Paramount’s First Upfront Under Skydance Touts Tech, Sports and the Company’s Rebirth

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By Michael Schneider

Michael Schneider

Variety Editor at Large

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Paramount Skydance held its first upfronts presentation for advertisers Thursday, gathering media buyers, talent and reporters on the Melrose Avenue lot to hear the new-ish company’s marketing pitch.

Paramount will continue the road show in the coming days, with several more meetings and events planned in markets including New York. But this week’s event — kicked off by CEO David Ellison, who had just made an appearance earlier in the day in Las Vegas for the company’s CinemaCon presentation — was perhaps the largest.

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