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Move over, mom and dad. Tom Alison, who heads Facebook’s development and strategy across News Feed, Stories, Groups, Video, Marketplace, Gaming, News, Dating, Ads and more, posted Friday on Meta about the company’s direction. The post, “The Future of Facebook,” detailed plans to “set Facebook…

EXCLUSIVE: Publicist Alex Schack has been hired by align PR as a Vice President. Schack’s client roster includes Jurassic World franchise star and filmmaker Bryce Dallas Howard, Anna Sawai, Rosa Salazar, Madeline Brewer, Camilla Luddington, Phoebe Tonkin, Christian Serratos and more. Said align…

Courtney Holt, a veteran media and tech exec who joined CoComelon and Blippi producer Moonbug Entertainment last February, has been upped to Managing Director, Americas. He is replacing Andy Yeatman, who is exiting Moonbug for a yet-to-be-revealed new post. Holt will lead the Candle Media-owned…

EXCLUSIVE: Former UTA agent Anna Berthold-Zuk has joined Stampede Ventures as Executive Vice President of Animation and Kids & Family, the company’s President Chris Bosco announced on Thursday. In her new role, Berthold-Zuk will guide Stampede’s existing kids & family initiatives and oversee…

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav says execs “continue to talk to the NBA” about a renewal of rights, but he argued that even without pro hoops the company’s sports offerings are “very robust.” “I was just down in Atlanta. We’ve got a great team down there and we love our experience with the…

Lucasfilm CEO Kathleen Kennedy has heard the noise from some Star Wars fans unhappy with the franchise’s direction. During an interview with the New York Times for upcoming Disney+ series The Acolyte, Kennedy admitted that female filmmakers "struggle" with fan backlash. Leslye Headland is the…

EXCLUSIVE: Skydance Media has added two key senior execs in human resources and business and legal affairs and also expanded the roles of two others in the management ranks. Jean Chi, who has held exec posts at Spotify, Paramount and A24, has been named President of Global Business & Legal Affairs…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has made a number of executive promotions including Amy Homma who has been appointed Director and President of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures by the Board of Trustees of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and the Academy Foundation Board of…

EXCLUSIVE: Canada’s Serial Maven Studios has made its first major hire — bringing onboard senior Blue Ant Media exec Julie Chang. As we revealed in January, Blue Ant alumna Solange Attwood and Asha Daniere launched unscripted IP-focused studio business Serial Maven, and they have now reunited with…

NP Singh, the long-serving leader of Sony’s networks business in India, is stepping down from the C-suite. In an email seen by Deadline, he announced he is planning to step down as CEO and Managing Director of Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) after 25 years with the company. “Having reached many…

EXCLUSIVE: Banijay Rights has hired Passion Distribution’s Claire Douglas as part of a rejig of its marketing and comms team that sees Andrew Dickens taking over the division. Douglas, who had led UK distributor Passion’s PR and marketing efforts for nearly nearly a decade, joins Banijay…

EXCLUSIVE: Mrs Wilson producer Snowed-In Productions has hired Victoria Fea, the former ITV commissioner who co-founded Longboat Pictures. Fea joins Snowed-In as an executive producer in June, reporting to CEO Ruth Kenley-Letts. Her appointment follows the departure of Jenny van der Lande to Big Talk…