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  "id": 12182236,
  "title": "Factbox-David Ellison’s leadership team for new Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/factbox-david-ellisons-leadership-team-for-new-paramount-warner-bros",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-05T16:01:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/factboxdavid-ellisons-leadership-team-for-new-paramountwarner-bros-discovery-4932572"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "David Ellison, the Chairman of Paramount Skydance, has announced the executive team that will lead the company following its acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery. The deal is anticipated to finalize on Tuesday, at which point the newly formed entity will be known as Skydance. This marks the conclusion of a bidding war involving multiple potential buyers.\n\nCurrently, the chairman and co-CEO of Paramount Skydance is David Ellison. Complementing him, Ynon Kreiz serves as the co-CEO, previously holding the position of CEO at Mattel.\n\nIn the legal department, Rebecca Adler holds the position of Chief Legal Officer at Paramount Skydance, having previously served in the same role at Mattel. Melissa Adler takes on the role of Senior Leadership Advisor at the company, previously working as Senior Vice President at Paramount.\n\nGeorge Cohen and Jean-Bria Heim are co-chairs of Paramount Skydance, having previously held similar positions at Warner Bros Discovery (WBD). Most recently, Peter Cohen served as President at WBD, and Jean-Bria Heim was the Editor-in-Chief at Paramount.",
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      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz announce Skydance leadership team",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/david-ellison-and-ynon-kreiz-announce-skydance-leadership-team",
        "published": "2026-10-05T15:51:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Ellison retains Thompson as CNN chief, unveils Skydance leadership team",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/ellison-retains-thompson-as-cnn-chief-unveils-skydance-leadership-team",
        "published": "2026-10-05T16:01:45.000Z"
      }
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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."
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