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EXCLUSIVE: Grey Seal Media, the UK-based consultancy whose clients include A24 and Anonymous Content, has made a pair of hires in Sara Durante and Mair Williams. Durante has been named Head of Business Operations at the specialist advisory, which bridges the film and TV worlds with those in finance…

EXCLUSIVE: Banijay Rights has hired Sarah Mottershead from StudioCanal TV for its EMEA team. Mottershead has been appointed VP, Middle East, Africa, Israel, Greece & Cyprus, based out of London. This will put her in charge of strategy for the MasterChef and Peaky Blinders distributor in those…

EXCLUSIVE: Edith Mendoza Alva has departed Netflix after a three-year stint as Director, Comedy, Original Series. “Edy has been instrumental in the launch of several Netflix series — her creative partnership here has been felt throughout and we are thankful for her contributions,” said Tracey…

It's no secret that the unscripted television business has been struggling recently, with numerous companies closing down and the number of projects bought stagnating. This is an issue that is also concerning Lionsgate, which is behind series such as Discovery's Naked and…

Returning to an issue that local TV station owners have railed about for years, Nexstar CEO Perry Sook said Donald Trump’s election could help finally eliminate the cap on station ownership. Under laws last updated two decades ago, before the streaming era, a single company cannot own stations with a…

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said Donald Trump’s re-election as president bodes well for media M&A. “We have an upcoming new administration,” the exec noted during WBD’s quarterly earnings call Thursday. “It’s too early to tell, but it may offer a pace of change and an opportunity for…

Top movie theater owner AMC Entertainment unveiled what it calls its “GO Plan” — short for “go on offense” — a set of major improvements to seating, projection and auditoriums during the next few years. Related Stories …

Shari Redstone and her son, Tyler Korff, do not intend to serve on Paramount Global’s board of directors after the close of the company’s pending merger with Skydance Media. Redstone’s National Amusements has been Paramount’s controlling shareholder for decades. She has been chair of the company…

EXCLUSIVE: There's movement within Netflix's unscripted ranks. Deadline understands that Damla Dogan and Todd Hurvitz are exiting the streamer, the latest shake-up in the company's non-scripted division. Hearing that they were told this morning. Dogan, who was Director of Unscripted Originals…

Legendary has set Blair Rich as Chief Marketing & Commercial Officer. Rich will now drive and execute Legendary's global marketing, branding, and communications and play a key role, as part of senior management, in expanding Legendary's business, including the company's adoption of new technologies across…

Tom Lieber, who has been overseeing genre programming — including hits like The Boys and Fallout –under Laura Lancaster, Head, Co-Pro Television and Ongoing Series at Amazon MGM Studios, has been elevated to Head of Scripted Series, UK as part of a reorg that impacts originals coming from the UK and…

EXCLUSIVE: It takes a certain kind of confidence to take a finished indie film to market with no presales, but if that completed film is a $24 million Spanish-language musical directed by a French auteur about a Mexican cartel leader that transitions from male to female, you'd better hope your sales agent…