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EXCLUSIVE: Former TikTok exec Stuart Flint has joined the advisory board of Influencer, the global creator marketing biz founded by Caspar Lee and Ben Jeffries. Flint was TikTok’s VP, Sales in Europe, leading the social media app on commercial operations in the continent and is now SVP and…

Polish producer Ewa Puszczyńska has long been one of the country's most recognized film producers who has steadily built a reputation for supporting some of the most ambitious cinema to come out of Europe across the last decade. She's worked with directors such as Paweł Pawlikowski, David Lynch…

EXCLUSIVE: Indie studio Media Res (The Morning Show, Pachinko) has promoted Christina Malach to President of Scripted Series. Reporting to CEO and founder Michael Ellenberg, she will oversee the studio's current and upcoming slate. Malach replaces Lindsey Springer who is stepping down after six years…

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime Warner Bros production veteran Kevin McCormick is departing the studio for a producing deal on the lot that encompasses both movies and stage productions. First up for him: Warner Bros’ reboot of The Bodyguard. McCormick’s most recent title was EVP Production and Senior…

Ari Emanuel and Mark Shapiro are set to join the NFL ownership club, acquiring individual minority stakes in the Las Vegas Raiders. The positions, confirmed to Deadline by a spokesperson for the duo, follow a steady building of their profiles in the sports business via the UFC and other assets…

EXCLUSIVE: Stacy Weitz is stepping down as SVP Corporate Communications at Sony Pictures Entertainment after a decade working for the studio’s Sony Pictures Television division. She will be departing at the end of the month. "Stacy is one of those rare executives who is unfailingly principled…

The International Documentary Association has named Rachel Denny deputy executive director of the nonprofit organization, reporting directly to IDA executive director Dominic Asmall Willsdon. Denny, who has served in leadership roles at the Sundance Institute, Film at Lincoln Center, and United…

Warner Bros. Discovery’s lunch at the Food Network Kitchen after its upfront pitch to advertisers has become “an annual ritual,” in the words of Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer Bruce Campbell. This year’s edition, however, unfolded in the shadow of the pending $110 billion acquisition of WBD…

Comcast’s UK-owned pay-TV giant Sky is reshuffling its unscripted pack. Shirley Jones has been promoted to the newly created role of Head of Entertainment Commissioning at the SNL UK network, while Barbara Lee will leave her role as a commissioning editor in October after 14 years. Her exit follows…

Microdrama giant COL Group has added former Paramount and Disney execs to its ranks, and expanded Timothy Oh’s role. The Shenzen-listed company is building out its American business with the addition of Jason Ander, who will be Head of U.S. Partnerships in Oh’s international business division…

EXCLUSIVE: Wise Child Studios has appointed Kelsey Jackson as Head of Scripted, as it looks to scale up its narrative film and television business. Jackson joins after nearly four years as VP Narrative TV at Archer Gray, where she helped build out the television division. In her new role, she…

When Josh D'Amaro was chosen as Bob Iger's successor as CEO of the Walt Disney Co., he seemed to be straight out of central casting. The 55-year-old was not merely a popular and outgoing executive, equally comfortable at the head of a conference room or mingling with theme-park visitors. But with his…