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EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has promoted Maia Eyre to EVP Creative Development at Columbia Pictures. Eyre will report to Columbia Pictures' President of Production Peter Kang on the Culver City lot. She previously was SVP Creative Development at Columbia Pictures. Eyre is the executive…

Mere minutes after a federal judge signed off Wednesday on the antitrust settlement deal between Paramount, Warner Bros Discovery and a dozen blue state attorneys general, David Ellison has named Ynon Kreiz co-CEO of his soon-to-expand media giant. In a statement, Paramount said the former…

EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Bulochnikov-Paul, EVP Communications, Disney Entertainment Television, is leaving after eight years at Disney. She just shared the news in a memo to her team, revealing that she is exiting “to pursue a new opportunity.” Details about Bulochnikov-Paul’s new job are expected to be…

Former Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz has talked with Paramount CEO David Ellison about taking on a senior executive role, sources familiar with the discussions tell Deadline. Mattel announced Wednesday morning that Kreiz was stepping down after a succession process, with former Condé Nast CEO Roger…

Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch has stepped down in order to take the top job at Mattel. Ynon Kreiz, who steered the toymaker through its Barbie movie breakthrough, is poised to take “a senior leadership position at another public company,” an announcement by Mattel said Wednesday. Lynch, whose…

EXCLUSIVE: Jill Kellie, Fremantle’s VP of Commercial Strategy, Commercial and International, has left the Kill Jackie and Baywatch company. Fremantle confirmed her exit to Deadline, with the departure coming more than four years after she had joined, initially in a Director of Acquisitions…

U.S. buyers are getting back into the co-production game, according to European studio Mediawan. "The co-production market in the U.S. was almost closed for the past two or three years," said Elisabeth D'Arvieu, Global Content Officer at Mediawan and CEO of Mediawan Pictures. "It’s reopening a…

One of the biggest executive suite questions about Paramount following its pending acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery — who will lead streaming — has been answered. Cindy Holland is leaving Paramount Skydance where she was Chair of Direct-To-Consumer having previously served as an advisor to…

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime Cinema United (né National Association of Theatre Owners) vet Mitch Neuhauser will be retiring following CinemaCon 2028. Neuhauser has been the face of CinemaCon, typically kicking off most presentations onstage, not to mention a relentless organizer of the event. He was key…

Exhibition trade organization Cinema United has promoted Amanda Martin to the newly created role of SVP, External Affairs, and Erin Von Hoetzendorff to VP, Membership and Global Affairs. “As exhibition continues to evolve, Cinema United is evolving with it,” said Michael O'Leary, President & CEO…

EXCLUSIVE: Adam Hendricks and Greg Gilreath’s Divide/Conquer, the production company behind titles like M3GAN and Totally Killer, has brought in three new execs to help expand its footprint in the genre space and beyond: Derek Bishé and David Grove Churchill Viste have been named SVPs of Production…

EXCLUSIVES: Distributors are really getting into the pre-MIPCOM swing. L.A.’s V10 Entertainment is gearing up for the TV content confab by adding a trio of veteran sellers to its ranks. Michelle Payne, Matt Vassallo and Poh Lin Ho will be in Cannes with the America’s Funniest Home Videos seller in…