Exiting Paramount CEO Bob Bakish, seen here in 2019
Exiting Paramount CEO Bob Bakish, seen here in 2019
  • Paramount is shaking things up.
  • CEO Bob Bakish will step down and be replaced by a trio of senior executives.
  • David Ellison has been itching to strike a deal with Shari Redstone to buy Paramount.

Paramount announced Monday that its president and CEO Bob Bakish is out and will be replaced by a trio of execs.

Bakish is stepping down from the entertainment studio as major shareholder Shari Redstone inches closer to a possible sale of her controlling stake in the company.

David Ellison's Skydance Media has been angling to buy Paramount.