Paramount Taps Mike Aaronson as Head of Worldwide Home Entertainment [Media Play News]

Paramount Taps Mike Aaronson as Head of Worldwide Home Entertainment [Media Play News]

By Thomas K. Arnold

February 3, 2026| Months after the acquisition of Paramount Global by Skydance Media led to a flurry of high-level executive departures, the studio has quietly named Mike Aaronson head of worldwide home entertainment.

He succeeds Andres Alvarez, the former Amazon executive who took charge of Paramount’s home entertainment business in June 2024 after the departure of longtime president of worldwide home entertainment Bob Bucci. Alvarez’s title was EVP and head of home entertainment. Alvarez was one of many executives who left the company in October 2025 in a wave of layoffs that also saw the departures of president of worldwide music Randy Spendlove, SVP of production Brian Oh, EVP of production Geoff Stier, and EVP of international theatrical marketing Rachel Cadden.

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