Paramount CEO Bob Bakish is officially out

Exiting Paramount CEO Bob Bakish, seen here in 2019

Paramount announced Monday that its president and CEO Bob Bakish is stepping down and getting replaced by a trio of execs.

Bakish is exiting the entertainment studio as major shareholder Shari Redstone inches closer to a sale of her controlling stake in the company.

David Ellison’s Skydance Media has been angling to buy Paramount.

For the time being, three executives — CBS head George Cheeks; Chris McCarthy, the president and CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks; and Nickelodeon boss Brian Robbins — will run the company as an “Office of the CEO.”

“The Office of the CEO is working with the Board to develop a comprehensive, long-range plan to accelerate growth and develop popular content, materially streamline operations, strengthen the balance sheet, and continue to optimize the streaming strategy,” Paramount’s board said in a statement. “The Board has great confidence in the leaders comprising the Office of the CEO, all of whom are senior creative executives and business leaders with a track record of success running meaningful businesses within Paramount Global.”

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