{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"160644","rtpr_id":"nPnbF6QmZa-20261005","ticker":"PSKY","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["PSKY","WBD"],"title":"David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz Announce their CEO Leadership Team for Skydance Following Anticipated Close of Warner Bros. Discovery Acquisition","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-10-05T13:00:11.236Z","article_body":"David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz Announce their CEO Leadership Team for Skydance Following Anticipated Close of Warner Bros. Discovery Acquisition\nPR Newswire\n\nLOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2026\n\nThe CEO Leadership Team will anchor a culture of innovation and excellence to\nbuild the next-generation global media and entertainment company powered by\ncreativity and technology\n\nNew team brings together unmatched industry expertise, bold creative vision,\nand a commitment to using technology to elevate creators and strengthen every\npart of the business\n\nLOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Paramount Skydance\nCorporation (NASDAQ: PSKY) (the \"Company\") Chairman and CEO David Ellison and\nCo-CEO Ynon Kreiz today announced their CEO Leadership Team (CLT) expected to\nlead the combined company, to be named Skydance, following the anticipated\nclose of Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:\nWBD) (\"WBD\"). Drawing on deep expertise across entertainment, technology, and\nbusiness operations, the CLT brings together leaders from both companies and\nreflects their complementary strengths. Each will report directly to the CEOs.\n\nThese leaders bring decades of experience building and stewarding iconic\nfranchises, a bold creative vision, and a shared commitment to achieve the\ncompany's stated mission: to build the next-generation global media and\nentertainment company powered by creativity and technology. Together, they\nwill focus on delivering exceptional storytelling for audiences around the\nworld, creating new opportunities for creative talent and partners, and\ndriving long-term value for shareholders.\n\nThe CLT, led by Ellison and Kreiz, is designed to drive transformation and\ngrowth, deepen collaboration across the business, and ensure the combined\ncompany is positioned to execute on its mission. Ellison will focus on the\ncompany's long-term strategy, creative vision and direction, including its\ntalent relationships, strategic partnerships, technology and capital\nallocation. Kreiz will focus on the company's day-to-day management and\nintegration of the combined business. Andy Gordon, President of Skydance, will\nwork closely with both to advance the Company's strategic priorities across\nits businesses. All three will also serve on the Board of Directors, with\nEllison as Chairman.\n\nThe following is the expected full CLT who will report to Ellison and Kreiz,\nassuming completion of the Transaction:\n\nEnterprise Leadership\n\n * David Ellison, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer\n * Ynon Kreiz, Co-Chief Executive Officer\nCEO Corporate Leadership Team\n\n * Andy Gordon, President\n * Dennis Cinelli, Chief Financial Officer\n * Makan Delrahim, Chief Legal Officer and President, Global Corporate Affairs\n * Dane Glasgow, Chief Product Officer\n * Rebecca Mall, Chief Marketing Officer\n * Melissa Zukerman, Chief Communications Officer\nCEO Business Leadership Team\n\n * Casey Bloys, Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer, Skydance DTC\n * George Cheeks, Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer, Skydance TV\n * Dana Goldberg, Co-Chair, Skydance Motion Picture Group\n * Josh Greenstein, Co-Chair, Skydance Motion Picture Group\n * James Gunn, Co-Chairman of DC Studios\n * JB Perrette, Co-Chair & Chief Business Officer, Skydance TV and Co-Chair\n& Chief Business Officer, Skydance DTC\n * Peter Safran, Co-Chairman of DC Studios\nCEO News Executive Leadership Team\n\n * Mark Thompson, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of CNN Worldwide\n * Bari Weiss, Editor-in-Chief of CBS News\nA complete list of the Company's new Executive Leadership Team (ELT) will be\nissued soon after close.\n\nDavid Ellison, Chairman and CEO of Paramount, said: \"I'm incredibly proud to\nintroduce the team that will lead Skydance forward, a group that reflects the\nambition behind this historic combination. Together, Paramount and Warner\nBros. will form a creative-first home with the scale, imagination and\ntechnology to define entertainment for a generation. The leaders joining me\nhave built some of the most beloved franchises and businesses in the industry,\nand they share a deep respect for the creative process and a belief that great\nstories have the power to entertain, unite and inspire audiences around the\nworld. Their talent, experience and ambition are exactly what this moment\ndemands, and together we will build a next-generation global media company\nthat leads the industry in creative excellence and innovation, and delivers\nfor audiences, creators, partners and shareholders alike.