Skydance Names New Senior Executives Following Major Merger

Following the major merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, David Ellison's Skydance has appointed Jay Askinasi as head of ad sales, David Decker as head of content sales, and Ray Hopkins as distribution chief. Askinasi and Hopkins will also join the Skydance Executive Leadership Team, reporting to co-chair and chief business officer JB Perrette.

This leadership reorganization has resulted in the departures of several high-ranking executives from Warner Bros. Discovery, including U.S. ad sales co-heads Ryan Gould and Robert Voltaggio, as well as distribution head Scott Miller. The company aims to unify its teams and build a next-generation media and entertainment organization.