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Warner Bros. CEO Bids Farewell to Employees
David Zaslav thanks employees for their hard work and creativity as Warner Bros. prepares to merge with Skydance.
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Skydance confirms CEO Mark Thompson will continue to lead CNN following the acquisition.
Mark Thompson will remain at the helm of CNN as CEO after Skydance's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery closes.
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CNN's CEO, Mark Thompson, will continue to lead the company under new ownership from Skydance.
After Skydance acquired Warner Bros., Mark Thompson will keep his position as Chairman and Editor-in-Chief at CNN. Discovery.
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WBD’s JB Perrette Is Making The Leap To Skydance In Senior Exec Role: Here’s What He’ll Oversee And Why
When Skydance confirmed the company’s executive leadership team Monday, most industry reaction centered on elevated roles for content execs like Casey Bloys, Channing Dungey and George Cheeks. But another exec in a key new post…

Clockwork, Warner Bros’ New Specialty Label, Making Jump To Skydance – The Dish
EXCLUSIVE: The new Warner Bros’ Christian Parkes-led contemporary film label, Clockwork, which we first told you about last December, will be making the segue to the new Paramount Warner Bros merger aka Skydance. Clockwork was on…

David Zaslav Sends Farewell Video on His Last Day Before Skydance Acquisition of Warner Bros.
The CEO extolls the creations and storytelling of the workers that will soon be facing uncertain futures thanks to a sale he orchestrated.

David Zaslav Bids Farewell to Warner Bros. Employees in Video on Eve of Skydance Merger Close: ‘It’s Been a Great Honor to Be Alongside All of You’
David Zaslav, four and a half years after closing the debt-burdened deal that formed Warner Bros. Discovery, is bidding farewell to the company’s employees as it is about to get swallowed up by David Ellison’s Paramount — to…

Skydance’s High-Wire Act Begins: Wall Street Scrutinizes Strategy for Juggling $80 Billion in Debt and a Three-Year Runway to Chop it Down
David Ellison moved mountains and fought off many detractors in his quest to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. Now, as the transition is set to formally close on Oct. 6, the high-wire act is about to begin. The enlarged entity, to…

Skydance: Gerhard Zeiler’s Political Aspirations Leave Kevin MacLellan In Driver’s Seat For Top International Role
The announcement of the Skydance C-suite on Monday didn’t reveal who would run the international piece of the new company puzzle. Paramount’s Kevin MacLellan and Warner Bros Discovery’s Gerhard Zeiler are the likeliest candidates…

David Berson to Take Over Combined Sports Operations at Skydance, Luis Silberwasser to Exit
David Berson, the head of CBS Sports, will take over the broader sports operations of Skydance once it completes its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery., and that company’s top sports executive, Luis Silberwasser, will exit.…

TNT Sports head Luis Silberwasser to depart Skydance as CBS Sports chief David Berson takes over combined global sports group
TNT Sports chief Luis Silberwasser will be leaving a combined Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery company, sources tell CNBC.

David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz announce Skydance leadership team
The leadership team for Skydance, the merged entity of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, will include Bari Weiss, Mark Thompson and Casey Bloys.

CNN’s boss will remain as Paramount and WBD merge into Skydance
CNN CEO Mark Thompson will remain at the head of the news network when Paramount's $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition closes this week. Thompson wrote in a memo to employees that he believes the combined company will…

Mark Thompson To Remain At CNN As CEO Under Ellison’s Skydance
Mark Thompson will remain at CNN after Skydance closes its purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery. The announcement on Monday ends, for now, speculation about who will run the network, given that Skydance also is the parent of CBS…

Mark Thompson to Remain at CNN Following Skydance’s Warner Buy
Mark Thompson said Monday that he would remain in charge of CNN following the purchase of the new giant’s parent, Warner Bros. Discovery, by Skydance, a move that may serve to reassure many of the outlet’s staffers. “I have real…

David Ellison Unveils Skydance Team Who Will Run Paramount-Warner Bros. Empire
Skydance announced the executive leadership for the combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery.

David Ellison Names Skydance Corp.’s New Leadership Team for Movies, TV, Streaming and More
David Ellison, on the eve of officially closing the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger to form Skydance Corp., has announced his picks for the senior execs to run his new company. The new leadership team will be led by…

CNN C.E.O. Mark Thompson Says He Will Stay On Under New Owner Skydance
Mark Thompson told the network’s employees that he had faith that David Ellison, the chief executive of Skydance, would support “independent news that CNN has always stood for.”