\"\n\nYnon Kreiz, Co-CEO of Paramount said: \"Our goals as a team are to establish\nSkydance as the premier Hollywood content engine and home for the world's\nleading storytellers, accelerate our integrated DTC platform with the best\ncontent, leading-edge technology and superior consumer experience, and\noptimize our highly profitable linear TV portfolio, reaching audiences\nglobally across every entertainment vertical. Together, we will: Win in\nstorytelling by leveraging our creative capabilities, talent relationships,\nproduction prowess and expansive library of iconic IP; Build the most\ntechnologically capable media company through a modern tech platform to\nenhance the user experience, improve how we work and achieve operating\nefficiencies; and Lead in a crowded market by capitalizing on our scale,\nassets and global reach to compete in an evolving marketplace, drive synergies\nand grow our business.\"\n\nCEO Leadership Team Bios, assuming completion of the Transaction:\n\nDavid Ellison, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer\n\nDavid Ellison will serve as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Skydance,\na premier global media and entertainment company that creates and distributes\naward-winning content across television, film, streaming, and digital\nplatforms — a role he most recently held at Paramount, where he led the\nanticipated acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. David previously served as\nCEO of Skydance Media, the diversified media company he founded in 2010,\noverseeing its slate of blockbuster and critically acclaimed films, including\n2022's Top Gun: Maverick, and later launched Skydance Television, Skydance\nAnimation, and Skydance Sports, building a diverse portfolio of series,\nanimated features, and sports content across major streaming and broadcast\nplatforms. David is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-nominated\nproducer, whose films have grossed nearly $10 billion globally.\n\nYnon Kreiz, Co-CEO\n\nYnon Kreiz will serve as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Skydance, a premier\nglobal media and entertainment company that creates and distributes\naward-winning content across television, film, streaming, and digital\nplatforms. Most recently, Ynon served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer\nof Mattel, where he led a multi-year transformation strategy to expand\nMattel's brands into film, television, consumer products and digital games,\nincluding the 2023 release of Barbie, the #1 global box office film of the\nyear and Warner Bros.' highest-grossing movie of all time. He previously\nserved as Chairman and CEO of Maker Studios, one of YouTube's largest\nmultichannel networks, acquired by The Walt Disney Company, and earlier as\nChairman and CEO of Endemol Group, the world's largest independent television\nproduction company.\n\nAndy Gordon, President\n\nAndy Gordon will serve as President of Skydance, working closely with Chairman\nand CEO David Ellison and Co-CEO Ynon Kreiz to advance the company's strategic\npriorities across its businesses. An early advisor to Skydance Media, he\nhelped orchestrate Skydance's acquisition of Paramount in 2025 and Paramount's\nanticipated acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery in 2026. He currently serves\nas Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Paramount, and\npreviously was a Partner at RedBird Capital Partners, where he led the firm's\nLos Angeles office and its Technology, Media & Telecom investment team.\nEarlier, he spent 35 years at Goldman Sachs, a majority as partner, including\nas global chairman of Investment Banking Services and global head of media and\ntelecommunications for the Technology, Media and Telecom Group.\n\nCasey Bloys, Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer, Skydance Direct-To-Consumer\n(DTC)\n\nCasey Bloys will serve as Co-Chair and Chief Creative Officer of Skydance DTC,\noverseeing HBO Max and Paramount+ original programming as well as strategy,\noperations, communications, and performance across the company's streaming\nplatforms. He currently serves as Chairman and CEO, HBO and Max Content.\nSince assuming oversight of HBO programming as President in 2016, he and his\nteam have developed and produced a wide array of acclaimed series\nincluding The Pitt, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The White Lotus, The\nLast of Us, House of the Dragon, DTF St. Louis, The Penguin, Succession,\nChernobyl, Barry, Girls, Veep, Insecure, Mare of Easttown and Big Little\nLies, among others. And the highly anticipated Harry Potter and the\nPhilosopher's Stone will debut on Christmas this year. Bloys joined HBO in\n2004 and rose through roles including Executive Vice President of HBO\nProgramming and President of HBO Programming.\n\nGeorge Cheeks, Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer, Skydance TV\n\nGeorge Cheeks will co-lead Skydance's newly formed Television division, an\nexpansive mix of Paramount and Warner Bros. studios, networks, sports and\ncable brands. His remit will include three television studios -- Warner Bros.\nTelevision Studios, CBS Studios and Paramount Television Studios – as well\nas Skydance's global sports group, the CBS Television Network, 27 local\ntelevision stations and a portfolio of more than 50 cable networks in the\nU.S. and around the world including brands such as HGTV, Food Network, TBS,\nTNT, Discovery, BET, Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon.  