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# Skydance co-CEOs defend $80 billion debt load as manageable
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/skydance-co-ceos-defend-80-billion-debt-load-as-manageable/
- Published: 2026-10-11T01:34:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T01:34:42.000Z
- Description: Deadline’s Jill Goldsmith reports that Skydance co-CEOs David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz pushed back on fears that nearly $80 billion in debt will force cuts to content spending, pointing to plans for $30 billion-$40 billion in annual production budgets.
- Author: The Signals Desk
- Tags: Streaming, Jill Goldsmith, Paramount buys Warner Bros. Discovery and becomes Skydance

**Why it matters.** Content suppliers and talent will watch whether Skydance’s promised 2029 deleveraging timeline holds before trusting its spending guidance.

*Signal from* [*deadline.com*](https://deadline.com/?ref=medianexis.com) *·* [*Jill Goldsmith*](https://www.medianexis.com/tag/by-jill-goldsmith/) *·* [*read the original*](https://deadline.com/2026/10/sydance-ceos-david-ellison-ynon-kreiz-say-debt-manageable-1237148414/?ref=medianexis.com)*.*