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It’s been a month since Jeff Sagansky's fiery speech at a NATPE event proclaimed that "we are in a golden age of content production and the dark age of creative profit sharing." It put the prominent media investor and producer and former top entertainment executive at the center of a conversation about the adverse…

TV industry veteran David Madden, who most recently served as President of Berlanti Productions, has been named Head of Global Entertainment at Wattpad Webtoon Studios, the global entertainment and publishing arm for Webtoon and Wattpad. Following the 2021 acquisition of social storytelling platform Wattpad by Naver…

Shari Hanson has been promoted to the role of EVP Physical Production and Visual Effects at Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Animation. In her new role, Hanson will continue her work on Paramount’s live-action features, while expanding into the realm of hybrid animation/live-action titles at Nickelodeon. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Jenny Wall is leaving Nickelodeon after a three-year stint as Chief Marketing Officer. She will be succeeded by Sabrina Caluori, who has been promoted to EVP and Head of Marketing and Brand Strategy for Nickelodeon. In her new position, Caluori, previously SVP Brand and Content Strategy, will be leading on…

EXCLUSIVE: James F. Blue III is leaving Paramount Global after a year and a half as SVP and Head of Smithsonian Channel. He just informed his staff of his decision in an internal memo (You can read it below). Blue did not specify what his plans for the future are but, according to sources, the former PBS NewsHour and N…

Ashley Kline-Shapiro has been promoted to vice president, unscripted and slate publicity for ABC Entertainment and Walt Disney Television (WDT) Alternative. In her new role, she will continue to oversee unscripted publicity for ABC Entertainment and will add Live with Kelly and Ryan — as well as a newly established…

National Geographic Content has appointed Karen Greenfield to the newly created position of senior vice president of content, diversity and inclusion. Greenfield, who previously served as Nat Geo’s SVP of Business Operations, and Diversity and Inclusion Council Chair, will now “develop and execute programs and…

EXCLUSIVE: Andy Fischel has joined Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's House Eleven10 after spending four years at Netflix on the Original Studio Film team. In the new role, he will oversee production and development for House Eleven10. "It's exciting to be able to have someone of Andy's caliber so early on at House Eleven10,"…

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu Originals today named Kelci Parker to the newly-created role of Vice President, Animation as the streamer continues to expand its slate of adult animated originals. In her new role, Parker will oversee both development and current programming efforts and will report to Jordan Helman, head of scripted…

Walt Disney Television Alternative, the Mouse House's unscripted production unit led by Rob Mills, has staffed up. The division, which was launched last year with a big promotion for ABC and Hulu unscripted chief Mills, has hired a trio of Vice Presidents: Jill Chapman, Alicia Martino and Mike Rosen. Chapman, who was…

EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Mittman's production company 1.21, which is behind series including Netflix's Wednesday, has promoted Kai Dolbashian. Dolbashian has been upped to Head of Development at the company, which has a deal with MGM. He was previously Director of Development, having been with Mittman since he launched the…

EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment PR firm Relevant has promoted Alex Kahn to Senior Vice President, Julia Scorupco to Junior Publicist and has added Alexa Tombs as a Senior Publicist in the New York office. "We are so proud to be expanding our company by both promoting from within, which has always been important to us, and by…