Since joining\nParamount in 2020, he served as Co-CEO of Paramount Global and CEO of CBS,\nhelping transform the network from a singular broadcast brand into a global\nmultiplatform content provider for broadcast and streaming.\n\nDennis Cinelli, Chief Financial Officer\n\nDennis K. Cinelli is Chief Financial Officer of Paramount, a role he will\ncontinue to hold at Skydance, where he oversees the company's global financial\nfunctions, including accounting, tax and investor relations. He previously\nserved as a member of Paramount's Board of Directors. Before joining\nParamount, Cinelli was CFO of Scale AI, where he guided the company through\nsevenfold revenue growth, a $1 billion Series F financing and a $14 billion\nstrategic investment from Meta. Earlier, he held senior leadership roles at\nUber, including VP & Head of Mobility for the U.S. & Canada and VP of\nGlobal Strategic Finance during the company's 2019 IPO, and he served as CFO\nof GE Ventures. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University\nof Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.\n\nMakan Delrahim, Chief Legal Officer & President, Global Corporate Affairs\n\nMakan Delrahim currently serves as Chief Legal Officer of Paramount,\noverseeing all legal, regulatory, compliance, labor relations, and public\npolicy, including oversight of global government relations, and will continue\nwith those responsibilities at Skydance. He previously was a Partner at Latham\n& Watkins LLP, advising clients on complex mergers, government\ninvestigations, and crisis situations, and earlier served as the 35th U.S.\nAssistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division at the U.S. Department\nof Justice, overseeing hundreds of mergers and acquisitions and expanding the\ndivision's international engagement. Makan has also held senior posts at DOJ,\nthe White House, the U.S. Senate, and the Office of the U.S. Trade\nRepresentative.\n\nDane Glasgow, Chief Product Officer\n\nDane Glasgow will serve as Chief Product Officer for Skydance, leading the\nCompany's long-term product vision and technical strategy - driving innovation\nacross digital platforms, immersive storytelling, advertising, and AI-powered\ncapabilities. He previously served as VP of Product Management at Facebook,\nwhere he led product teams delivering to over 3 billion monthly active\nusers.  Prior, Dane was a serial entrepreneur and held senior leadership\npositions in product, design, engineering, and general management at Google,\neBay, and Microsoft.\n\nDana Goldberg, Co-Chairman, Skydance Motion Picture Group\n\nDana Goldberg will serve as Co-Chairman of Skydance Motion Picture Group with\nJosh Greenstein, overseeing vision, long-term strategy, operations,\nproduction, development, business affairs, marketing, distribution and\nstrategic planning for Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. and the broader film\nportfolio. Prior to joining Paramount, she served as Chief Creative Officer of\nSkydance Media, having joined in 2010 as President of Production, where she\ndeveloped and produced films, including Top Gun: Maverick, several Mission:\nImpossible entries, World War Z, The Gorge, and The Adam Project. In 2013,\nshe founded Skydance Television, producing more than 20 series such\nas Reacher, Grace and Frankie, and Foundation.\n\nJosh Greenstein, Co-Chairman, Skydance Motion Picture Group\n\nJosh Greenstein will as Co-Chairman of Skydance Motion Picture Group with Dana\nGoldberg, overseeing vision, long-term strategy, operations, production,\ndevelopment, business affairs, distribution, and strategic planning for\nParamount Pictures, Warner Bros. and the broader film portfolio. Prior to\njoining Paramount, he served as President of Sony Pictures' Motion Picture\nGroup, where he oversaw the studio's labels on films and franchises\nincluding Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,\nBad Boys for Life, Jumanji, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Where the Crawdads\nSing, and The Woman King, with No Way Home becoming Sony's\nhighest-grossing release at the time.\n\nJames Gunn, Co-Chairman of DC Studios\n\nJames Gunn will serve as Co-Chairman DC Studios at Skydance, partnering with\nPeter Safran. Gunn was the creative force behind the company's 2025\nblockbuster Superman, its hugely anticipated follow-up – Man of\nTomorrow – in theaters next summer, and the award-winning Guardians of the\nGalaxy franchise, among others. At DC Studios, he is executive producing a\ncross-platform slate that includes the HBO Max smash Lanterns, as well as\nPeacemaker and Creature Commandos, both of which he wrote and created. Gunn\ngot his start as a screenwriter, penning the 1997 cult classic Tromeo &\nJuliet, followed by The Specials, the Scooby-Doo films, Dawn of the Dead,\nand his 2006 directorial debut Slither.