david-elli...

CNN is owned by WB, which now has merged with Skydance in their mission to end the woke mind virus. Wtf were you expecting?

Skydance should make a blockbuster feel-good flick about your dad's career.

In honor of DC's Lanterns, now a Skydance property, can we knock the WB tower over, watch the black smoke escape, and just let it lie there in disrepair for 10 years

Calling David Ellison a “failed actor” is offensive to me as a real failed actor because failing at an acting career actually requires you auditioning and putting yourself out there without the need of daddy’s money and influence

Can we please talk about something that doesn’t involve Skydance, David Ellison or David Zazlav? Please?

Anytime I see the name Skydance, I always think that I learned the company name because that’s where John Lasseter wound up. His sexual harassment of Pixar employees is called “accused” and “alleged” on his Wikipedia page.