{
  "id": 10979116,
  "title": "David Ellison Recruits Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz for Senior Role at Merged Paramount-Warner Bros.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/david-ellison-recruits-mattels-ynon-kreiz-for-senior-role-at-merged",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-30T15:43:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paramount-david-ellison-ynon-kreiz-senior-role-mattel-1236893607/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ynon Kreiz, who is stepping down as CEO of Mattel after eight years, will join David Ellison’s Paramount — which is on the brink of closing its mega-merger with Warner Bros. Discovery — in a senior management role, according to two industry sources. One source close to the situation told Variety said that Ellison’s courting […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz May Be Heading to David Ellison’s Paramount-Warner Bros.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/mattel-ceo-ynon-kreiz-may-be-heading-to-david-ellisons-paramount",
        "published": "2026-09-30T13:49:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Paramount-Warner Bros. Recruits Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/paramount-warner-bros-recruits-mattel-ceo-ynon-kreiz",
        "published": "2026-09-30T16:22:40.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}