Blumhouse Names Universal’s Abhijay Prakash as President
AP Abhijay Prakash has been named president of Blumhouse, the genre juggernaut founded by Jason Blum over twenty years ago. Prakash joins...
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Documentary Director RJ Cutler Expands His Development and Production Team
L-R: Ian Egos, Jim Czarnecki, Qadriyyah Shamsid-Deen, Sally Rosen Phillips Courtesy of This Machine This Machine, the production company...
Peacock Hires Netflix’s Shannon Willett as CMO, Hulu’s Brian Henderson as EVP of Programming
L-R: Shannon Willett, Brian Henderson (Courtesy of NBCUniversal) Peacock President Kelly Campbell is raiding rival streamers in building...
ViacomCBS’ Sam Schles Joins Madica Productions as VP, Scripted Development
Sam Schles (Courtesy of Madica Productions) Sam Schles, a longtime creative executive under the ViacomCBS content umbrella, has joined...
The Suite Life: Why These Hollywood Executives Are Suddenly Hot Commodities
L-R: Scott Stuber, Peter Rice, Emma Watts, David Zaslav, Donna Langley Courtesy of Variety It’s a pretty sweet time to be a top executive...
Hulu Hires WME’s Brandon Shaw as Vice President of Originals Publicity
Courtesy of Chyna Photography Hulu has hired Brandon Shaw to serve as vice president of originals publicity, Variety has learned. In his...
Sony Pictures TV to Acquire Industrial Media in $350 Million Deal
Courtesy of ABC/Eric McCandless Sony Pictures Television sealed a deal to acquire Industrial Media, a major nonfiction TV production...
Westbrook Taps Jannat Gargi as Head of Documentaries
Jannat Gargi (Courtesy of James Longley) Jannat Gargi has been named senior vice president and head of documentaries at Westbrook, where...
Chernin Entertainment Expands Executive Ranks With Bill McGoldrick, Juan Alfonso, Vibiana Molina
Bill McGoldrick (Left), Juan Alfonso (Center), and Vibiana Molina (Right) Courtesy of Kathryn Mueller Chernin Entertainment has expanded...
Former ITV Boss Adam Crozier Named Chairman of British Telco BT
Courtesy of Variety Adam Crozier, the former chief executive of ITV, has been appointed chairman of British telco BT. Crozier, whose...
Walt Disney Animation Opens New Vancouver Studio for Long-Form Series Production
Courtesy of Disney Walt Disney Animation Studios is opening a new production facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, as it ramps up its...
Higher Ground: Priya Swaminathan Steps Down, Joe Paulsen Joins as Head of Business and Strategy
From Left to Right: Joe Paulsen (Head of Business and Strategy), Ada Chiaghana (SVP, Film & TV), Mark R. Wright (VP, Film & TV), Kira...
Jon Koa Joins CBS Entertainment as Head of Comedy Development, Taking Over From Julie Pernworth
Jon Koa (Courtesy of CBS) Jon Koa has joined CBS Entertainment in the role of executive vice president of comedy development, Variety has...
Sony Pictures Film Chief Tom Rothman Extends Contract
Tom Rothman (Courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment) Sony Pictures Entertainment has extended Tom Rothman’s contract for an unspecified...
BET Executive VP Nadja Webb Adds Scripted Programming Duties, Following Traci Blackwell’s Departure
Nadja Webb (Courtesy of Patrick Robertson) BET’s Nadja Webb has been named executive VP of programming business operations, and will now...
Former ABC Exec Vicki Dummer Joins Warner Bros. Television as Head of Current Programming
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Vicki Dummer has been hired at Warner Bros. Television to serve as executive vice president and head of current...
Netflix Growth Sputters in Q2, Streamer Plans to Launch Video Games for No Extra Charge
Unsplash Netflix, coming off a pandemic-fueled bumper crop of subscribers in 2020, added just 1.5 million customers worldwide for the...
Top Execs Join Studio21
Studio21, the C21-backed next-generation talent incubator, has announced the line-up of its core team and advisory board, featuring some...
