#bob bakish

[maturemenoftvandfilms]

Robert M. Bakish Former President of Paramount Global

Looks like Bob got let go as CEO of Paramount Global.

If he wants, I can offer him a job. The salary won't be much, but the benefits are great.

It's sex. The benefits is sex. All he wants.

[mydaddywiki]

Bob Bakish

Physique: Husky Build Height: 6’

Robert Marc Bakish (born December 14, 1963-) is an American business executive. He has been president and CEO of Paramount Global since December 4, 2019, formerly holding the same position at Viacom before the merger with CBS Corporation.

Handsome, husky and looks like he could be spectacularly hairy underneath that suit. I wouldn’t mine getting into his bakish if you know what I mean. And if you don’t… I mean I’d fuck him. I mean look at him. Damn near perfect.

The New Jersey native is married with two daughters. I known nothing else about this guy other than he is exceptionally hot.

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Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global in talks for a merger?

Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global in talks for a merger?

Lots of chatter online today that Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global are discussing a merger. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav met with Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish on Tuesday in New York City. Discussed was the two companies joining forces. Warner Bros. Discovery is the larger of the two companies so it’s unclear what the deal would include, but could be the purchase of…

[wilwheaton]

Last year, Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav made $246.6 million; Disney’s Bob Iger made $45.9 million; and Paramount Global CEO’s Bob Bakish made $32 million. These individuals make more money per year than almost any entertainment executive before them. Just a small portion of each major CEO’s annual salary could cover the cost of the guilds’ reasonable structural and financial demands, and yet, they say it’s not possible. How could that be? Because it’s not about the money. It’s about power and perception. Almost none of these CEOs built the companies they run. We are not negotiating with Jack Warner or Walt Disney. We’re not even negotiating with the people who enriched these companies, like producer Robert Evans at Paramount in the 1970s. These CEOs are basically people who just work there—and who have contracts that allow them very large amounts of money. And right now, they don’t want anyone to know that. They don’t want anyone to know that they don’t actually build anything. They don’t want anyone to see them capitulate and bend the knee to any degree by making a deal with the writers and actors who build the product they fund and distribute. They don’t want to reasonably negotiate with these artists, because they think it will make them look weak. They think it will make them look like chumps, make them look simply like the employees of these companies that they are.

Justine Bateman on the Destruction of the Film Business

[runningatypufullspeed]

im all for tottmnt and im like happy and shit we’re getting more tmnt content but is everyone just gonna like. Collectively ignore the fact that paramount supports Israel/has donated money in the support of Israel hello

Not saying that you can’t or shouldn’t watch it btw just leaving this here as an fyi ….. pirate it

[iww-gnv]

Paramount Global, amid a swirl of M&A discussions, is laying off about 800 employees worldwide — an estimated 3% of its headcount — as it looks to trim costs. CEO Bob Bakish announced the layoffs in a memo Tuesday to staff that was obtained by Variety. According to the memo, U.S. employees being laid off will be informed by the close of business Tuesday; international staff members will be notified “over time in line with our local legal obligations in each of the countries where we operate.” Bakish’s memo did not specify how many employees of the company are being let go. But sources confirmed about 800 are getting cut across all divisions of the company, including at CBS, Paramount Pictures, Paramount+, Pluto TV, Showtime and cable networks including BET, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and MTV. In the memo, Bakish touted the company’s “blockbuster” Super Bowl LVIII this Sunday — the most-watched telecast in history — which “showcased the full power of Paramount.” The CEO also cited a “big slate of new and returning primetime programming on CBS” and gave a shout-out to Jon Stewart’s return to Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” on Monday (on a weekly basis).

[concerto-roblox]

since it's now confirmed that melissa barrera was fired from the scream franchise for supporting palestine, i'd like to remind everyone that paramount (who produces the movies) donated $1 million dollars to israel and is matching all employee donations

so yeah, fuck paramount. if you want to boycott them here's their newest and upcoming releases:

killers of the flower moon

under the boardwalk

mean girls

bob marley: one love

IF

a quiet place: one day

transformers one

smile 2

gladiator 2

sonic the hedgehog 3

oh, and don't forget they also own nickelodeon:

[stra-tek]

Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery are in early marger talks. What this could mean for Star Trek or Paramount+ is anybody's guess

They might even do this in live action

[robotclownindulgence]

genuine question, i thought bob bakish, the paramount ceo that made the pro-zionism decisions, got fired back in april?

