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fromwww.esquire.com
4 days ago

'Yellowstone' Creator Taylor Sheridan Is Leaving Paramount for Deal With NBCUniversal

Most likely, Sheridan began shopping around for a new contract once news broke that David Ellison would merge Skydance and Paramount Global to became CEO of the new Paramount Skydance Corporation. 'Most of the executives he worked with were either fired or marginalized' in the move, according to Puck, including former Paramount Network and MTV Entertainment Studios CEO Chris McCarthy.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 days ago

Gayle King may be out as host of CBS Mornings' next year

Gayle King is expected to leave her CBS Mornings anchor role as the network considers reassigning her amid a news-division overhaul.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 days ago

Trump Sits for Interview With CBS for First Time Since Suing Network

President Trump granted Norah O'Donnell a CBS interview after suing CBS; Paramount settled for $16 million and leadership changes at CBS align with Trump's preferences.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Bari Weiss named editor-in-chief of CBS News as Paramount buys Free Press startup

The purchase comes in light of major changes to 97-year-old CBS News after a merger between Paramount Global, the channel's parent company, and Skydance Media, a media company founded by David Ellison, the son of billionaire Larry Ellison, this summer. Paramount is also behind the Paramount Pictures movie studios and US cable channels including MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon. Ahead of the merger, Paramount agreed to pay Donald Trump $16m to settle a lawsuit
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fromInverse
1 month ago

20 Years Later, An Ambitious Star Trek Spinoff Reveals Deep-Cut Details

Star Trek: United is a proposed Enterprise sequel centering on President Jonathan Archer and his four adult children across diplomatic, Starfleet, and Federation Intelligence roles.
US politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

He lied to us': CBS News staffers say new owner David Ellison can't be trusted'

David Ellison lost the trust of CBS News staff after broken promises following the Paramount-Skydance merger and a controversial $16 million settlement tied to Trump.
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fromConsequence
1 month ago

Stephen Colbert Receives Standing Ovation at 2025 Emmys

Stephen Colbert received a standing ovation at the 2025 Emmys and humorously offered his Late Show staff for hire following the show's cancellation.
fromFortune
1 month ago

Paramount's new CEO tells employees to return to office full-time or quit ahead of layoffs

Paramount CEO David Ellison, in one of his first companywide memos, demanded staff come back to the office five days a week or else find a new job. Ellison, the founder and CEO of Skydance Media, became CEO of Paramount after its long-stalled $8 billion merger with Skydance was finalized last month. Since then, he has warned employees of efficiency changes, and said in an email that the new return-to-office mandate, which will be pushed out in phases starting January 2026, will "unlock Paramount's full potential," reported.
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