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Charles Pulliam-Moore
Paramount, a “painful” layoffs corporation.

Now that Paramount and Skydance’s mega merger is complete, Paramount president Jeff Shell is letting the public know that a “painful” round of job cuts are coming in order to help the company save $2 billion in operating costs.

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