Sources: David Berson to lead combined TNT-CBS Sports as Silberwasser departs - Sports Business Journal
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10.05.2026David Berson is expected to lead a combined global sports unit with CBS and TNT Sports properties. Getty Images TNT Sports Chair & CEO Luis Silberwasser will be leaving the company, he told employees earlier Monday, and sources close to the situation tell SBJ that David Berson is expected to be the new leader of a global sports group at Skydance that would cover all properties in all territories on all platforms in a combined TNT Sports-CBS Sports portfolio. A formal announcement of the new division and role for Berson is expected this week alongside the closing of the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery deal. Sources added the new role for Berson would report up to newly named Skydance TV Chair George Cheeks, who was previously chair of TV media at PSKY. SBJ obtained Silberwasser’s memo to staff, and the exec, who took over TNT Sports in June 2022, wrote in part, “I am writing to let you know that, with the closing of the Paramount–WBD merger, I will be departing the company as TNT Sports and CBS Sports come together under new leadership.
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