To my understanding he may have been fired, but the statement affirming their support for israel still came from the company as a whole and to my knowledge has not been retracted as of yet. Even if these things were confirmed shortly before his firing, there has been not so subtle pro-israel messaging in their knuckles show and the casting of k*anu re*ves, someone who has recently come under fire for fraternsing with n*tany*hu in s*nic 3, is pretty indicative of their current mindset regarding the matte and the fact they did not.change or try to.justify any of this after the ceo was fired seems to me that they don't really care. So i don't think one person's firing changes much here, even if he had a lot of decision making power

[lol-jackles]

https://twitter.com/sarafischer/status/1737577535876259874

Scoop: Warner Bros. Discovery (@wbd) in talks to merge with @Paramount — David Zaslav met w Bob Bakish on Tuesday at Paramount HQ to discuss — Zaslav also has spoken to Shari Redstone about a deal — WBD has hired bankers Story on @axios: https://www.axios.com/2023/12/20/warner-bros-paramount-merger-discovery-streaming

More studio news - WBD might be merging with Paramount.

Zaslav really wants the sport contracts that CBS has. It's been rumored for about a month that Zaslav wants to buy Paramount Global (X)

We joked that Disney should buy Paramount so that fanboys can finally have their Star Wars/Star Trek crossover. Back in the day the fandom war between Star Trek and Star Wars was fierce and fun.

Opening scene: The Millennium Falcon is being chased by a Star Destroyer and Tie Fighters. The Falcon takes heavy damage. Shields at minimum power.

When all hope is lost, a wormhole opens and out comes the USS Enterprise.

Admiral Picard: Fire phasers and launch photon torpedoes!

Admiral Kylo Ren: *raises his hand and freezes the phasers and torpedoes in mid route*

Yeah I'll pay money to watch that. But now that may never happen.

[ncisfranchise-source]

CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach came to the Banff World Media Festival on Tuesday amid unprecedented change in the global industry.

“It’s definitely a time of tumult and change,” Reisenbach said during an informal In Conversation With: series address. “Despite everything that’s going on, we have this fantastic year and we feel like we have all this momentum going into the next season.”

Reisenbach’s appearance in Banff came as CBS Entertainment-parent Paramount Global, the Hollywood studio led by controlling shareholder, Shari Redstone, weighs a possible takeover by Skydance and RedBird Capital, or other potential suitors. “I can’t comment on anything regarding M&A. It’s very much above my head,” she said at the outset of her talk.

But she did take the opportunity to cite George Cheeks, president and CEO of CBS, who is among a trio of three studio execs — including Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios; and Brian Robbins, president and CEO of Paramount Pictures — who now run Paramount Global.

The trio took over the studio when previous CEO, Bob Bakish, left Paramount in April when the company began exclusive merger talks with Skydance. “It’s obviously incredibly comforting to know that George Cheeks as part of the co-CEOs office. It gives us the opportunity at CBS to really feel secure and stable and focus on what we’re doing, which is the business of CBS,” Reisenbach added.

On the scripted side, Reisenbach said CBS Entertainment is increasingly bypassing pilots and going straight-to-series with orders, and marketing upcoming TV shows like movies, with glitzy marketing and teasers.

“We make big, broad huge hits,” she told the Banff festival, and so the network is increasingly not tied to a schedule or season timeline, but will supersize marketing, as with the premiere of Justin Hartley’s Tracker in a post-Super Bowl slot at CBS. “We’re just not being beholden to a certain calendar,” the exec said.

CBS, however, is refreshing its primetime schedule by ending long runs for hits like Blue Bloods, Young Sheldon and titles from the NCIS and CSI franchises. “They’re extremely tough calls to make. I’m a big fan of TV first, and I sympathize with fans out there who are disappointed in the fact that these shows are ending,” Reisenbach said.

