Paramount TV has lost 13 employees of color in the past two years, including six executives from Paramount+ and Paramount Television Studios, leading insiders to question the commitment to diversity of president Nicole Clemens and the company, TheWrap has learned.
Paramount Television Studios VP of development Carlos Aguirre, development director Portia Rainey and Lisa Wang Pearl were laid off as part of a major restructuring in Nov. 2022, TheWrap confirmed with a Paramount insider familiar with the matter. Paramount+ development directors Ashley Whitaker and Cela Sutton and Paramount Television Studios VP of current programming Meggie Choi all left the company in the last two years.
In addition, the insider listed numerous exits of Bipoc employees recently, including Paramount+ development coordinators Simone Warrick and Ashley Sheppard-Quince, who left after just a few months, and assistants Auggie Mares and Devyn Claure. Paramount Television Studios development manager Phoebe Kim, business affair coordinator Ian To and...
Paramount Television Studios VP of development Carlos Aguirre, development director Portia Rainey and Lisa Wang Pearl were laid off as part of a major restructuring in Nov. 2022, TheWrap confirmed with a Paramount insider familiar with the matter. Paramount+ development directors Ashley Whitaker and Cela Sutton and Paramount Television Studios VP of current programming Meggie Choi all left the company in the last two years.
In addition, the insider listed numerous exits of Bipoc employees recently, including Paramount+ development coordinators Simone Warrick and Ashley Sheppard-Quince, who left after just a few months, and assistants Auggie Mares and Devyn Claure. Paramount Television Studios development manager Phoebe Kim, business affair coordinator Ian To and...
- 8/17/2023
- by Jose Alejandro Bastidas
- The Wrap
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