\n\nRebecca Mall, Chief Marketing Officer\n\nRebecca Mall will serve as Chief Marketing Officer of Skydance, where she will\nlead brand, franchise, cross company, and Kids and Family marketing. She will\nalso partner with all of Skydance's business units to align media investment\nand brand marketing across the enterprise, coordinating efforts across Media,\nDigital Analytics, and Social. Prior to joining the Company, Mall held senior\nleadership roles across the entertainment and technology industries, including\nat William Morris Endeavor (WME), Paramount Pictures, and Google.\n\nJean-Briac (JB) Perrette, Co-Chair & Chief Business Officer, Skydance\nDirect-To-Consumer (DTC) and Co-Chair & Chief Business Officer, Skydance\nTV\n\nJB will serve as Co-Chair & Chief Business Officer, Skydance\nDTC and Co-Chair & Chief Business Officer, Skydance TV, including\ndirect global oversight for Global Distribution, Advertising Sales, Content\nSales, DTC Strategy, Marketing and business operations.  He most recently\nserved as CEO and President of Global Streaming and Games for Warner Bros.\nDiscovery, where he led the global rollout of HBO Max to more than 130\nmarkets worldwide, spearheaded a $4B+ turnaround in profitability, and\noversaw the Company's leading games portfolio, including titles such as\nMortal Kombat and Hogwarts Legacy. He previously served as President and CEO\nof Discovery International and Streaming, and earlier spent 11 years at\nNBCUniversal, including as President of Digital and Affiliate Distribution,\nwhere he played a key leadership role in the creation and development\nof Hulu.\n\nPeter Safran, Co-Chairman of DC Studios\n\nPeter Safran will serve as Co-Chairman of DC Studios at Skydance, partnering\nwith James Gunn to lead the strategic and creative direction of the DC\nUniverse across film, television, animation, themed entertainment and gaming.\nA veteran entertainment executive and producer, Safran previously founded and\nled The Safran Company, producing globally successful franchises including The\nConjuring, Aquaman, and Shazam!, generating billions in worldwide box office\nrevenue. Recognized for building enduring entertainment brands and franchises,\nhe combines creative leadership with business acumen. Safran holds degrees\nfrom Princeton University and New York University School of Law.\n\nMark Thompson, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, CNN\n\nSir Mark Thompson serves as Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of CNN Worldwide,\noverseeing all aspects of the business in the U.S. and around the world, and\nserving as editor-in-chief of CNN. He previously served as President and CEO\nof The New York Times Company, leading the transformation of the news brand\ninto a digital powerhouse and growing digital subscribers from half a million\nto nearly 6 million, and earlier served an eight-year term as Director General\nof the BBC, where he guided the organization's coverage of major global events\nand launched the BBC iPlayer, one of the world's first streaming services from\na major broadcaster.\n\nBari Weiss, Editor-in-Chief of CBS News\n\nBari Weiss serves as Editor in Chief of CBS News. She is also the Editor in\nChief of The Free Press, which was acquired by Skydance in 2025. Before\nfounding The Free Press in 2020, alongside her wife and her sister, Ms. Weiss\nworked on the opinion pages of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.\nIn 2021, the Los Angeles Press Club awarded her with the Daniel Pearl Award\nfor Courage and Integrity in Journalism. She is the author of the book How to\nFight Anti-Semitism, and the host of the podcast Honestly.\n\nMelissa Zukerman, Chief Communications Officer\n\nMelissa Zukerman currently serves as Chief Communications Officer of Paramount\nand will continue in that role at Skydance, where she will lead global\ncommunications strategy, serve as chief spokesperson, and advise the Chairman\nand CEO on external relations. She oversees corporate messaging, executive,\ncrisis, and internal communications, as well as the company's Corporate Social\nResponsibility division. She previously served as managing partner of a\ncommunications and public relations advisory firm, representing high-profile\nmedia companies and executives including AT&T, Disney, Marvel Studios,\nWarner Bros. Discovery, and Skydance. Earlier, she held corporate\ncommunications roles at Universal Studios, E! Entertainment Television, and\nIFILM.\n\nAbout Skydance\n\nSkydance is a next-generation global media and entertainment company,\ncomprised of three business segments: Studios, Direct-to-Consumer, and TV\nMedia. Skydance's portfolio unites legendary brands, including Paramount,\nWarner Bros., HBO, Paramount+, Pluto TV, CBS, CNN, CBS Sports, TNT Sports,\nNickelodeon, Cartoon Network, MTV, Food Network, BET, HGTV, and Comedy\nCentral.\n\nPSKY-IR\n\n \n\nView original\ncontent:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/david-ellison-and-ynon-kreiz-announce-their-ceo-leadership-team-for-skydance-following-anticipated-close-of-warner-bros-discovery-acquisition-302898350.