Of course, CBS won’t be moving away from franchises anytime soon. “First and foremost, it always needs having a reason for being. We’re lucky to have several billion-dollar franchises at Paramount Global and CBS. NCIS is an obvious example,” Reisenbach said.

“Our goal is never just do it to do it,” she added about extending the world of franchise series. A key creative concept to continue a franchise is key: “We’re not looking to just pump out a bunch of widgets,” she added.

Young Sheldon, itself a The Big Bang Theory prequel, is getting a spin-off to focus on Georgie (Montana Jordan), Sheldon’s older brother, and his fiancée, Mandy (Emily Osment). “We’re calling it a sequel to the prequel,” Reisenbach said.

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It really is a study of sacrifice. We can sit here and argue whether we should have, shouldn’t have [engaged in manifest destiny]. Virtually every place on this planet was settled exactly as America was settled. People lived there, and other people went there and either assimilated those people or killed those people. We could sit there and wish it wasn’t that way but that’s the way it is. But the people that were sent were never, ever the thinkers. The thinkers convinced the most desperate of society to go do that dirty work for them.

The desperate of society, all those people in Europe and Germany and Wales and Ireland, they had no idea that there were full native nations living in these places. They didn’t know there were rattlesnakes, or rivers. They didn’t know anything. They just had a dream that was sold to them, and they went and tried to achieve it, and some did. So, here’s the consequence, also the realization of a dream and the challenges of that dream coming true.

[catbirthdays]

so there's a thought experiment where you are asked, "Here is a button that will give you one million dollars every time you push it. BUT! Every time you push it, a random person in the world will die. Do you push it?" And, like, what people don't understand is that the billionaires and the Bob Igers and the Robert Bakish and the Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters of the world... they are already mashing that button as many times a day as they can. let every fucking one of them die, and anyone who simps for them. squeamish anon should grow the fuck up.

EXACTLY!!!!! a perfect analogy!!

[laf-outloud]

https://twitter.com/sarafischer/status/1737577535876259874

Scoop: Warner Bros. Discovery (@wbd) in talks to merge with @Paramount — David Zaslav met w Bob Bakish on Tuesday at Paramount HQ to discuss — Zaslav also has spoken to Shari Redstone about a deal — WBD has hired bankers Story on @axios: https://www.axios.com/2023/12/20/warner-bros-paramount-merger-discovery-streaming

Some (possibly) interesting network news. With WBD still holding the SPN IP, anything involving them could have an impact on if/when we ever see a revival.

Sigh. What a mess.

I know these companies will still be making content even if they merge, but something like that could certainly affect a possible reboot. Whether it's for or against? Heck if I know.

[tuttle-did-it]

A few numbers for you...

Ari Emanuel, the CEO of Endeavor, made $308.2 MILLION. in ONE YEAR. David Zaslav, CEO of Discovery, made $246.6 MILLION in ONE year. Andy Jassy, CEO Amazon, 212.7 MILLION in one year. Bob Iger, Disney, 45.9 MILLION in one year. Tom Rutledge, Charter, 41.9 MLLION Reed Hastings, Netflix, 40.8 MILLION in one year, down 6% from last year. Ted Sarandos, Netflix, 38.2 MILLION, down 3% from last year. Brian Roberts, Comcast, 34 MILLION for the year. Bob Chapek, 32.5 MILLION for the year, 32.5 MILLION. John Stankey, AT&T, 24.8 MILLION for the year. Jeff Shell, NBC Universal, 21.6 MILLION per year. Bob Bakish, Paramount, 20 MILLION- down 49% from last year.

These streaming channels are making BILLIONS. But actors and writers are getting literal pennies in residuals.

Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hollywood-ceo-pay-the-year-of-the-nine-figure-club-1235136814/

[theanticool]

Something looming in the background of upcoming Bellator and PBC boxing cards. Showtime and Paramount+ possibly consolidating in the near future. What does this mean for their sports division? No idea.