Skydance’s JB Perrette, who now serves as co-chair and chief business officer of Skydance TV and Skydance Direct-to-Consumer, has unveiled his new executive org structure — and announced several departures from the pre-merged Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance entities he now oversees. Exiting the combined company are Dan Barnes, Michael Bishara, Jamie Cooke, Domenic DiMeglio, Marco Nobili, Pank Patel and Juan Sola.
From the WBD side, Barnes was previously head of global advertising revenue for HBO Max; Bishara was exec VP and general manager of global streaming and digital studios at Warner Bros. Discovery; Cooke was exec VP and GM of Central Eastern Europe, Middle East, Turkey and Africa at Warner Bros. Discovery; and Sola was head of streaming for Latin America at Warner Bros.
On the Paramount side, Di Meglio was exec VP, chief marketing and chief data officer at Paramount Streaming; Nobili was exec VP and international general manager of Paramount+ and Patel was head of Paramount International Networks. Discovery, will now report to Warner Bros. TV Group chair Channing Dungey — adding Skydance’s international TV production to her oversight as well.
Goes and the Warner Bros. International TV studio operation previously reported to Warner Bros. International president Gerhard Zeiler, who is not joining Skydance.
In his Thursday memo, Perrette — who was previously WBD’s CEO/president of global streaming and games — spelled out a detailed leadership structure that he noted will likely change over time as the merger implementation continues. Despite our best efforts, there will undoubtedly be further clarifications and refinements that need to be made, particularly within sub-teams that will need to be more specifically realigned to this new structure,” he wrote. In the new memo, he spelled out more direct reports, including, on his global team, Jeff Cusson, EVP and Head of Communications, Skydance DTC; Shauna Spenley, CMO, Global DTC and International TV; Trey Turner, COO, International; Josh Walker, COO, DTC; Liz Wright, CFO, Skydance TV Segment; and a new head of Pluto/AVOD to be announced later.
Perrette also revealed his regional and local teams, including Andrew Georgiou, the interim President & MD Europe & Africa, who will lead Europe & Africa; James Gibbons, President & MD APAC & MENA; Kasia Kieli, President & MD, Poland; and Fernando Medin, President and MD LATAM/U.S. Here’s Perrette’s full memo, with additional appointments: As you learned from David and Ynon earlier this month, my role in the company is one that purposefully bridges DTC and TV. The industry and consumer behavior continue to evolve at a fast pace, and these two businesses have more crossover and interconnections than ever.
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