Perrette unveils Skydance TV leadership team as seven executives depart
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Perrette has now disclosed the full leadership structure for Skydance’s television and direct-to-consumer businesses after the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, and confirmed seven executives are leaving the combined company. He said the structure may be refined as merger implementation continues, while his role is designed to connect the two businesses and help guide decisions for Skydance as a whole.
The departing executives are Dan Barnes, Michael Bishara, Jamie Cooke and Juan Sola from Warner Bros. Discovery, and Domenic DiMeglio, Marco Nobili and Pank Patel from Paramount. Perrette’s wider team includes Jeff Cusson in communications, Shauna Spenley in marketing, Trey Turner in international operations, Josh Walker in DTC operations and Liz Wright as finance chief for Skydance TV; a head of Pluto and ad-supported video is still to be named. Ronald Goes will report to Warner Bros. TV Group chair Channing Dungey, taking Skydance’s international TV production into her oversight.
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In short
- Perrette has set out Skydance’s expanded TV and DTC leadership team.
- Seven executives from the former companies are leaving.
- Further changes may follow as the merger is implemented.
How this story developed
- 1 hour ago Perrette’s latest update names Jay Askanasi, Ray Hopkins, David Decker, James Gibbons and Fernando Medin among the leaders, while the head of Pluto and ad-supported video remains to be appointed.
- 1 hour ago JB Perrette outlined Skydance’s television and direct-to-consumer leadership after the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, naming seven executives who are leaving and saying the structure could change as integration proceeds.
Full account
JB Perrette has set out a leadership structure for Skydance TV and Skydance Direct-to-Consumer following the combination of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount. Perrette, the businesses’ co-chair and chief business officer, said the arrangement had been assembled in a compressed timeframe and could be refined as integration continues.
The structure places Warner Bros. International TV Production under Skydance TV Studios, with the division’s president, Ronald Goes, reporting to Warner Bros. Television Group chair Channing Dungey. The international production operation had previously reported to Gerhard Zeiler, Warner Bros. Discovery’s president of international, who is not joining Skydance. Its production companies make local versions of established formats including The Bachelor, First Dates and FBoy Island, as well as other programmes for broadcasters and streaming services.
Perrette also confirmed that seven executives are leaving the combined company: Dan Barnes, Michael Bishara, Jamie Cooke and Juan Sola from Warner Bros. Discovery, and Domenic Di Meglio, Marco Nobili and Pank Patel from Paramount. Their previous roles covered areas including streaming, advertising, marketing, international networks and regional management. Perrette thanked them for their contributions to the television and direct-to-consumer businesses and wished them well.
The leadership appointments include Jay Askanasi for advertising, Ray Hopkins for distribution and David Decker for content sales. Perrette’s memo also named Jeff Cusson as communications chief for Skydance DTC, Shauna Spenley as global DTC and international TV marketing chief, Trey Turner as international operations chief, Josh Walker as DTC operations chief and Liz Wright as finance chief for the Skydance TV segment. A head of Pluto and advertising-supported video-on-demand is still to be named. Perrette said further clarifications and adjustments may follow as teams are aligned.
Where outlets differ
From the full account, which is AI-written from the sources:
The first report focuses on the combined TV and direct-to-consumer leadership structure and the seven departures, while the second concentrates on the reporting change for Warner Bros. International TV Production and provides examples of its companies and programmes.
The second report adds the unit’s prior planned placement in a proposed Discovery Global division and describes the reporting change as a way to bring it closer to Warner Bros. Television Group. Those points are not covered in the first report.
The reports spell Perrette’s surname differently: “Perrette” in the first and “Perette” in the second. The first also describes the appointments and departures in the context of a detailed staff memo; the second centres on the international production unit.
Explained simply
Skydance is a media company whose businesses include television and streaming. Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery are large entertainment groups with their own television channels, studios and streaming services; combining them brings together teams and operations that have so far been run separately.
JB Perrette oversees television and direct-to-consumer services, which reach viewers through streaming and other subscriptions. The leadership team includes managers responsible for advertising, distribution, content sales and regional operations, while a leader for Pluto TV and other ad-supported streaming services is still to be appointed.
Mergers often involve decisions about which roles and systems to combine, so some executives leave while others take on leadership posts. The way the combined company is organised matters to staff, programme makers, advertisers and viewers, and further changes may follow as the integration continues.
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Originally published by Variety as “Skydance’s JB Perrette Reveals His Full Leadership Team, Announces Departures of Several Execs Not Joining Following the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger”.