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/david-ellison-and-ynon-kreiz-announce-their-ceo-leadership-team-for-skydance-following-anticipated-close-of-warner-bros-discovery-acquisition-302898350.html)\n\nSOURCE Paramount Skydance Corporation\n\n\n\nMelissa Zukerman / Laura Watson, msz@paramount.com / laura.watson@paramount.com\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPnbF6QmZa-20261005","title":"David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz Announce their CEO Leadership Team for Skydance Following Anticipated Close of Warner Bros. Discovery Acquisition","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"PSKY","created":"2026-10-05T13:00:11.236Z","tickers":["PSKY","WBD"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz Announce their CEO Leadership Team for Skydance Following Anticipated Close of Warner Bros. Discovery Acquisition\nPR Newswire\n\nLOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2026\n\nThe CEO Leadership Team will anchor a culture of innovation and excellence to\nbuild the next-generation global media and entertainment company powered by\ncreativity and technology\n\nNew team brings together unmatched industry expertise, bold creative vision,\nand a commitment to using technology to elevate creators and strengthen every\npart of the business\n\nLOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Paramount Skydance\nCorporation (NASDAQ: PSKY) (the \"Company\") Chairman and CEO David Ellison and\nCo-CEO Ynon Kreiz today announced their CEO Leadership Team (CLT) expected to\nlead the combined company, to be named Skydance, following the anticipated\nclose of Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:\nWBD) (\"WBD\"). Drawing on deep expertise across entertainment, technology, and\nbusiness operations, the CLT brings together leaders from both companies and\nreflects their complementary strengths. Each will report directly to the CEOs.\n\nThese leaders bring decades of experience building and stewarding iconic\nfranchises, a bold creative vision, and a shared commitment to achieve the\ncompany's stated mission: to build the next-generation global media and\nentertainment company powered by creativity and technology. Together, they\nwill focus on delivering exceptional storytelling for audiences around the\nworld, creating new opportunities for creative talent and partners, and\ndriving long-term value for shareholders.\n\nThe CLT, led by Ellison and Kreiz, is designed to drive transformation and\ngrowth, deepen collaboration across the business, and ensure the combined\ncompany is positioned to execute on its mission. Ellison will focus on the\ncompany's long-term strategy, creative vision and direction, including its\ntalent relationships, strategic partnerships, technology and capital\nallocation. Kreiz will focus on the company's day-to-day management and\nintegration of the combined business. Andy Gordon, President of Skydance, will\nwork closely with both to advance the Company's strategic priorities across\nits businesses. All three will also serve on the Board of Directors, with\nEllison as Chairman.\n\nThe following is the expected full CLT who will report to Ellison and Kreiz,\nassuming completion of the Transaction:\n\nEnterprise Leadership\n\n * David Ellison, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer\n * Ynon Kreiz, Co-Chief Executive Officer\nCEO Corporate Leadership Team\n\n * Andy Gordon, President\n * Dennis Cinelli, Chief Financial Officer\n * Makan Delrahim, Chief Legal Officer and President, Global Corporate Affairs\n * Dane Glasgow, Chief Product Officer\n * Rebecca Mall, Chief Marketing Officer\n * Melissa Zukerman, Chief Communications Officer\nCEO Business Leadership Team\n\n * Casey Bloys, Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer, Skydance DTC\n * George Cheeks, Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer, Skydance TV\n * Dana Goldberg, Co-Chair, Skydance Motion Picture Group\n * Josh Greenstein, Co-Chair, Skydance Motion Picture Group\n * James Gunn, Co-Chairman of DC Studios\n * JB Perrette, Co-Chair & Chief Business Officer, Skydance TV and Co-Chair\n& Chief Business Officer, Skydance DTC\n * Peter Safran, Co-Chairman of DC Studios\nCEO News Executive Leadership Team\n\n * Mark Thompson, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of CNN Worldwide\n * Bari Weiss, Editor-in-Chief of CBS News\nA complete list of the Company's new Executive Leadership Team (ELT) will be\nissued soon after close.\n\nDavid Ellison, Chairman and CEO of Paramount, said: \"I'm incredibly proud to\nintroduce the team that will lead Skydance forward, a group that reflects the\nambition behind this historic combination. Together, Paramount and Warner\nBros. will form a creative-first home with the scale, imagination and\ntechnology to define entertainment for a generation. The leaders joining me\nhave built some of the most beloved franchises and businesses in the industry,\nand they share a deep respect for the creative process and a belief that great\nstories have the power to entertain, unite and inspire audiences around the\nworld. Their talent, experience and ambition are exactly what this moment\ndemands, and together we will build a next-generation global media company\nthat leads the industry in creative excellence and innovation, and delivers\nfor audiences, creators, partners and shareholders alike.