Cindy Holland Leaving Paramount Ahead Of WBD Merger

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    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/cindy-holland-leaving-paramount-wbd-merger-1237141927/",
    "title": "Cindy Holland Leaving Paramount Ahead Of WBD Merger - deadline.com",
    "contact": "Cindy Holland",
    "excerpt": "One of the biggest executive suite questions about Paramount following its pending acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery - who will lead streaming - may have been answered. Cindy Holland is leaving Paramount where she was Chair of Direct-To-Consumer since the close of the Skydance-Paramount merger having served as an advisor to Skydance CEO David Ellison prior to that. Her last day is today. She announced her departure in a company memo, which you can read below. The move leaves Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO of HBO and HBO Max Content, as the likely streaming head of the combined Paramount-WBD. Holland hinted at that in her email to staff. “David is optimizing for HBO stability as we move into this next chapter, and I fully support that,” she said. “I know this team has the leadership and expertise to manage through the transition and the next phase of the company, and to this end today will mark my last day here.” Holland, who was behind Netflix’s initial move into original programming with series such as House of Cards and The Crown, was initially recruited by Ellison as an advisor in January 2025 to help draft the post-Paramount merger streaming strategy before she took the rains of the operation as Chair of Direct-to-Consumer in August 2025, overseeing Paramount+ and Pluto. “Cindy is one of the most exceptional executives in our industry - a force of nature whose impact on...",
    "summary": "Cindy Holland is leaving her role as Chair of Direct-To-Consumer at Paramount, with her last day being September 29, 2026.",
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    "image_url": "https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cindy-Holland.jpg?w=1024",
    "job_title": "Chair of Direct-To-Consumer",
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    "published_at": "2026-09-29T22:50:00Z",
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