David Ellison Rallies the Troops at Warner Bros.’ Lot - The Hollywood Reporter
David Ellison, the new owner of Warner Bros. Discovery, addressed employees at the Burbank lot to outline his vision for the company. He emphasized the need for scale and creative firepower to compete with global technology giants.
Why it matters
The speech signals a strategic pivot for the studio toward competing directly with tech-driven attention economy platforms.
"Today is Day 1. We have a long runway ahead of us, and we have a tremendous amount of work to do."
That was one of the lines that Skydance chief David Ellison told those assembled in the Steven J. Ross Theatre at the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank on Tuesday, the day he could finally call those working there his employees .
Ellison mentioned what a long, hard road it was to acquire the storied studio and also said there would be some pain ahead. But he kept his messaging on the idea of building something that could rival the biggest companies in the attention economy.
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