Fates & Fortunes
Introducing THE Company
Charlie Ebersol and Justin Hochberg are launching their own production company, The Hochberg Ebersol Company (or THE Company for short, kind of like Vegas’ THEhotel). Already wrapped and ready to go is Off the Grid: Million Dollar Manhunt, a one-hour special that will air on History Channel on Dec. 8 at 11 p.m. “We’ve built a company that is nimble like a start-up and delivers ...... Read More
Comments (3)MGM's Tuchman named president of AMC Networks' international division
Bruce Tuchman is the new president of AMC Networks/Sundance Channel Global’s international division.Based in New York, Tuchman joins AMC from MGM Worldwide Networks, where he had been president since 2001. In his new role, he’ll lead the global expansion of Sundance Channel and We tv, reporting to AMC Networks Chief Operating Officer Ed Carroll. Prior to joining MGM, Tuchman was gene ...... Read More
Comments (0)'Nova''s Swartz named Discovery VP, development and production
Howard Swartz is Discovery Channel’s new VP of development and production. Swartz, who most recently was executive producer of PBS’ Nova, will primarily oversee Curiosity, a series created by Discovery’s founder, John Hendricks. He’ll report to Simon Andreae, senior vice president, development and production, and be based in Los Angeles. He had been Nova’s EP sin ...... Read More
Comments (2)Favre named VP, development, paraMedia
Susan Favre has been named VP of development at Jim Paratore’s paraMedia, which is housed at Warner Bros. While Favre was just hired by paraMedia, she’s been working with the company for a long time. She helped Paratore and Harvey Levin develop and launch TMZ as well as the now-cancelled Bonnie Hunt and Lopez Tonight. She also served as one of Lopez Tonight’s senior prod ...... Read More
Comments (0)Hensleigh to head marketing at Travel Channel
Eleo Hensleigh is headed over to the Travel Channel, where she’ll be SVP of marketing and communications, according to Laureen Ong, the network’s president. Hensleigh will oversee consumer marketing, creative services and communications, as well as marketing support for all of the network’s digital extensions. Prior to joining Travel, Hensleigh had been chief marketing officer ...... Read More
Comments (1)Bennett named SVP, programming and research, at ID, Military and Planet Green
Kevin Bennett has been named senior vice president of programming and research for Investigation Discovery, Military Channel and Planet Green, announced Henry Schleiff, president and general manager of all three channels. Bennett will lead a newly-centralized programming, scheduling and research division that will work across all three plans, as well as spearhead ID’s development. He comes ...... Read More
Comments (0)SPT's Askanas named EVP, communications
Sony vet Paula Askanas has been promoted to EVP of communications for Sony Pictures Television (SPT), said SPT President Steve Mosko to whom she reports. In this role, Askanas oversees business and trade press, and internal communication for the television company worldwide. Her oversight includes work on behalf of the businesses and executive teams for production, channels and distribution ...... Read More
Comments (0)Disney’s Iger Signs on for five final years
Disney CEO Bob Iger, 60, will remain CEO, for five more years, Disney’s board of directors announced today. In March, he will add chairman to his title as current board chairman, John Pepper, retires. In 2016, Iger, who will then be 65, himself will retire. “For more than six years, Bob Iger has proven he has that ability at the highest level, The Board is delighted that the company ...... Read More
Comments (1)Jobs report: Good news, bad news, but probably not good enough news
The quarterly jobs report came in today and it included some good news – 103,000 jobs were added in September – but mostly bad: unemployment remains at 9.1%. In addition, economists say that 150,000 new jobs need to be added each month, and that hasn’t happened for six months, reports CNN Money. And of those 103,000 new jobs, 45,000 comprised the return of striking Verizon wor ...... Read More
Comments (1)RIP Steve Jobs
I, like so many others, learned of Steve Jobs’ passing while casually perusing email on my iPad. I had been expecting it ever since he resigned his CEO post in August, but the news still felt shocking. Immediately it was clear that most everyone else shared that feeling. Facebook and Twitter lit up on the news of the Apple founder’s death as it does for few others. In a world where t ...... Read More
Comments (0)Leftfield Films adds three execs and promotes two others
Production company Leftfield Pictures, which produces such unscripted cable series as History’s Pawn Stars and American Restoration, Science Channel’s JUNKies and Discovery’s Carfellas has added three new executives and promoted two others. Brooke Meredith joins the New York-based company as senior director of development, responsible for developing new formats and ...... Read More
Comments (0)Anderson to sell direct-response ads for Entertainment Studios
Tracy Anderson has been named vice president of direct response advertising sales at Entertainment Studios. Anderson comes to Entertainment Studios from Twentieth Television, where she was director of direct response advertising sales in the studio’s Chicago office. Prior to that, Anderson held positions at The WB, USA Networks and J. Walter Thompson. Direct response advertising comprises a ...... Read More
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