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Paramount Sets Pay For Top Executives As Merger Closes
The new Paramount has laid out the employment contracts for its executive team led by chairman-CEO David Ellison and President Jeff Shell.
Skydance Closes $8 Billion Paramount Deal, Creating “Next-Generation Media and Tech” Giant
David Ellison as CEO and former NBCUniversal boss Jeff Shell as president are running the combined Hollywood company, looking ...
New boss of Paramount grilled about rumored Trump deal
After closing the $8 billion merger, mogul David Ellison holds court with the press — and the first question is about ...
David Ellison, Jeff Shell & Paramount Team Queried On Trump, Tech, Possible Layoffs, Cable, Late Night & More At Debut Press Conference
New leadership of post-merger Paramount greeted a few dozen journalists and opened the floor to questions as the merger closed.
Gerry Cardinale, Key Paramount Investor, Sees Possibilities Others Don't: ‘A Need-to-Have Moment in Hollywood'
With its heavy dependence on declining cable networks, executives’ refusal to part with assets like BET and Showtime that ...
David Ellison Talks CBS News Interference, Late Night and M&A as New Paramount Charts Post-Merger Future
New Paramount CEO David Ellison faced questions about CBS News' future, M&A, the future of late night and more in his first ...
New Paramount Execs Address CBS News Independence; Ombudsman Will Be “A Transparency Vehicle, Not An Oversight Vehicle”
New Paramount CEO David Ellison said that he had “no interest” in wading “into the political spectrum” with CBS News, as he ...
Skydance Closes $8 Billion Paramount Acquisition
David Ellison’s Skydance Media has closed its $8 billion merger with Paramount Global to create new company Paramount ...
Skydance Takes Over Paramount, and a New Era Begins
The merger catapults new power players to the top of Hollywood and ends a tortuous process that has lasted well over a year.