Skydance's Melissa Zukerman Unveils Comms Leadership Team, Exec Exits

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    "title": "Skydance's Melissa Zukerman Unveils Comms Leadership Team, Exec Exits - Deadline",
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    "excerpt": "Melissa Zukerman , Chief Communications Officer of Skydance , has become the latest member of the post-merger company’s CEO Corporate and Business Leadership teams to reveal the senior executives in the combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery communications operation she is overseeing. Zukerman announced the new structure in an internal memo, which you can read below. The list includes Zukerman’s Deputy Chief Communications Officer at Paramount Laura Watson ; Paramount’s former Head of Communications for Direct to Consumer Shannon Buck , who became available after Paramount and WBD’s streamers were put together under HBO/HBO Max’s Casey Bloys and JB Perrette; Head of Corporate Social Responsibility Deborah Marcus ; as well as Virginia Fout , who is joining Skydance as head of events after running her own company in the space. Departing the combined organization are Joe Libonati, who played a key communications role alongside Zukerman throughout the merger process, Arielle Falkowitz, SVP Corporate Relations & Events, Warner Bros. Discovery; Megan Klein, SVP Corporate Communications, Warner Bros. Discovery; Adrienne O’Hara, EVP, Chief Communications & Public Affairs Officer, Warner Bros. Discovery; Karen Shosfy, SVP Corporate Communications, Paramount; Heather Wagoner, SVP Internal Communications, Creative and Brand, Skydance; and Dennis Williams, SVP of Corporate...",
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