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Paramount-WBD Deal Architect Gerry Cardinale Says Most Of $6B In Expected Cost Savings Will Not Be Layoffs (opens the original)
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Gerry Cardinale, Paramount board member and principal architect of the company’s imminent merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, insists that most of the deal’s cost savings will not come from layoffs. The company has promised investors it will deliver $6 billion in cost savings from the $110 billion transaction, but Cardinale maintains that non-labor costs will make up the majority. A Hollywood community already reeling from Covid, labor unrest and overall consolidation and contraction has assumed
David Ellison’s “Coziness” With Donald Trump Is “Way Overstated”, Per Paramount Backer Gerry Cardinale (opens the original)
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Gerry Cardinale, Paramount board member, investor and key architect of its pending merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, says the notion that CEO David Ellison is tight with Donald Trump has been “way overstated.” “Forget about where you are on the political spectrum,” Cardinale said at the Bloomberg Screentime conference in L.A. on Thursday. “You have an administration that’s pro-business. Anybody in corporate America should have a relationship with that administration. And that’s not because it’
Ynon Kreiz, New Paramount Co-CEO, Getting Pay Bump After WBD Merger (opens the original)
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Former Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz, who was tapped Wednesday as co-CEO of the soon-to-merge Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery, will collect at least $35.1 million a year by 2027. In an SEC filing Thursday, Paramount laid out terms of the new exec’s five-year contract and said its board of directors approved the appointment of Kreiz on Sunday. His exit from Mattel was announced Wednesday morning, with Paramount revealing his new post later in the day. After a lengthy legal challenge by 12 state attor
Hearst Renews CBS Weekend Series ‘The Visioneers With Zay Harding’ Through 2028 (opens the original)
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Hearst Media Production Group has renewed CBS weekend educational series The Visioneers with Zay Harding for two more seasons, through 2028. The show was first announced by Hearst in March 2025. Season 3 of the 30-minute eco-adventure original, which is produced by the Hearst production division in partnership with the VoLo Foundation, will premiere on Saturday. Hosted by Harding, an international explorer, the show features scientists, engineers and everyday people who are creating sustainable
Ex-Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz In Line For High-Level Paramount Job (opens the original)
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Former Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz has talked with Paramount CEO David Ellison about taking on a senior executive role, sources familiar with the discussions tell Deadline. Mattel announced Wednesday morning that Kreiz was stepping down after a succession process, with former Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch taking over as top exec. The toymaker said Kreiz was set to take “a senior leadership position at another public company.” Paramount is moving toward closing its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros
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