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EXCLUSIVE: Soumya Sriraman, who stepped down as President and CEO of BritBox this month, is joining another streamer. Sriraman has been named Head of Amazon’s Prime Video Channels in the US. She will overseeing the division of Prime Video that offers U.S. Prime members access to channels like HBO, Showtime, Starz, PBS…

Marc Juris is stepping down as President and General Manager of WE tv. He will leave the AMC network at the end of the year after seven years in the job. There is no immediate replacement. "We first worked with Marc many years ago, when he was running original programming for an early version of AMC and then became…

CBS has set the structure and leadership of the CBS Entertainment and CBS Studios business affairs operations in preparation for the pending departure of Deborah Barak, CBS' longtime President of Business Operations. Joining the company is Netflix business affairs executive Jeeun Kim. She and longtime CBS Studios…

EXCLUSIVE: Like Minded Media Ventures has hired Christina Moniodis as its VP Innovation and Business Development. In this role, Moniodis oversees partnerships, monetization and special projects across LMMV’s portfolio, including A Starting Point, the video-based civic engagement platform created by Chris Evans, Mark…

CBS has promoted Bryon Rubin to chief operating officer of CBS Entertainment Group. He’ll report to CEO George Cheeks, and continue to serve in his current role as CFO of the group. Rubin, who has served in various high level CBS posts for the past two decades, will now oversee all financial and business operations…

Sony Pictures is merging its theatrical, home entertainment and TV distribution marketing operations under the co-oversee of Josh Greenstein, the studio’s Motion Picture Group President, and Keith Le Goy, the studio’s Networks and Distribution President. Due to the combining of departments, we hear roughly 35 staffers…

Universal Studio Group chair Pearlena Igbokwe on Tuesday revealed the latest tweaks to the structure of the group that comprises Universal Television, UCP and NBCUniversal International Studios, saying that the International Formats Group has joined the fold to be overseen by JoAnn Alfano, whose role has been…

Will Packer Media’s Sheila Ducksworth will lead the recently launched CBS/NAACP production partnership, a venture aimed at elevating a diverse range of voices as well as increasing the visibility of Black artists. In her role as president of the venture, Ducksworth will supervise development and production of…

Ryan Spoon has left his post as Senior Vice President of Social & Digital Content at ESPN to take the COO position at BetMGM, a sports betting joint venture between MGM Resorts International and GVC Holdings At ESPN, Spoon had also headed up Digital Product and Design, helping build, operate and grow many of the…

Sesame Workshop Tuesday named chief operating officer Steven Youngwood as its next CEO, effective Jan. 1.  Current chief executive Jeff Dunn will take on the new position of Executive Chairman, Sesame Workshop. The nonprofit educational and media organization that produces Sesame Street and other shows said the move…

What a great time not to be a movie marketer. Theaters half-closed, with COVID-19 again rising. Pipeline dried up. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences asking, in a survey that was due last week, how the pandemic is affecting your craft. Or what's left of it. But movie promoters on the whole are an optimistic…

Nina Wolarsky is leaving her post as VP, Original Series – Drama at Netflix. She will stay on to help with the transition; her last day will be in November. Wolarsky was one of the first senior executive hires for Cindy Holland’s original content team, joining the streamer from Smoke House in 2012. The departure is…