UPDATED, with Paramount response: 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, following up on previous letters asking him to appear. But Paramount informed Booker that Ellison could not attend, as he is attending a funeral due to a death in the family.
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 party to
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