And just like that, David Ellison is in the driver’s seat. The newly-minted executive leadership team at Skydance — led by chairman and CEO Ellison and his co-CEO Ynon Kreiz — held an on-the-record press gaggle at the Paramount lot in Hollywood, only hours after their hard-fought acquisition of…
Oct 6 (Reuters) - Paramount Skydance PSKY.O completed its blockbuster $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery WBD.O on Tuesday, creating a Hollywood heavyweight that hands CEO David Ellison control of one of the world's largest entertainment and news businesses.
George Cheeks, who has a shiny new role in the Skydance corporation, called the first day of the combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery the “start of a new chapter”. In a memo to staff, Cheeks, who is now Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer, Skydance TV, teased the strategy of the new…
LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, Oct. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Skydance Corporation (F/K/A PARAMOUNT SKYDANCE CORPORATION) (NYSE: SKYD) (the "Company") announced today the final tender results of its previously announced (i) offers to purchase (the "Tender Offers" and each, a "Tender Offer") for...
Skydance president Andy Gordon has solidified leadership positions across key areas outside of the companies TV and film divisions, including games and experiences, products and publishing, HR and global operations. In a memo to staff Tuesday, which was obtained by Variety, Gordon announced the…
CHICAGO (AP) — It’s official: Skydance-owned Paramount closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, ushering in a new Hollywood behemoth.
At this afternoon’s newly merged Skydance presser, we asked when Barbie 2 would be a go project. “Too early to talk about that,” was the official response from former Mattel CEO Ynon Kriez, newly named Skydance co-CEO. Kriez was involved in the first Warner Bros movie based on the famed Mattell…
Ellison admits ‘good relationship’ with administration in remarks to reporters about newly merged media company David Ellison, the chief executive of the newly formed media conglomerate Skydance, denied that he has “politicized” the company despite the close connection he has forged with Donald…
Skydance co-CEOs David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz sought to dial down Hollywood jitters that the company’s massive and expensive-to-service debt load approaching $80 billion will force them shortchange production. “We have a business plan. There’s a complete financial envelope to how we’re going to run…