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Skydance Media on Wednesday confirmed its senior leadership team ahead of its pending merger with Paramount Global. The company has unveiled 10 executives who will form the top table under the executive leadership team that was revealed Monday, led by David Ellison, who will become CEO and chairman of Paramount once the deal closes Thursday. The executives are Don Granger, …

David Ellison‘s Skydance Media today unveiled the full slate of director designees for the new Paramount Skydance. They will be elected and begin serving on the Paramount board effective at the closing of the proposed merger Thursday. The board will consist of 10 members with Sherry Lansing, former chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures, one of three independent directors with …

A year ago, Paramount Television Studios was shuttered in a cost-cutting move as its parent company prepared to merge with Skydance. With that deal on the verge of closing, the new Paramount is reviving the Paramount TV Studios name — which will in turn absorb one of the company’s two remaining studio operations as well as the formerly independent Skydance …

Skydance Television president Matt Thunell is set to add oversight of Paramount’s TV studios to his duties amid the pending closure of the Paramount-Skydance deal, Variety has confirmed. Thunell will run a merged division comprised of his current studio Skydance Television, as well as Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios — effectively making him the replacement for Paramount’s now-ousted Chris McCarthy. The new …

Josh Greenstein has been tapped to join Paramount following the company’s sale to Skydance. It is unclear what title Greenstein will have, but sources say his role will not be limited to motion pictures. Greenstein was most recently president of Sony Motion Picture Group, a role he shared with Sanford Panitch. It is unclear if he will be replaced. Greenstein …

David Letterman harshly criticized his former network home CBS after it canceled Stephen Colbert’s Late Show. He called CBS and David Ellison’s Skydance company “goons” amid their impending merger. Letterman also speculated that Colbert’s Late Show was axed for political reasons. David Letterman, a former titan of late-night television, has come to the defense of his successor amid controversy surrounding …

Now that David Ellison’s Skydance has secured the keys to Paramount Global, what toys await him inside the company’s intellectual property chest? After a nail-biting federal approval process that inspired backlash, Ellison and team have not only secured a legacy distributor, but a trove of content in various stages of production and development. As the new Skydance-Paramount team prepares to …

The entertainment company Paramount Global is expected to close its $8bn merger agreement with Skydance Media on August 7, a date that marks two weeks after the administration of President Donald Trump gave its approval. On Friday, the two companies announced the final stage of the yearlong deal, which was first unveiled in July 2024. The merger is considered a …

UPDATED with internal memo: Paramount Global’s co-CEOs told employees Friday that they expect an August 7 closing date for the company’s merger with Skydance, praising staffers’ efforts during the grueling process of getting the deal done. The companies had earlier confirmed the expected closing date, which follows an epic, years-long effort to sell the home of Paramount Pictures and CBS. …