Paramount CEO Bob Bakish steps down as merger inches closer
Paramount has removed Bob Bakish as CEO — and it doesn’t have plans to fill the role. The company announced the news as part of its earnings results on Monday, which will leave Paramount reliant on a committee made up of three executives.
The new team consists of George Cheeks, the president and CEO of CBS; Chris McCarthy, the president and CEO of Showtime, MTV Entertainment Studios, and Paramount Media Networks; and Brian Robbins, the President and CEO of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon.
Bakish has been with the company since 1997 and became CEO of Viacom in 2016. He remained in the position when Viacom and CBS Corporation merged in 2019 to form Paramount Global, guiding the company through the launch of Paramount Plus and its acquisition of Pluto TV.
A report from The Wall Street Journal suggests that Shari Redstone, the head of Paramount parent company National Amusements, and other board members aren’t happy with Bakish’s leadership. As pointed out by the WSJ, Paramount’s market value has dipped significantly since 2019, going from $25.3 billion to $8.4 billion.
For months now, Paramount has been in talks with several suitors that want to buy all or part of the company. It’s getting closer to a deal with Skydance Media and has extended a final offer to merge with Paramount, according to a report from CNBC. The proposed deal involves Skydance paying a $3 billion cash infusion to buy back shares and pay debts, while also giving shareholders a larger stake than it offered previously, The New York Times reports. Paramount’s special committee still has to approve the deal.
Paramount has removed Bob Bakish as CEO — and it doesn’t have plans to fill the role. The company announced the news as part of its earnings results on Monday, which will leave Paramount reliant on a committee made up of three executives. The new team consists of George Cheeks,…
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