Article in Status by Oliver Darcy 10/26/26

Headline: “Ellison’s CBS-CNN Split-Screen”

Subhead: “As Skydance looks to eventually marry CNN and CBS News, the company is taking very different approaches to return-to-office mandates and employee buyouts, Status has learned—which may offer hints about their futures.”

“. . .delivered two significant pieces of news to the workforce. First, Ellison and Kreiz championed ‘in-person collaboration,’ declaring it ‘vital to our culture and to the success of our business,’ and thus mandating that employees report to the office five days a week. Of course, such return-to-office mandates are really just thinly veiled efforts to thin the ranks, and it was then predictably followed by a second announcement: buyouts. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.status.news/p/david-ellison-skydance-cnn-cbs-news-buyouts-return-office