John Halley , president of Paramount Advertising, is leaving the company after a 17-year run.

His departure, which was expected after the company hired Jay Askinasi as chief revenue officer in October, was confirmed to Deadline by a person familiar with the personnel move.

Halley will officially wrap his tenure next March, staying on as a strategic advisor until then.

The ad sales shuffle is one of many across the company since the August close of Paramount’s merger with Skydance. Two thousand employees are also being laid off as a result of the merger, with Paramount also now angling to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, a move that would prompt yet more changes.

Halley came to Viacom in 2007, overseeing cable TV and digital properties that are now part of Paramount’s portfolio. H

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