CNN’s boss will remain as Paramount and WBD merge into Skydance

CNN CEO Mark Thompson volition stay astatine the caput of the quality web erstwhile Paramount's $110 cardinal Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition closes this week. Thompson wrote successful a memo to employees that helium believes the combined institution volition "fully enactment the rule and signifier of the benignant of autarkic quality that CNN has ever stood for," according to a study from The New York Times. The quality comes arsenic portion of an announcement detailing the combined company's enforcement leadership.

Paramount CEO David Ellison volition pb the companies - to beryllium called Skydance - alongside erstwhile Mattel caput Ynon Kreiz. Speculation astir what would go of CNN swirle …

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