Skydance Media has named Luis Fernández, a 20-year veteran of Walt Disney, as the studio’s first head of consumer products to lead its retail, merchandise and licensee partnerships. Fernández will …
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The executive in charge of Pfizer’s global supply chain said Sunday he’s hopeful the pharmaceutical giant will deliver two billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the …
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Bloomberg A Crypto Kid Had a $23,000-a-Month Condo. Then the Feds Came (Bloomberg) — Stefan Qin was just 19 when he claimed to have the secret to cryptocurrency trading.Buoyed with …
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Many Americans have logged on to websites before sunrise, waited in long lines and driven hours to get Covid vaccines. Yet in nursing homes, the experience has been the opposite: …
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Vubiquity, which was acquired in 2018 by media and communications tech vendor Amdocs, has made two senior executive appointments as it shores up its dealings with North American studio clients. …
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John McGuire, SAG-AFTRA’s longest-serving executive, is retiring after 52 years of service. At today’s national board meeting, he was presented with the union’s President’s Award for his decades of distinguished …
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Lana Condor To Star In & Exec Produce ‘Boo, Bitch’ Comedy Series From Erin Ehrlich & Lauren Iungerich At Netflix
Netflix has given a series order to Boo, Bitch, an eight-episode live-action comedy limited series from Erin Ehrlich (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, King of the Hill) and Lauren Iungerich (On My Block, …
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JoJo Siwa is set to star in and executive produce The J Team, a live-action musical for Nickelodeon and studio Awesomeness. Cast also includes Tisha Campbell-Martin (Martin, Empire), Laura Soltis …
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Rebel Girls Taps Former WB, Disney Exec Soo Koo As Creative, Marketing Boss; Blavity’s Lilly Workneh To Run Digital Content
EXCLUSIVE: Rebel Girls, the entertainment brand best known for the children’s book series and podcast Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls has added former Warner Bros. and Disney exec Soo …
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EXCLUSIVE: David Moulton has joined Oscar-winning factual production firm Passion Pictures as Creative Director. Moulton joins from Minnow Films where he served as Director of Development. Working with SVODs on …
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EXCLUSIVE: Christine Lubrano is swapping oddball comedies for the wrestling ring after joining WWE. Lubrano, who was previously SVP of Original Programming & Development at the AMC Networks-owned cable channel, …
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Image: Andreessen Horowitz/YouTube When Steven Sinofsky ran the Windows development effort at Microsoft, he became famous (some would say infamous) for epic longform blog posts. After Sinofsky left Microsoft in …
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SolarWinds attack is not an outlier, but a moment of reckoning for security industry, says Microsoft exec | ZDNet
Sophisticated attacks could put more tech suppliers at risk. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto If you were hoping the SolarWinds hack was going to be a one-off, you’re out of luck. Expect …
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As ‘Bridgerton’ Becomes Netflix’s Most-Watched Original Series Ever, Meet the Exec Behind the Hit
With viewership from 82 million member households in its first 28 days online, Netflix is hailing “Bridgerton” as its biggest-ever debut for an original series on the streaming service, Variety …
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Spilling the tea! ABC executive Robert Mills got real about why the network made the decision to add five new Bachelor contestants in the middle of Matt James‘ season. “It was good …
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‘The Bachelor’ Exec On Behind-the-Scenes Secrets, Sex Positive Storylines & An Unprecedented Casting Shakeup
Between Clare Crawley and Tayshia Adams’ switch-up as leads on “The Bachelorette” and shooting seasons at sequestered resorts, Bachelor Nation has endured a fair amount of drama lately — but …
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Varun Narang, former chief product officer at India-based streaming service Disney+Hotstar, has been appointed to the same role at Fox Corp. Reporting to Chief Technology Officer and President of Digital …
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Fox said Thursday it has promoted Inae Wilson to Executive Vice President of Broadcast Distribution & Marketing. Wilson, a twenty-two year Fox veteran and former SVP, will broaden her oversight, …
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Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering, speaks during an announcement of new products at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference Monday, June 4, 2018, in San Jose, Calif. …