AT&T Inc. named Ann Sarnoff as the first woman to lead Warner Bros., filling a key vacancy created by the departure of Kevin Tsujihara following a sex scandal. Sarnoff is currently president of BBC Studios America and has more than 30 years of business and media experience, AT&T’s WarnerMedia division said on Monday. As chief executive officer of Warner Bros. she will oversee the worldwide operations, including film and TV production, marketing, distribution and interactive entertainment. The top post at Warner Bros. was the biggest opening in Hollywood and a prized role. The studio releases more than 30 films annually, including blockbuster superhero movies, and is a major producer of TV shows and video-game franchises. Sarnoff comes to Warner Bros. with a record spanning a variety of media and entertainment businesses, from Viacom Inc. to the NBA to Dow Jones to the BBC. She will officially join the company later this summer, working in Los Angeles. With the appointment, Sarnoff becomes one of the highest-ranking woman in Hollywood, overseeing the second-largest film studio and one of the largest producers of television programming. But she’s not alone. In October, Walt Disney Co. appointed Dana Walden to be chairman of the Disney Television Studios and ABC Entertainment. And in June 2018, Amazon.com Inc. named Jennifer Salke, a longtime NBC executive, to run its in-house film and television studio. Tsujihara’s March exit came at a difficult moment for... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
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Regional newspaper publisher DC Thomson has appointed the former Trinity Mirror boss and chief executive of Simon Cowell's entertainment company Syco as its new managing director. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2011-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IGN Entertainment, the News Corporation-owned online publisher, has appointed Mike Goldstein as its first UK publisher for men's entertainment site AskMen. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2011-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 19/08/2011 - 12:03 World Book Day has appointed Kirsten Grant as director, with Cathy Schofield stepping down from her position as co-ordinator which she has held since October 2000. Grant, who was previously Puffin marketing and campaigns... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 09/08/2011 - 08:57 Erotic fiction publisher Xcite Books has appointed Elizabeth Coldwell to the role of editor. Coldwell is a former editor of Forum magazine and is also one of Xcite's bestselling authors. Managing director Hazel Cushion... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publication Date: Mon, 25/07/2011 - 14:47 Search Press has appointed Linda Ayres as business development manager in the UK. Ayres began her role at the arts and crafts publisher on 1st July. She was previously sales director for Australian Consolidated Press. Her main priority will be to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 11/07/2011 - 08:50 Michael Neil, Waterstone's former commercial director, has joined HMV as its new commercial director. He has been appointed to the retailer with immediate effect and replaces Gary Warren, who recently left to pursue new... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Do you think Zynga's Mark Pincus would put a cat on his head for a national magazine shoot? Or LinkedIn's Jeff Weiner? Or, perish the thought, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook? But the wacky stylings of Groupon CEO and Co-founder Andrew Mason seem to demand it. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2011-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publication Date: Tue, 05/07/2011 - 08:30 Free Word has appointed Rose Fenton as director of the organisation, with her first day to be 12th September. The Free Word Centre in London is a house of literature, literacy and free expression, hosting debates, readings and conferences. Ten... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IGN Entertainment, the News Corporation-owned publisher of games website IGN and AskMen, has appointed Chris Shepperson to the newly created role of head of entertainment. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2011-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Gingras, the chief executive of Salon Media Group, said on Wednesday he is leaving the online publisher to become global head of news products for Google Inc. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2011-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Gingras, who acted as CEO of the Salon Media Group for the past two years, is leaving the company to join search giant Google as global head of news products. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 14/06/2011 - 15:10 Lonely Planet has appointed Sheema Mookherjee as publisher for its Indian publishing arm. Mookerherjee's most recent role was looking after HarperCollins India's non-fiction and reference lists, and she started work at... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IGN Entertainment, the News Corporation-owned publisher of IGN and AskMen, has appointed Michael Hand to the newly created role of head of consumer and lifestyle, as it moves to grow its UK commercial team. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2011-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 13/06/2011 - 15:20 Law publishers Jordan Publishing has appointed Will Ricketts to the role of c.e.o., based in the company's London office. Ricketts took up the role on 1st June following the departure of Caroline Vandridge-Ames who had... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Desmond is in talks with US media giant Time Warner about the possible sale of the US edition of celebrity OK! magazine, sources have confirmed. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2011-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 27/05/2011 - 10:18 Chiki Sarkar, former editor-in-chief of Random House India, has been appointed publisher of Penguin India. Chiki had worked at Random House India since 2006, working with authors including Anita Desai, Salman Rushdie and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lisa Gersh has been tapped as president and chief operating officer of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO), effective June 6. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Warner Inc. has released their 2011 first quarter results, with the period ending on March 31, 2011. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Justine Southall, previously the publisher of NatMag's Cosmopolitan magazine, has been made publisher of IPC's women's glossy, Marie Claire. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2011-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ad network Specific Media has appointed Fox Networks Group's Graeme Lynch as its new UK publisher services director. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2011-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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