After Paramount Skydance ‘s across-the-board layoffs last week , TV Media chair George Cheeks unveiled a new leadership structure for the company’s cable brands.

Cheeks, in a memo sent Tuesday to staffers that was obtained by Variety , said the goal for the TV Media group is “to reinvent and strengthen our brands to build a stronger future that’s rooted in exceptional storytelling across entertainment, news and sports.”

Prior to the Skydance takeover, Paramount’s cable TV business was led by Chris McCarthy , head of Showtime & MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks, who was also one of Paramount Global’s three co-CEOs. McCarthy left the company with the closing of the Skydance-Paramount deal.

Under the new structure at Paramount Skydance, Laurel Weir will lea

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