Jesse Sisgold leaves Skydance sports role to advise RedBird Capital Partners
Jesse Sisgold, a Skydance executive since 2014 who most recently ran its sports division, is leaving that post to become a senior advisor at RedBird Capital Partners. David Ellison announced it in a staff memo on 28 October.
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Mixed · 2Jesse Sisgold, a longtime Skydance executive who most recently ran the company's sports division, is leaving his post to take an advisory role at RedBird Capital Partners. The Hollywood ReporterLC “is exiting the company. He will join RedBird Capital Partners, a strategic partner of Skydance, as a senior C-suite advisor” Read at The Hollywood Reporter ↗ DeadlineN “is exiting his post and moving to an advisory role at company backer RedBird Capital.” Read at Deadline ↗ Mixed · 2Skydance CEO David Ellison told staff in a memo on Wednesday 28 October, which The Hollywood Reporter viewed. The Hollywood ReporterLC “Skydance CEO David Ellison informed staff of Sisgold’s exit in a memo Wednesday, which was viewed by The Hollywood Reporter.” Read at The Hollywood Reporter ↗ DeadlineN “Sisgold’s move was first disclosed by Ellison in a staff memo earlier Wednesday.” Read at Deadline ↗ Mixed · 2Sisgold joined Skydance in 2014 to lead strategy and business affairs and became COO later that year. He later ran Skydance Sports, which became Paramount Sports Entertainment after Skydance acquired Paramount. The Hollywood ReporterLC “Sisgold joined Skydance in 2014 to lead strategy and business affairs, and was elevated to COO later that year.” Read at The Hollywood Reporter ↗ DeadlineN “Sisgold ran the unit, which had been known as Paramount Sports Entertainment.” Read at Deadline ↗
Mixed · 2At RedBird he will be a senior advisor across its sports and entertainment (media and sports) holdings. The Hollywood Reporter says the role is based in Beverly Hills, and Ellison's memo says Sisgold will keep working with Skydance on sports and entertainment opportunities. The Hollywood ReporterLC “based in Beverly Hills. And importantly for us, he’ll remain close to Skydance and continue working with us on sports and entertainment opportunities.” Read at The Hollywood Reporter ↗ DeadlineN “At RedBird, Sisgold will serve as a senior advisor across the company’s media and sports holdings.” Read at Deadline ↗ Left · 1In the memo, Ellison credited Sisgold with building the interactive business, raising capital, and forging ties with Tencent, RedBird, CJ ENM and KKR. He also credited Sisgold with helping establish Skydance Animation Madrid and helping lead the Paramount merger. He wrote that he could not have built Skydance without him. The Hollywood ReporterLC “I simply could not have built Skydance without him,” Ellison wrote in the note.”“with Tencent, RedBird, CJ ENM and KKR. He helped us establish Skydance Animation Madrid” Read at The Hollywood Reporter ↗ Left · 1Ellison also said Sisgold helped create Skydance Sports with the NFL. Under Sisgold, he said, the unit renewed its NFL partnership, earned ten Sports Emmy nominations and delivered #1 releases across four platforms. The Hollywood ReporterLC “Under his leadership, Skydance Sports renewed its partnership with the NFL, earned ten Sports Emmy nominations and delivered #1 releases across four platforms.” Read at The Hollywood Reporter ↗
Centre · 1Deadline links the exit to a restructuring by George Cheeks, Skydance TV Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer. In a staff memo that afternoon, Cheeks named his 10 top executives across studios, entertainment, sports and news, and referred to Sisgold's move. DeadlineN “It was referenced again this afternoon by George Cheeks, Skydance TV Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer.”“Cheeks named his 10 top executives across the company’s studios business, entertainment, sports and news.” Read at Deadline ↗ Centre · 1Under the new structure, Skydance TV Studios will house Warner Bros. Television Group (Channing Dungey), CBS Studios (David Stapf) and Paramount Television Studios (Matt Thunell). Deadline says an existing executive team will take charge of the largely unscripted roster Sisgold oversaw. DeadlineN “Skydance TV Studios, which will officially house Warner Bros. Television Group, run by Channing Dungey; CBS Studios, run by David Stapf; and Paramount Television Studios, run by Matt Thunell.”“an existing exec team will be put in charge of the largely unscripted roster Sisgold oversaw.” Read at Deadline ↗ Mixed · 2Deadline describes RedBird CEO Gerry Cardinale as a Skydance board member and a primary architect of the $110 billion Paramount-WBD merger. Ellison's memo recalls a 2019 meeting between Sisgold, Cardinale and Ellison that led to RedBird's partnership with Skydance. DeadlineN “Gerry Cardinale, is a Skydance board member and was a primary architect of the $110 billion Paramount-WBD merger.” Read at Deadline ↗ The Hollywood ReporterLC “In 2019, Jesse, Gerry Cardinale and I sat down together.” Read at The Hollywood Reporter ↗
Every sentence links to the reporting it rests on. The pill in front of each says where its sources sit: Left, Centre or Right when one side supplies at least half of them, Mixed when they are evenly split. The number is how many outlets it cites.
Left1 outlet
- Framing
- The Hollywood Reporter treats it as the departure of one of Skydance's longest-tenured executives. It leads with Ellison's memo and publishes the full text.
- Emphasis
- Ellison's praise, Sisgold's personal ties to Ellison, and his history at the company.
- Leaves out or plays down
- Does not mention the Cheeks restructuring or the Paramount-WBD merger.
- Charged language
- “longest-tenured executives”
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“Skydance is losing one of its longest-tenured executives.” — The Hollywood Reporter
Centre1 outlet
- Framing
- Deadline frames the exit as part of George Cheeks's restructuring of the combined company's TV and sports operations.
- Emphasis
- The new organisational structure, executive names and the scale of the merged company.
- Leaves out or plays down
- Gives little of Ellison's personal tribute and does not cover Sisgold's tenure in detail.
- Charged language
- “massive media entity”
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“Now that Ellison is running a massive media entity after the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery” — Deadline
Right0 outlets
No right outlet in our sources has covered this story yet.
What every side reports
- Sisgold is leaving his Skydance sports post for a senior advisory role at RedBird Capital.
- Ellison announced it in a staff memo on 28 October.
- Sisgold joined Skydance in 2014 and was formerly president and COO.
David Ellison person
Ellison presents the move as Sisgold taking on a broader role. He praises Sisgold and says he stays close to Skydance.
“I don’t really think of this as Jesse leaving Skydance.” — The Hollywood Reporter
RedBird Capital Partners organisation
RedBird, led by CEO Gerry Cardinale, will take Sisgold on as an advisor across its sports and entertainment portfolio.
“At RedBird, Sisgold will serve as a senior advisor across the company’s media and sports holdings.” — Deadline
Jesse Sisgold person
No statement from Sisgold appears in the coverage. Ellison says he wants freedom to work across a broader landscape.
“he wants the freedom to do it across a much broader landscape.” — The Hollywood Reporter
Left1 article
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Jesse Sisgold Exits Skydance for Role at RedBird Capital Partners
Sympathetic Memo-driven report that gives Ellison's tribute to Sisgold prominence.
Centre1 article
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Neutral Business-structure report that places the exit within the Cheeks reorganisation.
Right0 articles
No coverage yet.
- 28 Oct 18:14 First The Hollywood ReporterLC Jesse Sisgold Exits Skydance for Role at RedBird Capital Partners
- 28 Oct 20:45 +2h 31m DeadlineN Skydance Sports Chief Jesse Sisgold Exits For RedBird Capital Role As Part Of George Cheeks Restructuring
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