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"Everyone is talking about the doom and gloom of our industry, but we have to get over that and be optimists,” said Donna Langley today. “I really do believe that.” "As much as things change, they stay the same," the Chairman of NBCU Studio Group and Chief Content Officer also declared of the media…

In the latest executive shuffle at Paramount Global, home entertainment chief Bob Buchi is exiting and will be replaced by Amazon MGM digital distribution exec Andres Alvarez. Craig White, EVP, Worldwide Sales & Distribution for Home Entertainment, is also departing the company. Chief Content…

EXCLUSIVE: Nikki Cooper has been promoted to VP Television at Berlanti Productions. In her most recent role as Director of Development and Production, Cooper worked on shows such as Dead Boy Detectives for Netflix, Found for NBC and numerous development projects for Warner Bros. Television…

EXCLUSIVE: Steven Demmler’s Talon Entertainment has hired Tony Armer, an industry veteran known for his tenure as Film Commissioner of Dallas and St. Petersburg, as its first Head of Physical Production. In his new role, Armer will work alongside Demmler to oversee all physical production as the…

Paramount Global’s unorthodox Office of the CEO, which started as a presumed placeholder, is turning into a longer-term fixture poised to once again reshape the tempest-tossed company. Consisting of three top Paramount execs – George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy and Brian Robbins – the Office replaced Bob…

Studiocanal exec Dominique Jubin has been named Head of French Drama at the French content house’s Canal+ Group cousin, Ciné+ OCS. Jubin will exit her post as Managing Director of Studiocanal Original, Studiocanal’s French TV series production unit, to take up her new role on July 1. That is two days…

David Zaslav can now boast of having a former Press Secretary to the President of the United States among his corporate inner circle. However, even with the trophy of Robert Gibbs now on his shelf, the Warner Bros Discovery CEO may do well to remember the transition from DC to Hollywood has proved full of…

Paramount Global General Counsel Christa D’Alimonte has told colleagues she will be exiting the company at the end of the month. In an internal memo (read it below), D’Alimonte recalled her 25-year association with Viacom, first as a legal representative of the company and later as a…

Bad Robot veteran Hannah Minghella has been hired as Head of Feature Animation and Live-Action Family Film at Netflix, Deadline can confirm. We understand that her departure from the J.J. Abrams-led company was amicable. Also announced today was the news that Sharon Taylor, formerly CEO of Animal…

CAA said Tuesday that Elizabeth A. Morrison has joined the agency as Global Head of Inclusion, Recruiting, and Development. Morrison joins from Levi Strauss & Co., where she served as Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, and VP Global Talent Management. In her new role, she will lead the…

Tegna, one of the top local TV station owners in the U.S., says former NBCUniversal and Google exec Michael Steib will succeed David Lougee as CEO in August. After leaving his post as president, CEO and director, Lougee will become a senior advisor to the company. Lougee, 65, became CEO in 2017…

Jon Stewart is opening up about the problem with Apple. After his current affairs show The Problem with Jon Stewart was canceled in October following two seasons, the Emmy Award winner explained that he “knew we were in trouble.” “They didn’t censor me, it wasn’t free speech,” said Stewart on The…