CEO shuffle: Changes ahead for Mattel, Condé Nast, and the new merged Paramount-Warner Bros.

Mattel Inc. is welcoming a new boss. So is Paramount. Roger Lynch will be stepping into his new role as CEO of Mattel, but he is not new to the toy company. Lynch has served as a member of Mattel’s board since 2018. Since 2019, he’s been CEO of Condé Nast, the media company behind Vogue, The New Yorker, Wired, and many other magazine brands. Mattel, as one of the leading global toy manufacturers, is home to household names like Barbie, Hot Wheels, American Girl, and Fisher-Price. “Throughout my years on the Board, I have admired Mattel’s brands, its talented people, and unique culture,” Lynch said in a statement Wednesday. Lynch succeeds Ynon Kreiz, who led Mattel for eight years. Paramount Skydance separately announced late on Wednesday that Kreiz was recruited by David Ellison to take on a position as co-CEO of the Hollywood studio and media conglomerate after its expected merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Streaming expertise at the forefront of the shuffle Lynch has also served as the CEO of Pandora, a leading music streaming platform, and was CEO of Sling TV, which was a pioneering streaming service aimed at cable cord-cutters when it debuted more than a decade ago. In his r…