TNT Sports Chairman and CEO Luis Silberwasser Leaves Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, which will soon be merged, according to people familiar with the matter.
Silberwasser informed his team of the news Monday in an email memo, said the sources, who asked to remain anonymous because the communication was private.
“I am writing to let you know that with the completion of the Paramount-WBD merger, I will be leaving the company as TNT Sports and CBS Sports come together under new management,” Silberwasser said in his memo, obtained by CNBC.
TNT Sports Chairman and CEO Luis Silberwasser speaks on stage during Warner Bros.’ 2025 Upfront Preview. Discovery at the Madison Square Garden Theater on May 14, 2025 in New York.
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David Berson, president and CEO of CBS Sports, will lead a newly formed global sports group that will oversee all networks, platforms and territories. The CBS Sports, TNT Sports and WBD Sports brands will join the new group.
Sources familiar with the matter say Skydance is expected to make an official announcement soon regarding Berson’s decision. A CBS spokesperson declined to comment.
The combined company, which announced last week it will be called Skydance, will own a wide range of sports rights, including NFL Sunday afternoon games, the entirety of March Madness, college football, the NHL, MLB, The Masters and more.
Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. merger Discovery is expected to be finalized tomorrow, October 6.
Silberwasser joined TNT Sports in 2022 from Univision. Warner Bros. Discovery lost live rights to the NBA in 2025, ending a 40-year relationship with the league.
David Berson President and CEO of CBS Sports during the UFC 324 event at T-Mobile Arena on January 24, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Nonetheless, Silberwasser entered into new multi-year agreements to sublicense College Football Playoff games and fly-in events such as All Elite Wrestling (AEW), the French Open and NASCAR races. This helped Warner Bros. Discovery to enter into distribution agreements with pay TV providers and maintain distribution fees even without the NBA.
Berson must now look at his entire portfolio and decide which sports are worth keeping and which can be abandoned as Skydance seeks to pay off nearly $80 billion in debt in the coming years.
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