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George Cheeks May Be Poised for Expanded TV Role at Skydance Post Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

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George Cheeks May Be Poised for Expanded TV Role at Skydance Post Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger. Paramount TV media chair George Cheeks, whose domain has included all of CBS in addition to the Paramount cable networks, is said to be in line for an expanded oversight at the newly merged Paramount-Warner Bros. entity (which will be named “Skydance,” the company revealed Friday). Skydance would not comment, but Cheeks has been seen […].

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