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Another chair just got pulled out
Paramount says its CTO is stepping down, adding another bit of turnover to the company’s leadership deck. Not exactly the kind of headline that makes you race to the buy button, but in a media business, tech leadership is basically the plumbing behind the scenes.
Why you should care
If you’re an investor, the big question is whether this is just a clean handoff or a sign that the company is still trying to settle itself after a rough stretch of industry disruption. A CTO change can affect everything from streaming infrastructure to product rollout speed, and those are the sort of invisible gears that keep viewers watching and advertisers paying.
The investor angle
A few things to watch here:
- whether Paramount names a replacement quickly or lets the role sit vacant
- whether the departure signals a broader reset in the company’s digital strategy
- whether this creates any near-term execution risk around streaming, ad tech, or platform upgrades
Big picture: a CTO leaving isn’t usually a fireworks event, but it can tell you a lot about how steady a company’s ship really is.