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Paramount’s David Ellison weighs moving CBS News out of NYC in battle with AGs Rob Bonta, Letitia James: sources
New York Post ^ | 12 August 2026 | Charles Gasparino and Taylor Herzlich

Posted on 08/12/2026 11:17:33 AM PDT by WhiteHatBobby0701

Paramount boss David Ellison is considering moving CBS News out of the Big Apple as his legal battle with New York and California’s attorneys general is heating up, The Post has learned.

One point of leverage for Ellison is potentially moving his news operations out of New York City as California AG Rob Bonta leads a coalition of 12 lefty states in an effort to block Paramount’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, people close to Paramount told The Post on Wednesday.

Pulling CBS News from the city would mark a seismic change to the local media landscape — and the idea comes as Paramount’s board has approved a plan to move the Hollywood studio out of California if Bonta doesn’t agree to settlement talks.

“The real negotiation is how much he will move out of California and New York of his current operations. If it involves a lot of production, that’s a lot of jobs,” a source told The Post.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: atlanta; cbs; losangeles; newyork

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CBS News is reportedly looking at moving to The Center at CP Group near the Omni where CNN was located prior to WBD moving them to New York. It would house CBS News, CBS Sports Worldwide (CBS, TNT, 10 AU, 5 UK but not BeIn, which Paramount is a 49-51 investor with Al Jazeera, based in Miami), and WUPA (CBS O&O that can't find viewership).

Prior to the Redstone takeover in 2000, CBS had secondary headquarters in Nashville (TNN/CMT) and Charlotte (CBS Sports motorsport operations).

Beyond the Gates is produced at Gray Media-owned studios in Doraville. RTL Group could move "The Price Is Right" and "Let's Make a Deal" to either the Cathy family-owned Trilith Studios, the Gray studios in Doraville, or Tyler Perry (former Fort McPherson, where RTL has a studio for Family Feud, which WUPA is the flagship station).

1 posted on 08/12/2026 11:17:33 AM PDT by WhiteHatBobby0701
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701

Do it. There will be no fixing any corporate media organization until you move it out of one of the blue chitholes. You need to get away from the entire toxic environment there. As an added bonus, the leftist denizens of those places won’t want to move and be forced to live in America. So with any luck, a bunch of them will quit.


2 posted on 08/12/2026 11:25:46 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701

But, but, how will CBS fulfill their Prime Directive of, “All Extreme Left-Wing, All the Time”?

Oh, forgot, that’s also the Prime Directive of ABC, NBC, NPR, CNN, MS-whatever...etc.


3 posted on 08/12/2026 12:01:30 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701

Well it wouldn’t make cbs news any better but screw nyc! I can go with that part.


4 posted on 08/12/2026 12:05:08 PM PDT by rktman (Patriotism not 'hateriotism' !. Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🇺🇸)
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701

The city just needs to raise taxes, NO problem!


5 posted on 08/12/2026 12:17:23 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701

Might I suggest a phone booth, to watch their viewership.


6 posted on 08/12/2026 12:20:52 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I was read your book!)
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To: Huskrrrr

Match


7 posted on 08/12/2026 12:21:15 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I was read your book!)
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701

Socialism doesn’t really work that well without a wall to keep the inmates from escaping.

As the East Germans demonstrated, 70 years ago. I doubt if the left-wing Democrat leaders of today have every heard of “the Berlin Wall.” Kind of humorous, really.


8 posted on 08/12/2026 12:21:29 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701

Resistance is futile, unless you have a few billion dollars.

Once you move out of NY and Kalifornia, it will be great to see who inside of CBS complains. Those that complain can be transferred to the new, international CBS news hub in......... The Gaza Strip.


9 posted on 08/12/2026 12:30:46 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701
Move it to Stamford,CT. It's a NYC suburb and IIRC Connecticut's taxes are noticeably lower than NY State's and I'll bet they're a *lot* lower than NYC.
10 posted on 08/12/2026 12:42:39 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701

How to ruin Florida and Texas?


11 posted on 08/12/2026 12:54:50 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Gay State Conservative

Someplace like Nashville makes more sense to me.


12 posted on 08/12/2026 1:22:57 PM PDT by maro (MAGA!)
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701

Just shut it all down and move out of California. I bet most of the people that work there would love moving to CUba


13 posted on 08/12/2026 5:59:58 PM PDT by eyeamok
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