\"\n\nYnon Kreiz, Co-CEO of Paramount said: \"Our goals as a team are to establish\nSkydance as the premier Hollywood content engine and home for the world's\nleading storytellers, accelerate our integrated DTC platform with the best\ncontent, leading-edge technology and superior consumer experience, and\noptimize our highly profitable linear TV portfolio, reaching audiences\nglobally across every entertainment vertical. Together, we will: Win in\nstorytelling by leveraging our creative capabilities, talent relationships,\nproduction prowess and expansive library of iconic IP; Build the most\ntechnologically capable media company through a modern tech platform to\nenhance the user experience, improve how we work and achieve operating\nefficiencies; and Lead in a crowded market by capitalizing on our scale,\nassets and global reach to compete in an evolving marketplace, drive synergies\nand grow our business.\"\n\nCEO Leadership Team Bios, assuming completion of the Transaction:\n\nDavid Ellison, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer\n\nDavid Ellison will serve as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Skydance,\na premier global media and entertainment company that creates and distributes\naward-winning content across television, film, streaming, and digital\nplatforms — a role he most recently held at Paramount, where he led the\nanticipated acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. David previously served as\nCEO of Skydance Media, the diversified media company he founded in 2010,\noverseeing its slate of blockbuster and critically acclaimed films, including\n2022's Top Gun: Maverick, and later launched Skydance Television, Skydance\nAnimation, and Skydance Sports, building a diverse portfolio of series,\nanimated features, and sports content across major streaming and broadcast\nplatforms. David is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-nominated\nproducer, whose films have grossed nearly $10 billion globally.\n\nYnon Kreiz, Co-CEO\n\nYnon Kreiz will serve as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Skydance, a premier\nglobal media and entertainment company that creates and distributes\naward-winning content across television, film, streaming, and digital\nplatforms. Most recently, Ynon served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer\nof Mattel, where he led a multi-year transformation strategy to expand\nMattel's brands into film, television, consumer products and digital games,\nincluding the 2023 release of Barbie, the #1 global box office film of the\nyear and Warner Bros.' highest-grossing movie of all time. He previously\nserved as Chairman and CEO of Maker Studios, one of YouTube's largest\nmultichannel networks, acquired by The Walt Disney Company, and earlier as\nChairman and CEO of Endemol Group, the world's largest independent television\nproduction company.\n\nAndy Gordon, President\n\nAndy Gordon will serve as President of Skydance, working closely with Chairman\nand CEO David Ellison and Co-CEO Ynon Kreiz to advance the company's strategic\npriorities across its businesses. An early advisor to Skydance Media, he\nhelped orchestrate Skydance's acquisition of Paramount in 2025 and Paramount's\nanticipated acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery in 2026. He currently serves\nas Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Paramount, and\npreviously was a Partner at RedBird Capital Partners, where he led the firm's\nLos Angeles office and its Technology, Media & Telecom investment team.\nEarlier, he spent 35 years at Goldman Sachs, a majority as partner, including\nas global chairman of Investment Banking Services and global head of media and\ntelecommunications for the Technology, Media and Telecom Group.\n\nCasey Bloys, Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer, Skydance Direct-To-Consumer\n(DTC)\n\nCasey Bloys will serve as Co-Chair and Chief Creative Officer of Skydance DTC,\noverseeing HBO Max and Paramount+ original programming as well as strategy,\noperations, communications, and performance across the company's streaming\nplatforms. He currently serves as Chairman and CEO, HBO and Max Content.\nSince assuming oversight of HBO programming as President in 2016, he and his\nteam have developed and produced a wide array of acclaimed series\nincluding The Pitt, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The White Lotus, The\nLast of Us, House of the Dragon, DTF St. Louis, The Penguin, Succession,\nChernobyl, Barry, Girls, Veep, Insecure, Mare of Easttown and Big Little\nLies, among others. And the highly anticipated Harry Potter and the\nPhilosopher's Stone will debut on Christmas this year. Bloys joined HBO in\n2004 and rose through roles including Executive Vice President of HBO\nProgramming and President of HBO Programming.\n\nGeorge Cheeks, Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer, Skydance TV\n\nGeorge Cheeks will co-lead Skydance's newly formed Television division, an\nexpansive mix of Paramount and Warner Bros. studios, networks, sports and\ncable brands. His remit will include three television studios -- Warner Bros.\nTelevision Studios, CBS Studios and Paramount Television Studios – as well\nas Skydance's global sports group, the CBS Television Network, 27 local\ntelevision stations and a portfolio of more than 50 cable networks in the\nU.S. and around the world including brands such as HGTV, Food Network, TBS,\nTNT, Discovery, BET, Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon.  