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Paramount Streaming Chief Tom Ryan to Exit Amid Skydance Deal Close
Ryan, who founded Pluto TV before joining Paramount after it was sold to the company, will advise incoming DTC chief Cindy Holland during a transition period.
Paramount Co-CEO Brian Robbins Expected To Exit Following Skydance Acquisition
In what has been heavily rumored, Paramount Global Co-CEO and President and CEO of Paramount and Nickelodeon, Brian Robbins, is expected to depart the Melrose Lot following Skydance’s acquisition of the entertainment conglomerate.
Skydance Sets New Paramount Leadership Team Ahead of Merger Closing
David Ellison will lead the company as CEO, while RedBird Capital Partners' sports and media chairman and former NBCUniversal executive Jeff Shell will serve as president. RedBird's Andy Gordon will also serve as chief operating and strategy officer,
“Forever Grateful”: Shari Redstone Signs Off As Paramount’s Owner Ahead of Skydance Deal Close
David Ellison and his leadership team will take over the company next week, inheriting "a healthy business with a strong foundation," Redstone says.
Paramount Streaming President and CEO Tom Ryan to Step Down
Tom Ryan, president and CEO of Paramount Streaming, is stepping down. Ryan notified Paramount staffers of his departure in an internal note, which Variety has obtained and can be read in full below. "I leave with deep gratitude and pride for a team I love and admire,
Tom Ryan Departing As President & CEO Of Paramount Streaming As Skydance Sets New Team
Tom Ryan, President & CEO, Paramount Streaming, is departing the company following its merger with Skydance. He will continue to support the team in an advisory role to Cindy Holland and the Streaming leadership team to ensure a smooth and successful transition,
Cindy Holland to take over Paramount Streaming from Tom Ryan
I leave with deep gratitude and pride for a team I love and admire, and for Pluto TV and Paramount Plus, streaming services that started as bold ideas and have since grown into

David Ellison to lead combined company after Paramount-Skydance merger closes

Skydance Media CEO David Ellison will lead the new company as chief executive after its merger with Paramount Global is ...

How The Skydance-Paramount Post-Merger Hierarchy Is Shaping Up – The Dish

The Gerry Cardinale-founded RedBird Capital backed the Skydance-Paramount deal. Gordon helped source RedBird’s investments in ...

Paramount’s Mixed Earnings Highlight Skydance’s Challenges

Skydance on Thursday said in a letter to Senate democrats that it has fully complied with all laws, a response to questions ...

Skydance CEO David Ellison to lead new company after Paramount merger completes

Skydance Media CEO David Ellison will lead the new company as chief executive after the completion of its merger with ...

Gayle King’s future at CBS murky as ratings for ‘woke’ morning show tank — and Skydance vows to scrap left-wing bias

The “CBS Mornings” co-host, one of the fading Tiffany Network’s few remaining stars, is part of a culture that has “dug in” ...

Stephen Colbert mocks Paramount, Skydance merger with vulgar monologue

Paramount merger on Monday during his monologue, mocking the news with pee jokes as the company will trade under the ticker, ...

CBS insiders warn that Skydance merger brings 'hall monitor' to news division

Skydance merger approval that includes the elimination of diversity initiatives and the appointment of an ombudsman to ...

Skydance pledges to Trump’s FCC it’ll eliminate DEI, install ‘ombudsman’ to root out ‘bias’ at CBS News

Skydance needs FCC approval in order to take over Paramount. It’s now promising to root out “bias” at CBS News in order to ...

Skydance Responds To Senators: Company Says It “Fully Complied” With Anti-Bribery Laws & Was Not Involved In CBS’s Stephen Colbert Cancellation

“Throughout its history and during the review of the proposed acquisition of Paramount, Skydance has fully complied with all ...