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LISTEN: David Ellison and Paramount’s New Regime Meets the Media in New York and L.A.; Backstory on 10 Storytellers to Watch

On 'Daily Variety' podcast, analysis of the new Paramount team's media moments in New York and L.A.; plus the backstory on 10 ...

Skydance CEO David Ellison feels the heat, melts down while taking questions as ‘new Paramount’ press conference goes off the rails

"Today marks Day One of a new Paramount," David Ellison, new CEO of the merged Skydance and Paramount, said Thursday.

Skydance Closes $8 Billion Paramount Deal, Creating “Next-Generation Media and Tech” Giant

David Ellison as CEO and former NBCUniversal boss Jeff Shell as president are running the combined Hollywood company, looking ...

David Ellison Confirms BET Networks No Longer for Sale During Media Q&A With Paramount Skydance Leaders

BET Networks is no longer being shopped to third-party buyers, the new leadership regime at Paramount Skydance confirmed ...
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The UFC Alone Isn’t Enough Streaming Punch for David Ellison’s Paramount

It didn’t take long for David Ellison, the fresh-faced millennial owner and CEO of Paramount Skydance, to make a statement.

Paramount president Jeff Shell will cut $2 billion in ‘painful’ belt-tightening after troubled Skydance merger

We do not want to be a company that has layoffs every quarter,” Shell said, citing constant waves of cuts under Paramount’s ...

David Ellison Shows Off His New Throne at Paramount, With ‘Top Gun 3,’ ‘Star Trek’ and ‘World War Z’ Called Priorities

Ellison and his top executives hosted a meet-and-greet with journalists on the storied Melrose Lot Wednesday to further ...
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Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison Has Nothing But Praise For Taylor Sheridan Following Merger: “A Singular Genius With A Perfect Track Record”

Nothing but praise for the man that simply can’t miss.

Skydance boss David Ellison reveals leadership team ahead of Paramount merger

Skydance CEO David Ellison, the son of billionaire Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, will assume the helm of the new publicly ...

David Ellison’s High Wire Act

The ambitious Oracle heir, who once counted Steve Jobs as a mentor, hopes to turn Paramount Skydance into a tech-era media ...
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Skydance Media closes $8bn merger with Paramount; David Ellison promises a “tech-forward company”

Skydance Media has closed its $8bn merger with Paramount, creating a company under the moniker Paramount, a Skydance ...

What We Know About David Ellison—Soon-To-Be Paramount Chief And Major Hollywood Honcho

David Ellison, an actor-turned-producer and son of centibillionaire Larry Ellison, will helm Paramount after its merger with his Skydance media company is complete.