The company now known as Skydance has found an answer to who will run the combined media and entertainment of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. According to the Deadline, the company now Skydance has put Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer of Skydance DTC Casey Bloys and George Cheeks as head of Skydance TV.
Originally Bloys was Chairman and CEO of HBO and HBO Max Content. However, with Cindy Holland stepping down as Paramount’s Chair of Direct-to-Consumer as the deal closes, Bloys was in line for this role. Holland even indicate it from her note she left to her colleagues on September 29th. Many brands, including Harry Potter, Mission Impossible, Friends, and Yellowstone, even started to emerge this past week, which has shaped the organization chart after the court settlement cleared up the unfinished business for Paramount-WBD in a deal at $110 billion.
The company has its CEO Corporate Leadership Team with Andy Gordon as the President, Dennis Cinelli as Chief Financial Officer, Makan Delrahim as Chief Legal Officer and President of Global Corporate Affairs, Dane Glasgow as Chief Product Officer, Rebecca Mall as Chief marketing Officer, and Melissa Zuckerman as Chief Communications Officer. Then there is the CEO Business Leadership Team with Bloys, Cheeks, Dana Goldberg as Co-Chair of Skydance Motion Picture Group, John Greenstein as Co-Chair of Skydance Motion Picture Group, James Gunn of Co-Chairman of DC Studios, JB Perette as Co-Chair & Chief Business Officer of Skydance TV and Co-Chair & Chief Business Officer of Skydance DTC, and Peter Safran as Co-Chairman of DC Studios. Lastly, the CEO News Executive Leadership Team with Mark Thompson as Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of CNN Worldwide and Bari Weiss as Editor-in-Chief of CBS News.
They all will report directly to Co-CEOs David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz, who was former CEO of Mattel and Endemol. While Ellison wants the company to focus on strategy and creative vision in partnership, Kreiz wants to focus on management and integration for the combined business with their leading storytellers and enhanced technology.
Ellison says: “I’m incredibly proud to introduce the team that will lead Skydance forward, a group that reflects the ambition behind this historic combination. Together, Paramount and Warner Bros. will form a creative-first home with the scale, imagination and technology to define entertainment for a generation. The leaders joining me have built some of the most beloved franchises and businesses in the industry, and they share a deep respect for the creative process and a belief that great stories have the power to entertain, unite and inspire audiences around the world. Their talent, experience and ambition are exactly what this moment demands, and together we will build a next-generation global media company that leads the industry in creative excellence and innovation, and delivers for audiences, creators, partners and shareholders alike.”