SUBSCRIPTION ONLY TV Upfronts Skydance Ads Boss Reveals New Leadership Team Following the Paramount and WBD merger, Jay Askinasi sets ad leadership CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - APRIL 14: Jay Askinasi speaks onstage during Paramount's Midwest Upfront Partnership Event 2026 at City Winery West Loop on April 14, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Paramount By Bill Bradley --> There’s no “I” in Skydance, so ads leader Jay Askinasi is forming his new team.
Following the recent completion of the $110 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery to form Skydance, ADWEEK reported that Jay Askinasi was leading advertising for the combined entity as chief revenue officer, while WBD’s ad sales leaders, Ryan Gould and Bobby Voltaggio, would exit.
Now, in a new memo to staff obtained by ADWEEK, Askinasi has revealed his ad leadership team.
Danielle Carney—who exited Amazon for Paramount earlier this year and led the company’s upfront—will serve as head of U.S. sales, leading U.S.
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