Shari Redstone's refusal to sell Paramount to Skydance won't keep her away from the negotiating table for long

David Ellison didn't do that. That makes sense on paper. Again, Cardinale and the Skydance people think Shari doesn't have a lot of good options — and she will be back with a weaker hand, my sources say. Maybe the biggest tell that traditional media is heading for the ICU isn't that after months of intense negotiations, Shari Redstone did something weird and refused to sell her fading empire to a company known as Skydance. I know what you're saying: Aren't there other bidders for her "controlling stake" in ...