David Ellison fought hard to win Warner Bros. Discovery . But despite his strenuous efforts, he lost out to Netflix — and now Ellison is switching from carrots to sticks: Paramount Skydance is taking its case directly to shareholders in a hostile takeover bid for WBD .

New details disclosed in a Paramount SEC filing reveal the lengths Ellison went to try to clinch a pact with David Zaslav , president and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery. Ellison courted Zaslav as hard as he could: He hosted Zaslav at a dinner with his father, Larry Ellison. David Ellison met with Zaslav at the latter’s home in Beverly Hills to discuss a potential deal. And Larry Ellison met over a videoconference with Zaslav and John Malone, chairman emeritus of Warner Bros. and a major shareholder, to “discuss Pa

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