Dan Cohen to go out as a chief of the licenses of Paramount Global

Dan Cohen, head of content of content for Paramount Global and a veteran of industry sales, left his role before taking control by Skydance Media of the studio and CBS.

Cohen confirmed his departure from the role of the license chief of Paramount Global and his other role as president of Republic Pictures in a note to his employees sent on Thursday. Skydance Media is expected to complete its purchase of $ 8 billion in Paramount on August 7, which will inaugurate a new Melrose field management regime led by Skydance CEO, David Ellison and the former leader of Nbcuniversal Jeff Shell.

“Over the past 8 years, I have had the privilege of working alongside the most talented and dedicated people in the industry. Together, we have sailed in a constantly evolving media landscape, forged revolutionary offers and brought incredible stories to an audience around the world. Excellence, ”wrote Cohen in memo.

Cohen had a 20 -year race as a television sales director at Disney before joining Paramount Pictures as a television license in 2017. During his stay in Paramount, Cohen took entrepreneurial measures to relaunch the banner of Republic Pictures for gender photos and other titles that would not naturally cross. More recently, he moved the studio in the Distribution of fast channels in an agreement with the motivation maestro Tony Robbins, Who turned to Paramount to help monetize his vast content archives of his long career as a public speaker.

The last day from Cohen to Paramount will be on August 1, wrote the executive in his memo.