UPDATED with shareholder vote results. Reed Hastings is officially no longer affiliated with Netflix, the streaming giant he co-founded 29 years ago. In an SEC filing Friday, the company confirmed Hastings’ exit indirectly, noting the results of Thursday’s annual shareholder meeting. Venture capitalist Jay Hoag, a longtime Netflix investor and board member, was elected chairman […]

EXCLUSIVE: Canada’s Shaftesbury is doubling down on the franchise game. The Murdoch Mysteries maker has named Jay Bennett as its Senior Vice President, Franchise Strategy & Innovation – a role that puts the veteran producer and media strategist in charge of expanding its IP acvross platforms, audiences, brand partnerships and emerging media ecosystems. Bennett made […]

Most of the senior corporate management team at local TV giant Tegna has left the company as the legal battle over its merger with rival Nexstar continues. One of the leadership moves – Fox stations vet Patrick Paolini’s start on Monday as CEO, succeeding Mike Steib – was reported earlier this week by Deadline. Other […]

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime communications executive Eva Basler has departed The Bold and the Beautiful, her home for more than 20 years. Basler served as VP Communications and Talent Relations for Bell-Phillip TV Productions, where she managed publicity, marketing social media and talent relations for CBS’ top-rated daytime drama. She was a beloved member of the team […]

EXCLUSIVE: “I have been in this business a long time, and I have never seen anything this bad,” a CBS News insider told Deadline on Wednesday amid the fallout of recent firings at 60 Minutes and accusations of political interference at the Bari Weiss-ruled division. After a verbal dust-up this week between 60 Minutes correspondent […]

EXCLUSIVE: Indie studio Media Res (The Morning Show, Pachinko) has promoted Christina Malach to President of Scripted Series. Reporting to CEO and founder Michael Ellenberg, she will oversee the studio’s current and upcoming slate. Malach replaces Lindsey Springer who is stepping down after six years as President of Scripted. She will continue to produce with […]

EXCLUSIVE: Heather Tilert, who has led Netflix’s Preschool Content team as Director of Preschool Series since joining the streamer in 2018, has been promoted to VP of Kids & Family Series. In the newly created role, Tilert will oversee programming strategy and development across preschool series, animation, and kids & family unscripted series (a separate […]

“The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable,” Scott Pelley said late Tuesday just hours after being fired from CBS News after almost 40 years at the network. “The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well,” the former CBS Evening News anchor and 60 Minutes correspondent added in […]

Fired 60 Minutes veteran Scott Pelley hasn’t quoted poet John Masefield in any of his scathing statements since embattled CBS News chief Bari Weiss and new newsmagazine EP Nick Bilton canned him for rejecting their regime earlier this week. However, the ex-Evening News anchor sure captured the spirit of the past British Poet Laureate’s famous […]

EXCLUSIVE: Heated Rivalry producer Accent Aigu Entertainment has reset its management structure. The Toronto-based production house today outlined a new structure and made several appointments. Among the changes, company co-founders Jacob Tierney, who created Heated Rivalry, and Brendan Brady, the show’s producer, will switch from co-Presidents to new roles. Tierney will become Chief Creative Officer […]

Two Netflix series that had launched atop Netflix’s weekly Top 10 for English series with their first seasons, The Four Seasons and A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder, returned with their second installments last week. Neither could repeat their debut performances, ranking as No. 3 (The Four Seasons, 4.4M views) and No. 9 (A Good […]

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has set its television BA leadership in the wake of decorated business executive Sandra Stern stepping down as Vice Chairman of Lionsgate Television Group with the promotion of Keith Warren, a 12-year company veteran, to EVP. While not a replacement for Stern who had a broad range of top-level responsibilities, Warren will serve […]