These are the tech and product leaders who survived the Paramount-WBD merger — and the ones who are out
Skydance has finalized its leadership structure following the $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. The company is prioritizing Paramount executives for key tech and product roles while phasing out several high-level WBD leaders.
Why it matters
This consolidation highlights the ongoing restructuring and talent shifts within the massive media landscape as traditional studios merge to compete with tech-native streaming platforms.
Skydance's co-CEOs David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz. NYSE Consolidation is underway at David Ellison's Skydance just a few weeks after the company closed its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Skydance's chief product officer, Dane Glasgow, laid out the product and tech leadership structure of the combined entity in a memo viewed by Business Insider. Four top WBD executives are leaving, according to the memo. They include: Avi Saxena , Warner Bros. Discovery's chief technology officer Tyler Whitworth , chief product officer for WBD's streaming business Dave Duvall , WBD's chief information officer Trish Collins Weedon , WBD's chief information security officer (CISO) Duvall, Saxena, and Whitworth will stay on in an "advisory capacity as we undergo this transition," Glasgow wrote. The company is mostly keeping Paramount executives in charge of its combined tech and product organization.
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