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WWE wrestler Bradshaw joins forces with CNBC US
MUMBAI: A wrestler dispensing financial words of advice and wisdom? That is what CNBC US promises its viewers. The broadcaster has signed on the World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) John “Bradshaw” Layfield.
When he is not laying down opponents on the mat, Bradshaw is said to have a keen interest in finance and Wall Street. He honed his financial acumen while writing and publishing his investment book Have More Money Now: A Common Sense Approach to Financial Management
Bradshaw will appear on several CNBC shows, including Bullseye and Squawk Box. In the past he has appeared in news snippets on CNBC, MSNBC, CNN, CNNfn and Fox News.
As far as wrestling is concerned Bradshaw appears on WWE’s Smackdown. In India the show can be seen on Ten Sports.
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Ellison takes his Paramount-Warner Bros case straight to theater owners
The Skydance chief goes to CinemaCon with promises and a skeptical crowd waiting
CALIFORNIA: David Ellison strode into a room packed with thousands of cinema owners and executives at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday and did something rather bold: he looked them in the eye and asked them to trust him.
The chief executive of Paramount Skydance vowed that his company would release a minimum of 30 films a year if regulators greenlight its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, a deal that has made theater owners deeply, and loudly, nervous.
“I wanted to look every single one of you in the eye and give you my word,” Ellison told the crowd. “Once we combine with Warner Bros, we are going to make a minimum of 30 films annually across both studios.”
It was a confident pitch. Whether it landed is another matter. Cinema operators have already called on regulators to block the deal, and scepticism in the room was hardly concealed.
Ellison pushed back by pointing to recent form. Paramount, born from the merger of Paramount Global and Skydance Media last August, plans to release 15 films this year, nearly double the eight it put out in 2025. Progress, he argued, was already underway.
He also threw theater owners a bone they have long been chasing: all films, he pledged, would run exclusively in cinemas for a minimum of 45 days, drawing applause from a crowd that has spent years fighting for exactly that commitment across the industry.
“People can speculate all they want,” Ellison said, “but I am standing here today telling you personally that you can count on our complete commitment. And we’ll show you we mean it.”
Fine words. The regulators, however, will have the last one.