Since joining\nParamount in 2020, he served as Co-CEO of Paramount Global and CEO of CBS,\nhelping transform the network from a singular broadcast brand into a global\nmultiplatform content provider for broadcast and streaming.\n\nDennis Cinelli, Chief Financial Officer\n\nDennis K. Cinelli is Chief Financial Officer of Paramount, a role he will\ncontinue to hold at Skydance, where he oversees the company's global financial\nfunctions, including accounting, tax and investor relations. He previously\nserved as a member of Paramount's Board of Directors. Before joining\nParamount, Cinelli was CFO of Scale AI, where he guided the company through\nsevenfold revenue growth, a $1 billion Series F financing and a $14 billion\nstrategic investment from Meta. Earlier, he held senior leadership roles at\nUber, including VP & Head of Mobility for the U.S. & Canada and VP of\nGlobal Strategic Finance during the company's 2019 IPO, and he served as CFO\nof GE Ventures. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University\nof Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.\n\nMakan Delrahim, Chief Legal Officer & President, Global Corporate Affairs\n\nMakan Delrahim currently serves as Chief Legal Officer of Paramount,\noverseeing all legal, regulatory, compliance, labor relations, and public\npolicy, including oversight of global government relations, and will continue\nwith those responsibilities at Skydance. He previously was a Partner at Latham\n& Watkins LLP, advising clients on complex mergers, government\ninvestigations, and crisis situations, and earlier served as the 35th U.S.\nAssistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division at the U.S. Department\nof Justice, overseeing hundreds of mergers and acquisitions and expanding the\ndivision's international engagement. Makan has also held senior posts at DOJ,\nthe White House, the U.S. Senate, and the Office of the U.S. Trade\nRepresentative.\n\nDane Glasgow, Chief Product Officer\n\nDane Glasgow will serve as Chief Product Officer for Skydance, leading the\nCompany's long-term product vision and technical strategy - driving innovation\nacross digital platforms, immersive storytelling, advertising, and AI-powered\ncapabilities. He previously served as VP of Product Management at Facebook,\nwhere he led product teams delivering to over 3 billion monthly active\nusers.  Prior, Dane was a serial entrepreneur and held senior leadership\npositions in product, design, engineering, and general management at Google,\neBay, and Microsoft.\n\nDana Goldberg, Co-Chairman, Skydance Motion Picture Group\n\nDana Goldberg will serve as Co-Chairman of Skydance Motion Picture Group with\nJosh Greenstein, overseeing vision, long-term strategy, operations,\nproduction, development, business affairs, marketing, distribution and\nstrategic planning for Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. and the broader film\nportfolio. Prior to joining Paramount, she served as Chief Creative Officer of\nSkydance Media, having joined in 2010 as President of Production, where she\ndeveloped and produced films, including Top Gun: Maverick, several Mission:\nImpossible entries, World War Z, The Gorge, and The Adam Project. In 2013,\nshe founded Skydance Television, producing more than 20 series such\nas Reacher, Grace and Frankie, and Foundation.\n\nJosh Greenstein, Co-Chairman, Skydance Motion Picture Group\n\nJosh Greenstein will as Co-Chairman of Skydance Motion Picture Group with Dana\nGoldberg, overseeing vision, long-term strategy, operations, production,\ndevelopment, business affairs, distribution, and strategic planning for\nParamount Pictures, Warner Bros. and the broader film portfolio. Prior to\njoining Paramount, he served as President of Sony Pictures' Motion Picture\nGroup, where he oversaw the studio's labels on films and franchises\nincluding Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,\nBad Boys for Life, Jumanji, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Where the Crawdads\nSing, and The Woman King, with No Way Home becoming Sony's\nhighest-grossing release at the time.\n\nJames Gunn, Co-Chairman of DC Studios\n\nJames Gunn will serve as Co-Chairman DC Studios at Skydance, partnering with\nPeter Safran. Gunn was the creative force behind the company's 2025\nblockbuster Superman, its hugely anticipated follow-up – Man of\nTomorrow – in theaters next summer, and the award-winning Guardians of the\nGalaxy franchise, among others. At DC Studios, he is executive producing a\ncross-platform slate that includes the HBO Max smash Lanterns, as well as\nPeacemaker and Creature Commandos, both of which he wrote and created. Gunn\ngot his start as a screenwriter, penning the 1997 cult classic Tromeo &\nJuliet, followed by The Specials, the Scooby-Doo films, Dawn of the Dead,\nand his 2006 directorial debut Slither.\n\nRebecca Mall, Chief Marketing Officer\n\nRebecca Mall will serve as Chief Marketing Officer of Skydance, where she will\nlead brand, franchise, cross company, and Kids and Family marketing. She will\nalso partner with all of Skydance's business units to align media investment\nand brand marketing across the enterprise, coordinating efforts across Media,\nDigital Analytics, and Social. Prior to joining the Company, Mall held senior\nleadership roles across the entertainment and technology industries, including\nat William Morris Endeavor (WME), Paramount Pictures, and Google.