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EXCLUSIVE: SK Global Entertainment, the independent entertainment studio behind hits like Anyone But You and Crazy Rich Asians, has appointed Jeannine Tang to serve as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. Tang joins after more than six years at the recently shuttered Participant, where most…

It was “a mistake” to tell CNBC in an interview last year that linear TV assets “may not be core” to the company, Disney CEO Bob Iger said in a new podcast interview. “I wasn’t wrong about my observation, but it wasn’t necessary for me to utter those words publicly, because it caused an incredible…

Youngest Media, the company behind NBC's Small Fortune and MTV's Game of Clones, has a new development team. Youngest, which was previously a British production company led by former Endemol Shine executives Lucas Church and David Flynn and backed by Liz Murdoch, was revived as a U.S. production compa…

Blink49 Studios is staffing up its unscripted division. The Fifth Season-backed company has hired Below Deck exec producer Nadine Rajabi as EVP, Unscripted. Rajabi, based in LA, will report to Tara Long, who Deadline revealed earlier this year had joined the John Morayniss-run business as…

Warner Bros. Discovery said Kathleen Finch, chairman and CEO of U.S. Networks, will retire at year’s end after 25 years at the company with Channing Dungey, Warner Bros. Television Group Chairman and CEO, tapped as her successor. "There is no one better at developing captivating content, compelling…

EXCLUSIVE: Higher Ground, the production company of President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, has appointed Anikah McLaren to serve as Head of Film, Deadline can exclusively reveal. McLaren joins from the recently shuttered Participant, where she spent a little over five years as Executive Vice…

Longtime YouTube and Google executive Adam Smith has been named Chief Product & Technology Officer, Disney Entertainment and ESPN. He takes the senior post after the exit in June of Aaron LaBerge, who is now Chief Technology Officer at PENN Entertainment, Disney’s partner on ESPNBet. The Smith hire…

EXCLUSIVE: Kenya Barris is bolstering his Khalabo Ink Society (black-ish, You People, Girls Trip) executive team, tapping Jeremy Allen as Chief Operating Officer and Cassandra Vargas as Chief Marketing Officer, as the company ramps up its film, television and podcast production. Allen’s elevation to…

Liongate has approved a five-year employment agreement with chief executive Jon Feltheimer running through July 31, 2029. The latest deal, which replaces his latest contract from 2022, includes an annual base salary of $1.5 million and target bonus of $7.5 million starting in fiscal 2025. The maximum…

EXCLUSIVE: The North Road Company President of Television Amy Israel continues to assemble her executive team with the hire of wiip’s Josh Stern as well as a duo who had worked for her at Showtime, Jamie Pross and Madison Heim-Jinivisian. Stern will serve as EVP of Television, Pross as VP of Television…

CBS Sports CEO David Berson said the volatility at parent company Paramount Global, which is laying off 15% of its U.S. workforce and preparing to merge with Skydance Media, isn’t taking his division off its game. “There's no doubt that the media and entertainment world is incredibly complex these…

CBS Sports CEO David Berson rejects the notion that the company’s agreement to produce two Christmas Day NFL games for Netflix is tantamount to aiding the enemy. "When the news first came out,” Berson told reporters Tuesday at an NFL media breakfast, “I actually said, 'Welcome to the…