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Paramount Skydance has a favorite company to hire from: Google.David Ellison’s company has brought on two more former Google execs, product chief Dane Glasgow told employees in a memo on Tuesday afternoon.Nick Lee, who was the corporate vice president of Microsoft AI, is Paramount’s new EVP of media systems. Before…
Remember David Ellison’s warm relationship with President Donald Trump?The Paramount Skydance CEO seems to wish you wouldn’t.Ellison courted Trump as he sought approval from the Department of Justice for his Warner Bros. Discovery deal. Now, Ellison is facing a lawsuit from 12 Democratic states — and he’s looking to distance himself…
Venture capitalist David Friedberg says critics shouldn’t write off New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s city-run grocery stores.”Everyone’s got it a little bit wrong in assuming that this thing is going to radically fail,” Friedberg said during a recent episode of “The All-In” Podcast, which he cohosts.Friedberg said, “It’s a sad…
Paramount Skydance’s agreement to delay its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery might have a simple explanation: CEO David Ellison can afford to wait.After months of trying to fast-track its WBD mega-deal, Paramount agreed on Friday not to close it until June 2027, or until five days after a trial ends.Attorneys…
Employees at Paramount Skydance are wrestling with whether the planned mega-merger with Warner Bros. Discovery would put them on the chopping block or help save their jobs.”I’m definitely worried about impending layoffs post-merger,” a Paramount research staffer said. “But I’m worried about the company as a whole if it doesn’t…
