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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…

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…