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  "id": 12480253,
  "title": "Skydance Adds Bobby Kotick and Laurene Powell Jobs to Board, Taps Tony Blair as Adviser",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/skydance-adds-bobby-kotick-and-laurene-powell-jobs-to-board-taps-tony",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-06T21:40:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
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    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/skydance-board-bobby-kotick-laurene-powell-jobs-tony-blair-1236903730/"
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  "summary": "Skydance Corp., formed from the megamerger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, is bringing new blood to its board of directors. On Tuesday, the company announced that Laurene Powell Jobs, founder and president of Emerson Collective, and Bobby Kotick, founder and former CEO of Activision, are joining the board as independent directors. As previously announced, […]",
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        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Bobby Kotick and Laurene Powell Jobs Join Skydance Board of Directors",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/bobby-kotick-and-laurene-powell-jobs-join-skydance-board-of-directors",
        "published": "2026-10-06T21:26:18.000Z"
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        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Skydance Adds Laurene Powell Jobs and Bobby Kotick to Board of Directors, Tony Blair to Advise",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/skydance-adds-laurene-powell-jobs-and-bobby-kotick-to-board-of",
        "published": "2026-10-06T21:39:37.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Skydance Sets Board With Laurene Powell Jobs, Bobby Kotick New Directors, Tony Blair As Advisor",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/skydance-sets-board-with-laurene-powell-jobs-bobby-kotick-new",
        "published": "2026-10-06T22:03:01.000Z"
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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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