\n\nJean-Briac (JB) Perrette, Co-Chair & Chief Business Officer, Skydance\nDirect-To-Consumer (DTC) and Co-Chair & Chief Business Officer, Skydance\nTV\n\nJB will serve as Co-Chair & Chief Business Officer, Skydance\nDTC and Co-Chair & Chief Business Officer, Skydance TV, including\ndirect global oversight for Global Distribution, Advertising Sales, Content\nSales, DTC Strategy, Marketing and business operations.  He most recently\nserved as CEO and President of Global Streaming and Games for Warner Bros.\nDiscovery, where he led the global rollout of HBO Max to more than 130\nmarkets worldwide, spearheaded a $4B+ turnaround in profitability, and\noversaw the Company's leading games portfolio, including titles such as\nMortal Kombat and Hogwarts Legacy. He previously served as President and CEO\nof Discovery International and Streaming, and earlier spent 11 years at\nNBCUniversal, including as President of Digital and Affiliate Distribution,\nwhere he played a key leadership role in the creation and development\nof Hulu.\n\nPeter Safran, Co-Chairman of DC Studios\n\nPeter Safran will serve as Co-Chairman of DC Studios at Skydance, partnering\nwith James Gunn to lead the strategic and creative direction of the DC\nUniverse across film, television, animation, themed entertainment and gaming.\nA veteran entertainment executive and producer, Safran previously founded and\nled The Safran Company, producing globally successful franchises including The\nConjuring, Aquaman, and Shazam!, generating billions in worldwide box office\nrevenue. Recognized for building enduring entertainment brands and franchises,\nhe combines creative leadership with business acumen. Safran holds degrees\nfrom Princeton University and New York University School of Law.\n\nMark Thompson, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, CNN\n\nSir Mark Thompson serves as Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of CNN Worldwide,\noverseeing all aspects of the business in the U.S. and around the world, and\nserving as editor-in-chief of CNN. He previously served as President and CEO\nof The New York Times Company, leading the transformation of the news brand\ninto a digital powerhouse and growing digital subscribers from half a million\nto nearly 6 million, and earlier served an eight-year term as Director General\nof the BBC, where he guided the organization's coverage of major global events\nand launched the BBC iPlayer, one of the world's first streaming services from\na major broadcaster.\n\nBari Weiss, Editor-in-Chief of CBS News\n\nBari Weiss serves as Editor in Chief of CBS News. She is also the Editor in\nChief of The Free Press, which was acquired by Skydance in 2025. Before\nfounding The Free Press in 2020, alongside her wife and her sister, Ms. Weiss\nworked on the opinion pages of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.\nIn 2021, the Los Angeles Press Club awarded her with the Daniel Pearl Award\nfor Courage and Integrity in Journalism. She is the author of the book How to\nFight Anti-Semitism, and the host of the podcast Honestly.\n\nMelissa Zukerman, Chief Communications Officer\n\nMelissa Zukerman currently serves as Chief Communications Officer of Paramount\nand will continue in that role at Skydance, where she will lead global\ncommunications strategy, serve as chief spokesperson, and advise the Chairman\nand CEO on external relations. She oversees corporate messaging, executive,\ncrisis, and internal communications, as well as the company's Corporate Social\nResponsibility division. She previously served as managing partner of a\ncommunications and public relations advisory firm, representing high-profile\nmedia companies and executives including AT&T, Disney, Marvel Studios,\nWarner Bros. Discovery, and Skydance. Earlier, she held corporate\ncommunications roles at Universal Studios, E! Entertainment Television, and\nIFILM.\n\nAbout Skydance\n\nSkydance is a next-generation global media and entertainment company,\ncomprised of three business segments: Studios, Direct-to-Consumer, and TV\nMedia. Skydance's portfolio unites legendary brands, including Paramount,\nWarner Bros., HBO, Paramount+, Pluto TV, CBS, CNN, CBS Sports, TNT Sports,\nNickelodeon, Cartoon Network, MTV, Food Network, BET, HGTV, and Comedy\nCentral.\n\nPSKY-IR\n\n \n\nView original\ncontent:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/david-ellison-and-ynon-kreiz-announce-their-ceo-leadership-team-for-skydance-following-anticipated-close-of-warner-bros-discovery-acquisition-302898350.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/david-ellison-and-ynon-kreiz-announce-their-ceo-leadership-team-for-skydance-following-anticipated-close-of-warner-bros-discovery-acquisition-302898350.html)\n\nSOURCE Paramount Skydance Corporation\n\n\n\nMelissa Zukerman / Laura Watson, msz@paramount.com / laura.watson@paramount.com\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. 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