Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery

David Ellison Unveils Skydance Team Who Will Run Paramount-Warner Bros. Empire

Skydance announced the executive leadership for the combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery.

Oct 5, 2026 · byThe Hollywood Reporter

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 Ellison, chairman and CEO, and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, the former Mattel chief who joins Skydance starting Monday. […]

Oct 5, 2026 · byVariety

Channing Dungey Poised For Expanded Post-Merger Role Overseeing Paramount & WBD Cable Networks – The Dish

EXCLUSIVE: In addition to Casey Bloys and George Cheeks, the television/streaming structure of the combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery, recently named Skydance, would include expanded responsibilities for Channing Dungey who would be taking over the Paramount cable networks, I hear. As Deadline revealed on Friday, Paramount’s Chair of TV Media Cheeks, who currently oversees CBS Studios, […]

Oct 5, 2026 · byDeadline

Post-Merger Skydance Keeping Both HBO Max & Paramount+ Streaming Brands

More indication that the newly-christened combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery company would bundle the two flagship streamers, Paramount+ and HBO Max, instead of merging them into one. The video released earlier today by Paramount CEO David Ellison to announce that the new company will carry the name of his old one, Skydance, ended with a slide […]

Oct 3, 2026 · byDeadline

New Name of Paramount-Warner Bros. Unveiled: Skydance

The soon-to-merge Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery officially has a name: It’s simply going to be “Skydance,” according to chairman and CEO David Ellison. In the end, Ellison picked the name of his original film production company, Skydance Media, to encompass everything that is getting stuffed into the new conglomerate. The deal forming the new Skydance is […]

Oct 2, 2026 · byVariety

Ynon Kreiz, as Co-CEO of Paramount, to Receive Pay Package Worth More Than $46.5 Million

Ynon Kreiz, as David Ellison’s right-hand man at the merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery, is getting a big pay bump over his pay package as CEO of Mattel. Kreiz, 61, signed an initial five-year employment contract with Paramount. He starts Oct. 5, one day before Paramount is set to close its $111 billion merger with Warner […]

Oct 1, 2026 · byVariety

Analysis-David Ellison's appointment of Kreiz brings cost-cutter to Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery

Mark Ruffalo Slams Approved ParaBros Merger: “Bad Deal For This Country”

Mark Ruffalo has been one of the fiercest critics of the $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery merger, and after the deal became a reality Wednesday, the man who plays the Incredible Hulk in the MCU came out swinging. “This merger will stifle creativity, weaken free speech and cost people their jobs — it is a […]

Oct 1, 2026 · byDeadline

David Ellison just picked Mattel's Ynon Kreiz as co-CEO of the merged Paramount-WBD

David Ellison will share the reins of the combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery with former Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz.

Sep 30, 2026 · byBusiness Insider

Block The Merger Coalition Asks Judge To Give Them Time To Formally Oppose Settlement Of Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Lawsuit

A coalition of groups opposed to Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger is asking a federal judge to set a briefing schedule so they can formally object to a proposed settlement as too weak. State attorneys general announced a settlement of their antitrust lawsuit seeking to block the transaction, proposing a consent decree to address a myriad […]

Sep 24, 2026 · byDeadline

Will the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger be Hollywood's undoing?

Now that Paramount has an antitrust suit, the way is clear for a merger. But many say the deal will be the unmaking of Hollywood. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with screenwriter and showrunner Mike Schur.

Sep 23, 2026 · byNPR

Judge Sets Hearing On State AGs’ Settlement With Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery

A federal judge has set a hearing for Thursday on the proposed settlement between state attorneys general and Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin set the hearing for 11 a.m. PT via Zoom. She wrote in an order Tuesday that the hearing would be to “address certain outstanding questions regarding the factual and […]

Sep 22, 2026 · byDeadline

Cory Booker Slams Paramount-WBD Merger Settlement But Blames Company And DOJ, Not State AGs

Sen. Cory Booker (D-CA) weighed in on the proposed settlement reached between Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery and state attorneys general, criticizing the agreement yet casting blame on the David Ellison-run company and the Justice Department. In a statement, Booker said, “This is what happens when federal enforcers abandon their posts. States are left to carry the […]

Sep 22, 2026 · byDeadline

Paramount Settlement Protects Pluto TV, Sets BET & Comedy Central As Potential Divesture Targets While Omitting Premium Channels & TV Studios

Here is a concession no one really asked for — the settlement of state attorneys generals’ anti-trust lawsuit over the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger includes a provision ensuring that Paramount will keep Pluto TV or another free, ad-supported streaming service for the next five years. While Pluto TV is protected, the settlement spells out […]

Sep 22, 2026 · byDeadline