Exclusive: It’s Hallmark Media’s turn now: Deadline has learned that the premier home of holiday movies is the latest company to undergo layoffs, with significant cuts occurring in the exec suites.
Among those impacted were Chief Marketing Officer Lara Richardson, Chief People Officer Pamela Wolfe, EVP Research Strategy Robin Thomas and Head of Distribution Judi Lopez. Though one source described them as “major cutbacks,” Deadline understands that only those four jobs were eliminated.
In a statement provided to Deadline, a spokesperson said, “Hallmark Media organizational changes were announced internally today representing a new, more streamlined structure. As such, some executive leadership roles were eliminated, while new and expanded roles were created in order to forge new opportunities that will strengthen our focus on our core, and build new capabilities for our consumers and viewers. The Hallmark Media business remains committed to creating compelling content and Hallmark Channel recently...
Among those impacted were Chief Marketing Officer Lara Richardson, Chief People Officer Pamela Wolfe, EVP Research Strategy Robin Thomas and Head of Distribution Judi Lopez. Though one source described them as “major cutbacks,” Deadline understands that only those four jobs were eliminated.
In a statement provided to Deadline, a spokesperson said, “Hallmark Media organizational changes were announced internally today representing a new, more streamlined structure. As such, some executive leadership roles were eliminated, while new and expanded roles were created in order to forge new opportunities that will strengthen our focus on our core, and build new capabilities for our consumers and viewers. The Hallmark Media business remains committed to creating compelling content and Hallmark Channel recently...
- 1/11/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Great American Media, the faith and family-focused company that launched in 2021 under Bill Abbott, is the latest to get hit with layoffs.
Deadline has learned that roughly 13 people were cut from top jobs on Monday, including Loren Schwartz, Chief Marketing Officer; Jamie Kramer, EVP Digital & Strategic Growth; Max Pinigin, Chief Financial Officer; Angela Sullivan, VP Corporate Communications, Brian Pancarik, Exec VP User Experience & Operations; Michael Hough, Head of Financial Planning and Analysis; and Nicole Gardner, Pure Flix Creative Director.
In a statement released to Deadline, the company said, “In 2023, Sony invested in Great American Media and rolled its PureFlix streaming video on demand service into Gam’s business to be run by Gam management for the purpose of maximizing the synergies between the two. On the heels of a highly successful year, we excelled with our Christmas launch and we kicked off 2024 hosting the Rose Parade, announced the network’s first-ever original series,...
Deadline has learned that roughly 13 people were cut from top jobs on Monday, including Loren Schwartz, Chief Marketing Officer; Jamie Kramer, EVP Digital & Strategic Growth; Max Pinigin, Chief Financial Officer; Angela Sullivan, VP Corporate Communications, Brian Pancarik, Exec VP User Experience & Operations; Michael Hough, Head of Financial Planning and Analysis; and Nicole Gardner, Pure Flix Creative Director.
In a statement released to Deadline, the company said, “In 2023, Sony invested in Great American Media and rolled its PureFlix streaming video on demand service into Gam’s business to be run by Gam management for the purpose of maximizing the synergies between the two. On the heels of a highly successful year, we excelled with our Christmas launch and we kicked off 2024 hosting the Rose Parade, announced the network’s first-ever original series,...
- 1/9/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Lionsgate won a multi-studio and streamer auction for the film rights to Judy Blume’s classic novel Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret. Essentially, Lionsgate has committed to a green light on a film with a budget in the $30 million range, with Kelly Fremon Craig directing her scripted adaptation and Gracie Films’ James L. Brooks producing. Those two teamed up on The Edge of Seventeen, a movie adaptation that very much pleased Blume, who for decades turned down offers to film a seminal book that has been considered a right of passage for young girls.
Julie Ansell, Richard Sakai, Amy Brooks, Fremon Craig, and Blume will join James L. Brooks as producers. Deadline revealed that Blume had granted rights and approved Craig and Brooks, after they visited her in Key West. Lionsgate has been all over it since the author first mused on social media that the...
Julie Ansell, Richard Sakai, Amy Brooks, Fremon Craig, and Blume will join James L. Brooks as producers. Deadline revealed that Blume had granted rights and approved Craig and Brooks, after they visited her in Key West. Lionsgate has been all over it since the author first mused on social media that the...
- 3/2/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Josh Greenstein, president of worldwide marketing and distribution at Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Motion Picture Group, has just sent a memo to staffers announcing the company is cutting down on staff in its marketing and distribution departments as part of a reorganization.
In the email, Greenstein said that this move will impact positions in strategy, publicity, media, operations, consumer, and distribution as the company moves forward in “streamlining some of our more traditional marketing operations and consolidating various international and domestic groups into single global teams.”
“The reorganization will help our department better reflect the realities of how movies are released today, and build the connective tissue needed internally and externally to be effective and efficient,” he wrote in the memo (read it below). “Some of you are now taking on new roles, responsibilities or new reporting relationships, and I appreciate your continued focus, resilience and ability to work through change.
In the email, Greenstein said that this move will impact positions in strategy, publicity, media, operations, consumer, and distribution as the company moves forward in “streamlining some of our more traditional marketing operations and consolidating various international and domestic groups into single global teams.”
“The reorganization will help our department better reflect the realities of how movies are released today, and build the connective tissue needed internally and externally to be effective and efficient,” he wrote in the memo (read it below). “Some of you are now taking on new roles, responsibilities or new reporting relationships, and I appreciate your continued focus, resilience and ability to work through change.
- 7/11/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony Pictures has laid off over two dozen staffers in its marketing and distribution departments, an insider familiar with the cuts told TheWrap.
Word came down from marketing chief Josh Greenstein in a studio-wide memo sent on Wednesday. The reduction comes on the heels of a shakeup in the international marketing department at the Culver City-based company.
Sectors affected include research and strategy, publicity, media, operations, consumer, and distribution groups.The studio declined to comment on the matter, but the layoffs equal roughly 25 staffers, the insider said. Leaner operations in film at TV and Sony serve as ongoing marching orders from Sony Entertainment CEO Tony Vinciquerra, a second insider said.
Also Read: Sony Pictures Shake-Up: Paul Noble Replaces Michael Horn as Head of International Marketing
Greenstein applauded the staff’s “ability to work through change,” saying the changes would “help our department better reflect the realities of how movies are released today,...
Word came down from marketing chief Josh Greenstein in a studio-wide memo sent on Wednesday. The reduction comes on the heels of a shakeup in the international marketing department at the Culver City-based company.
Sectors affected include research and strategy, publicity, media, operations, consumer, and distribution groups.The studio declined to comment on the matter, but the layoffs equal roughly 25 staffers, the insider said. Leaner operations in film at TV and Sony serve as ongoing marching orders from Sony Entertainment CEO Tony Vinciquerra, a second insider said.
Also Read: Sony Pictures Shake-Up: Paul Noble Replaces Michael Horn as Head of International Marketing
Greenstein applauded the staff’s “ability to work through change,” saying the changes would “help our department better reflect the realities of how movies are released today,...
- 7/11/2018
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
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