Paramount axed its CEO, then held a bizarre earnings call where it played the 'Mission: Impossible' theme song over and over and refused to take questions

Tue, 04/30/2024 - 03:14

Bob M. Bakish, Shari Redstone, Tom Cruise and Brian Robbins attending the US Premiere of — Exiting Paramount CEO Bob Bakish, Paramount Global major shareholder Shari Redstone, Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise, and Nickelodeon boss Brian Robbins.
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Paramount held a nearly 9-minute-long earnings call on Monday.
No questions were taken and the call ended with the Mission: Impossible theme being played on loop.
The company announced the departure of its president and CEO Bob Bakish before the call.

Paramount executives didn't take any questions during the company's earnings call on Monday, and ended up blasting the Mission: Impossible theme music on loop to their investors instead.