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Skydance Sets Comms and Publicity Leadership Team, With Several Execs Departing
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The leadership teams across divisions at the new Skydance are continuing to be hashed out, three weeks after the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger closed. On Friday, Skydance chief communications officer Melissa Zukerman announced the senior members of her team in a memo to
The leadership teams across divisions at the new Skydance are continuing to be hashed out, three weeks after the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger closed. On Friday, Skydance chief communications officer Melissa Zukerman announced the senior members of her team in a memo to staff — and announced the departures of several execs.
In her memo, […]
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