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Overbrook Entertainment executive Clarence Hammond is joining Paramount Players as SVP Production, reporting to Paramount Players president Jeremy Kramer. Hammond starts on November 30. In his new role, Hammond will help oversee the development and production of the label’s contemporary genre fare. Says Kramer, "With…

Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch says the company’s target date to start to reopen offices and facilities in January has been postponed until “no earlier than” April 2021. The executive delivered the update today in a memo to employees (read it below). November has brought a mix of news on the coronavirus front in the…

AT&T CFO John Stephens described the groundbreaking simultaneous release of Wonder Woman 1984 in theaters and on HBO Max as “a win-win in a difficult situation.” In an online appearance Friday at the Morgan Stanley European Media, Tech and Telecom Conference, he complimented WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar and his staff…

Paul McGuire, a respected veteran PR executive, is leaving the world of corporate communications after 33 years. Known for his professionalism, honesty and sense of humor, McGuire is not retiring and says he plans to open his own shop, aptly named Last Resort PR. For the past 10 years, McGuire was at Warner Bros…

Cris Abrego has been appointed as Banijay boss across the U.S. and Latin America. The 51 Minds Entertainment co-founder has scored the top job on this side of the pond after Banijay closed its acquisition of Endemol Shine. He becomes Chairman of the Americas, Banijay and President and CEO, Endemol Shine Holdings…

Catherine Frymark is capping a 20-year executive run at Discovery, shifting to Mattel as head global communications. In her new role as EVP of communications, Frymark will oversee external and internal corporate communications globally as well as the company's philanthropic efforts. She will join Mattel in December…

The Independent Film & Television Alliance, which produces the annual American Film Market, has elected eight new members to its board. The new directors include executives from such companies as Lionsgate, Myriad Pictures and XYZ Films. The latest additions to IFTA’s board are J.D. Beaufils (VMI Worldwide), Scott…

Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games, continued his attacks on Apple and Google for the 30% share of app sales they take from his company and other app developers. “Apple is a monopoly and it’s not just a matter of a distributor charging a commission,” Sweeney said at the New York Times DealBook Online Summit, a…

Roku CFO Steve Louden, in an online appearance Tuesday at an RBC Capital Markets conference, said he didn’t “have any specific update” on the company’s discussions with HBO Max, but said “we continue to talk to folks.” The question came up in light of the news Monday that Amazon reached a deal with the WarnerMedia str…

Shares in major exhibitor Cinemark, along with most movie theater stocks, are rising today as Wall Street salutes another milestone release window agreement. Universal and Cinemark announced a windows deal late Monday that shares a lot of traits with AMC’s breakthrough pact with the same studio earlier this year. It…

John Stephens will retire as CFO of AT&T next March, ending a 28-year run at the company, and will hand the reins to WarnerMedia CFO Pascal Desroches. The change is slated to take effect on April 1. It comes as AT&T continues to work to lower its debt load and steer WarnerMedia through a major restructuring effort. A…

Five weeks after joining NBCUniversal, Susan Rovner has put her stamp on the company's TV and streaming division by setting her programming leadership team. The main takeaways from the reshuffle, which Rovner shared via an internal memo, are Lisa Katz becoming President of Scripted Content and Rovner splitting the…