Paramount has cemented the new leadership of its cable brands such as MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon as it sets out plans to "reinvent" these brands. George Cheeks, Chair of TV Media at Skydance-owned Paramount, has named its top executives across these networks, following last week's layoff…

EXCLUSIVE: Don McGregor is set to land the top global TV distribution post at Paramount, we understand. The move would reunite the veteran sales exec with his former NBCUniversal colleague Kevin MacLellan, who is President of Global Content Distribution and International Media at…

With nearly only four months left in 2025, media layoffs across the entertainment industry have continued to bleed over from last year’s avalanche of job cuts. The unfortunate trend can still be felt following the COVID-19 pandemic, dual Hollywood strikes and — the latest event to hit Los…

Laurie Orlando, who has served as senior vice president of talent strategy and development at CBS News and Stations, is departing the network. Orlando announced her exit in a memo to employees on Monday.  She joined CBS News in January 2016 after serving as a top executive for ESPN, where she…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount is jumping for joy for its latest live sports deal. The company has acquired distribution rights to Varsity Spirit’s Pro Cheer League, the world's first professional competitive cheer league. The Pro Cheer League will launch in January 2026 with four teams, based in…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures has hired Lionsgate Co-President of Worldwide Theatrical Distribution Shaun Barber as its new Head of Domestic Theatrical Distribution. The news comes in the wake of Josh Goldstine’s arrival to the Melrose Avenue lot as President of Global Marketing and Distribution…

UPDATED: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer offered his take on Donald Trump’s sit down with 60 Minutes, riffing that he should perhaps file a complaint with the FCC over the way that the interview was edited. Schumer wrote on X, “Maybe I should file a complaint with the FCC against the Trump…

Donald Trump sat down with Norah O’Donnell on Friday for an interview for 60 Minutes, marking his return to the program after declining to participate in its election special last year, a network spokesperson confirmed. In fact, the O’Donnell sit-down took place exactly one year since Trump…

Warner Bros Discovery chief David Zaslav spoke fiercely about the power of storytelling and warned that “when the government controls the news, that is the end of democracy” on Thursday during his speech at the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Humanitarian Dinner, where he was being honored for his…

UPDATED with additional layoffs: The cuts at Paramount have also hit the international TV distribution side of the business. Deadline understands that Lisa Kramer, LA-based President, International TV Licensing at Paramount Global Content Distribution will exit. Kramer's division has been…

Like everyone in town, Ken Ziffren knows someone new is going to own Warner Bros Discovery soon, but he won't say who – sort of. "Can’t help but mention the pending acquisition of WBD by a company called Paramount, Paramount Skydance or PSKY," the circumspect grand dean of Tinseltown lawyers…

EXCLUSIVE: After landing the rights to turn one of the world’s biggest video games into an epic movie, Paramount has now landed two A-list filmmakers to develop it. Sources tell Deadline that Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg have joined Paramount and Activision to develop and…