Read the memo from Skydance’s product chief after Paramount and WBD joined forces
Following the $110 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, Skydance's chief product officer issued a memo emphasizing a 'bias for action' and technical innovation. The new entity consolidates major media assets including HBO, CNN, and DC Comics.
Why it matters
This merger creates a massive new media conglomerate, significantly altering the landscape of the entertainment and streaming industries.
Skydance's chief product officer addressed the Paramount and WBD teams in a memo after the merger. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Skydance's product chief addressed the Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery teams after the merger. Dane Glasgow sent a memo to staffers on Tuesday about working together going forward. He said the team would help keep Skydance on the "cutting edge" as technology reshapes storytelling. The product chief at the newly dubbed Skydance is ready to get the ball rolling — and encouraging employees to do the same — on the heels of Paramount Skydance's merger with Warner Bros. Discovery . "The leaders who will have the greatest impact here are the ones with a bias for action under ambiguity. They let the best idea win, full stop," Dane Glasgow, chief product officer at Skydance , told staffers Tuesday in a memo that was obtained by Business Insider.
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