Skydance sets post-merger leadership across streaming, tech and advertising

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Skydance finalized its post-merger leadership structure, with David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz as CEO/Co-CEO overseeing top executives from both legacy companies.
Key departures include former Paramount streaming chief Cindy Holland and Warner Bros. film co-chairs Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca, reflecting a consolidation of senior roles.
Skydance is integrating content oversight but centralizing technology, monetization, and operations, assigning major streaming content roles to WBD veterans and product/tech functions to former Paramount executives.

Leadership structure takes shape after merger

As first reported by Business Insider, Skydance has circulated internal memos and a companywide email laying out the executives who now oversee key businesses in the merged group. The documents provide the clearest view yet of the chain of command under chairman and CEO David Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz.

At the top level, Ellison and Kreiz's direct reports include Casey Bloys for direct-to-consumer content, George Cheeks for television content, Dane Glasgow for product, Dennis Cinelli for finance, and JB Perrette for business operations across TV and streaming. Other senior leaders include Andy Gordon as president, Makan Delrahim as chief legal officer and president of global corporate affairs, Rebecca Mall as chief marketing officer, Mark Thompson at CNN, Bari Weiss at CBS News, and Melissa Zukerman as chief communications officer.

The reorganization also confirms notable departures tied to the management overhaul. Former Paramount streaming chief Cindy Holland is out, along with Warner Bros. film co-chairs Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca, while former WBD technology chief Avi Saxena and streaming product chief Tyler Whitworth are also exiting.

Within streaming, Bloys leads Skydance DTC with a team spanning HBO and Paramount+, including Glenn Whitehead, Francesca Orsi and Sarah Aubrey. On the product side, Glasgow's group is weighted toward Paramount executives, with responsibilities covering information technology, security, infrastructure, media systems, content operations, consumer product management, AI and design.

Power balance highlights integration priorities

The new org charts suggest Skydance is blending content leadership from both sides of the merger while centralizing technology, monetization and operations around a smaller senior group. WBD veterans appear to retain major influence in streaming content through Bloys and HBO-aligned programming leaders, while Paramount executives hold many of the top roles in product, technology and several operating functions.

Perrette's business unit spans advertising, distribution, content sales and international direct-to-consumer operations, with Jay Askinasi leading advertising revenue and regional leaders covering Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, North Africa, Poland, Latin America and U.S. Hispanic markets. George Cheeks' television division includes Warner Bros. Television Group, CBS Studios, Paramount Television Studios, CBS Entertainment, CBS News and the global sports group led by David Berson.

Finance chief Cinelli's structure reaches across film, distribution, content sales, CNN, TV studios, advertising, consumer products, games, streaming and the Skydance TV segment, indicating a broad effort to standardize financial oversight. Separate reporting lines for human resources, global operations and communications also point to a deeper integration process as the company combines assets including HBO, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, CNN, CBS and cable brands such as HGTV, TNT and MTV.

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