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Warner Bros.' Tsujihara begins changes; six executives promoted
Warner Bros. Chief Executive Kevin Tsujihara has begun building his own team at the Burbank entertainment company, distributing power among a handful of key executives who have long toiled in the trenches. On Wednesday, Tsujihara announced a new...Tags: Entertainment, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
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Senior management shuffle continues at Nickelodeon
Another influential programmer at Nickelodeon -- Margie Cohn -- is leaving the children's network as the operation struggles to remain relevant with pint-sized viewers who are watching content on different platforms. Nickelodeon said Monday that Cohn,...Tags: Nickelodeon (tv network)
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'Tonight's' forecast calls for scattered viewership
Jimmy Fallon has been crowned the next king of late-night television, but the empire he will inherit has seen better days. "Late Night" host Fallon, who will succeed Jay Leno in "The Tonight Show" chair in 2014, is charged with trying to reenergize a...
Tags: Television Industry, Satellite and Cable Service, Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show (tv program), Media Industry
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Major shake up at NBCUniversal with latest reorganization
In a dramatic reorganization at NBCUniversal, respected programmer Bonnie Hammer has been promoted to lead the company's entire cable entertainment portfolio -- the most lucrative division, which generates approximately 50% of the media giant's...
Tags: Television Industry, Satellite and Cable Service, Oxygen (tv network), Entertainment, Bonnie Hammer
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At Warner Bros., new CEO's first task is to bring peace to studio
In taking the reins of Warner Bros., one of Kevin Tsujihara's first tasks will be returning calm to a studio that has been racked by divisions and infighting. Although Warner was Hollywood's No. 1 supplier of television shows, No. 1 in the home video...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Ben Fritz, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Los Angeles Times
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Warner Bros. names Kevin Tsujihara chief executive
In a bold bet on the digital future of entertainment, Time Warner Inc. has selected its digital guru -- Kevin Tsujihara -- as the new chief executive of Warner Bros. Entertainment. Time Warner Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes' selection of Tsujihara,...Tags: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Corporate Officers, Entertainment, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Los Angeles Times
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Warner Bros.' Bruce Rosenblum: 'Obviously, I'm disappointed'
Bruce Rosenblum, president of Warner Bros. Television Group, was surprised to learn over the weekend that he was not getting the top entertainment job at the legendary Burbank studio. Instead, the role is going to the studio's digital guru, Kevin...Tags: Entertainment, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Los Angeles Times
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Power struggle at Warner Bros.
Two years ago Time Warner Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes created an Office of the President to inspire three ambitious executives into collegial competition for the top job at Warner Bros., Hollywood's largest film and television studio. "These three...
Tags: Politics, The Big Bang Theory (tv program), Ben Fritz, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Los Angeles Times
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NBCUniversal cuts about 500 employees
In a round of year-end belt tightening, NBCUniversal is cutting about 500 employees, or about 1.5% of its total workforce. The cuts are distributed throughout the media company, which boasts nearly 30,000 employees, according to a person close to the...
Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, G4 (tv network), The Tonight Show (tv program), Employees, Los Angeles Times
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Nickelodeon hopes for rescue by 'Ninja Turtles'
The turtles are being unleashed in the nick of time. On Saturday morning, Nickelodeon will take the lid off a slicker, hipper version of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." The armed reptiles, a hugely popular cartoon franchise in the '80s and '90s, are...
Tags: Nickelodeon (tv network), SpongeBob SquarePants (tv program), iCarly (tv program), Los Angeles Times
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'Dora the Explorer' executive out in Nickelodeon shake-up
Reeling from its spectacular ratings fall, Burbank-based Nickelodeon has pushed out animation chief Brown Johnson, the executive most responsible for creating the network's cartoon sensation "Dora the Explorer." Johnson is leaving Nickelodeon "to...Tags: Animation (genre), Nickelodeon (tv network), Viacom Inc., Los Angeles Times
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DreamWorks renews movie output deal with Showtime
Premium channel Showtime will keep its pipeline of DreamWorks Studios' films flowing for five more years. Showtime Networks, a division of CBS Corp., and Walt Disney Studios, which handles theatrical distribution for Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider's...
Tags: Showtime (tv network), Steven Spielberg, Entertainment, Movies, DreamWorks Animation
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