Tag Archives: Paramount

David Day One: The Ellison Era at Paramount Begins  puck.news Skydance Takes Over Paramount, and a New Era Begins  The New York Times Inside the first day of Paramount’s new regime under David Ellison  CNN A Message From Our Chairman and CEO  paramount.com Paramount, Skydance complete $8 billion merger as FCC continues CBS probe  Fox Business Source link

Talk about a good first impression. On the first day of David Ellison’s takeover at Paramount, his film studio won a highly competitive auction for the big screen reunion between Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold. Paramount will distribute “High Side,” starring Chalamet and directed by Mangold, who previously collaborated to Oscar-nominated success on the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown.” …

Paramount, A Skydance Corporation, will now be Paramount, an L.A.-based operation. After the $8.4 billion merger of Paramount and Skydance formally closed on Thursday, company leaders visited New York for a press conference. One detail to emerge from that 90-minute gathering was the fact that Paramount, whose corporate predecessors, Paramount Global, Viacom and CBS Corp., were all strongly identified with …

David Ellison finally has his prize. On Thursday, the Skydance Media founder closed the $8 billion merger with Paramount Global that he orchestrated, enduring political turbulence and skepticism about the viability of the company’s TV and movie empire for over a year. In order for the deal to pay off, Ellison, who will serve as chairman and CEO of the newly …

The new Paramount Pictures is already making a flex. Coming out in a competitive situation, the now Skydance-owned studio has picked up High Side, the hot feature package from director James Mangold and star Timothée Chalamet. The project reunites the duo after their collaboration on the Academy Award-nominated Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown. Mangold is attached to direct High Side, a …

EXCLUSIVE: It only took five hours into a new studio regime for incoming Paramount Pictures Co-Chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein to put some bounce into the Melrose lot. Deadline can reveal they have closed on the town’s hottest package, and their first bright shiny new film package will be High Side, re-teaming A Complete Unknown’s James Mangold and Timothée …

Paramount has set the base salaries for its new C-suite on the heels of Skydance closing its $8 billion acquisition of the media giant. David Ellison, founder of Skydance and now CEO of Paramount, will receive a base salary of $3.5 million, as will Paramount president Jeff Shell, according to financial documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday. …

New Paramount CEO David Ellison said that he had “no interest” in wading “into the political spectrum” with CBS News, as he and other executives addressed the independence of the news division under the new company. Although Ellison did not directly say whether the company would refrain from meddling in 60 Minutes, Redbird founder and managing partner Gerry Cardinale, the …

David Ellison’s Skydance Media has closed its $8 billion merger with Paramount Global to create new company Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, the parties announced Thursday. Under Skydance, Paramount will be restructured into three divisions: studios, direct-to-consumer and TV media. In an open letter released with the deal close, Ellison, who will serve as Paramount chairman and CEO, reiterated Skydance’s promise …

Paramount Global and Skydance Media have finally reached the end of their long and winding merger road, announcing the close of their $8.4 billion combination and opening a new chapter for Hollywood. The newly combined company is officially known as “Paramount, A Skydance Corporation,” according to a press release. Its stock will begin trading Thursday on the Nasdaq, under the …