In a companywide memo Tuesday, the company's trio of co-CEOs — CBS chief George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy, president and CEO, Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks, and Paramount Pictures head Brian Robbins — cited linear TV declines and a "dynamic macro-environment" for the layoffs. The pink-slips come as the media company, parent of CBS, MTV, Paramount Pictures, Paramount+ and more, is in a holding pattern in its merger with Skydance Media, which is still pending FCC approval nearly a year after the agreement was announced., In a companywide memo Tuesday, the company's trio of co-CEOs — CBS chief George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy, president and CEO, Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks, and Paramount Pictures head Brian Robbins — cited linear TV declines and a "dynamic macro-environment" for the layoffs., This CBS News/YouGov survey was conducted with a nationally representative sample of 2,428 U.S. adults interviewed between June 4-6, 2025. The sample was weighted to be representative of adults nationwide according to gender, age, race, and education, based on the U.S. Census American Community Survey and Current Population Survey, as well as .