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Former Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav collected a massive windfall of more than $600 million for orchestrating the company’s $110 billion sale to Paramount – but he wasn’t alone. Zaslav’s top deputies also made out extremely well from the combination under new corporate parent Skydance…

Skydance's CEO Business Leadership Team unveiled on Monday features only Co-Chairs, with everyone in the group sharing oversight of a division alongside someone else. All pairs come from the same side of the merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery company (WBD’s Casey Bloys & JB Perrette for DTC and…

Sony Pictures Entertainment said Friday that it has tapped Fede Goldenberg, a veteran YouTube content partnership exec, as head of Screen Gems. He replaces Ashley Brucks, who had been President of Screen Gems since 2023. Sony said today that she will segue to a producing role on some upcoming…

During her decades-long career as a top network and studio executive, Channing Dungey has used working titles on numerous shows; now the term applies to her. Three days after she assumed a new position at the new Skydance company when Paramount’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery close…

Rachel Stockman, longtime president of Court TV parent Law & Crime, is becoming CEO of the company as founder Dan Abrams steps down from the role. Abrams, chief legal analyst for ABC News, is staying on as chairman of Law & Crime. The company has been owned since 2023 by Jellysmack, a holding…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is making a major change in its live experiences operations. Greg Lombardo, who led the streamer’s foray into the arena and the subsequent expansion, has exited after more than seven years, most recently as of VP Creative and Production, Global Experiences, Deadline has…

EXCLUSIVE: Over decades at Disney, Mary Fossier employed the full force of the law against individuals and organizations that attempted to infringe on the House of Mouse’s intellectual property. Now, after being canned by then Bob Iger-run company in late 2024, the ex-associate General Counsel is…

David Zaslav, ex-CEO of the former Warner Bros Discovery, saw a windfall of just over $600 million as he handed over his WBD shares to Paramount at $31 each. An SEC filing Thursday shows the October 6 exchange of tranches of common stock and options as Paramount closed its acquisition of WBD and…

Kevin MacLellan, President of International and Global Content Distribution at the pre-merger Paramount, is leaving Skydance. The news comes soon after Warner Bros. Discovery executive David Decker was named President, Content Sales at Skydance; with Jay Askinasi becoming Chief Revenue Officer…

It may be a coincidence – or investor bargain-hunting – but Skydance shares have rebounded Thursday after David Ellison and other top execs rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Halfway through the trading day, the stock was at $9.42, up 6%. That nearly made up for Wednesday’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Former New Line, Lionsgate, and Paramount Vantage exec Guy Stodel will be the point acquisitions consultant at AMC Theatres’ new film label, Leawood Films. Stodel joins Kyles Davies, who is leading distribution for Leawood in addition to advisors, former Warner Bros Group chairman…

Skydance has named its top executives across content licensing, advertising and distribution. David Decker will become President, Content Sales, Jay Askinasi has been named Chief Revenue Officer, Advertising and Ray Hopkins has been appointed President, Distribution. The trio will report to…