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Tiktok CEO Kevin Mayer said Wednesday the company will do what it takes to ensure TikTok’s availability and success as President Donald Trump reiterated threats to ban the hugely popular Chinese owned video sharing app in the U.S., and a report circulated that some American investment firms have suggested taking a…

InterPublic Group CEO Michael Roth said the company will occupy less office space because of COVID-19. “The footprint of the agency business is going to change,” he said during an earnings call with Wall Street analysts Wednesday. “Period.” Already, the parent company of McCann, Weber Shandwick and dozens of other…

Casting director David Rubin has been re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organization’s board of governors. This will be the second one-year term for Rubin, who earlier in the day was nominated for an Emmy for his casting work on Big Little Lies. The board also elected to…

Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer's total compensation for fiscal 2020 came in at $11.074 million, up sharply from $6.6 million the year before as his bonus nearly doubled and he received $1.5 million in stock awards, versus none the previous year. The pay package consisted of a $1.5 million base salary, a bonus of $6.3…

Broken English Productions, the newly launched film finance arm of Grandave Capital, has hired Sony's Screen Gems' development and production executive Jolene Rodriguez as president. She starts immediately, overseeing 7th & Union starring Omar Chaparro as executive producer. The popular Mexican actor is teaming with…

Match Group has named former CBS Interactive chief Jim Lanzone CEO of its flagship dating app Tinder starting August 3, reporting to parent Match Group chief executive Shar Dubey. Lanzone joins Tinder from investment firm Benchmark Capital where he served as an executive-in-residence. Until 2019, he was chief digital…

EXCLUSIVE: Casey Kyber has left 20th Century Fox TV, where she served as VP of drama development, to join Jenna Bans’ production banner, Minnesota Logging Company, as Head of Television. The hire is part of a ramp-up of Minnesota Logging Co. into a full-fledged pod under the new overall deal Good Girls…

EXCLUSIVE: Anisha Manchanda has joined Joel Stillerman’s Content Superba as VP, Development and Production. She will oversee both features and television projects at the company, backed by Endeavor Content, which Stillerman launched last fall. Manchanda joined Content Superba earlier this year from Hutch Parker…

Wonya Lucas has been named president and CEO of Crown Media Family Networks. In her new role, Lucas will be responsible for the strategic direction, daily management and growth of the three linear networks—the Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and Hallmark Drama—as well as the company's digital platforms…

EXCLUSIVE: Germany-based production and distribution powerhouse Constantin Film has renewed the contracts of long-serving CEO Martin Moszkowicz and Management Board member Oliver Berben early, and for an extended period of several years. The Supervisory Board of the Resident Evil producer extended Moszkowicz's…

HBO Max had a “flawless” launch in May, according to AT&T CEO John Stankey, who offered investors a few details about the streaming rollout during a conference call with Wall Street analysts on Thursday. The call followed the release of the company’s second-quarter financial results, which saw the company exceed…

Troy Young, who beat out internal rivals to become president of Hearst Corp.’s magazine division in 2018, has presided over a “toxic” culture and made numerous sexist and lewd remarks, The New York Times reported. The Times story on Wednesday followed outrage about Hearst’s magazine operation that has surfaced on…