Several high-level TV executives have joined the Peabody board.
Karey Burke, president of 20th Television; Kathryn Busby, president original programming at Starz; and Nicole Clemens, president of Paramount Television Studios, have joined the group’s West Coast board. Also joining the West Coast board is Jamie Waldron, a senior partner at search firm Modern Executive Solutions, former Fremantle executive and CAA agent and graduate of the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications, where the Peabody organization is based. Ali Zelenko, senior vp strategic initiatives at NBC News, has joined the East Coast board.
Additionally, UTA president David Kramer has been elevated to chair of the West Coast board. He takes over the role from Bruce M. Ramer.
The Peabody board of directors is separate from the jury that votes on the annual Peabody Awards and provides counsel and stewardship to the organization and its commitment to spotlighting outstanding storytelling.
Karey Burke, president of 20th Television; Kathryn Busby, president original programming at Starz; and Nicole Clemens, president of Paramount Television Studios, have joined the group’s West Coast board. Also joining the West Coast board is Jamie Waldron, a senior partner at search firm Modern Executive Solutions, former Fremantle executive and CAA agent and graduate of the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications, where the Peabody organization is based. Ali Zelenko, senior vp strategic initiatives at NBC News, has joined the East Coast board.
Additionally, UTA president David Kramer has been elevated to chair of the West Coast board. He takes over the role from Bruce M. Ramer.
The Peabody board of directors is separate from the jury that votes on the annual Peabody Awards and provides counsel and stewardship to the organization and its commitment to spotlighting outstanding storytelling.
- 2/6/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Peabody has added six more members to its West Coast board of directors, including Lorrie Bartlett, co-head of talent, ICM; Channing Dungey, chairman, Warner Bros. Television Group; Alix Jaffe, executive VP of television, Village Roadshow Entertainment Group; Tilane Jones, president of Array; Charles D. King, founder and CEO of Macro; and Josh Sapan, president and CEO of AMC Networks.
The board of directors, separate from the board of jurors that decide the annual Peabody Awards, is made up of “prominent executives from leading media companies and networks,” the organization said. “The board provides expert counsel and stewardship, and advances Peabody’s commitment to outstanding and transformative storytelling.”
The board was first launched in 2015 to support the Peabody organization, which is based at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. It’s comprised of an East Coast and West Coast arm.
“We’re extremely proud...
The board of directors, separate from the board of jurors that decide the annual Peabody Awards, is made up of “prominent executives from leading media companies and networks,” the organization said. “The board provides expert counsel and stewardship, and advances Peabody’s commitment to outstanding and transformative storytelling.”
The board was first launched in 2015 to support the Peabody organization, which is based at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. It’s comprised of an East Coast and West Coast arm.
“We’re extremely proud...
- 5/26/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke, who oversees film and TV series for the streaming service, isn’t shoveling dirt on broadcast TV.
“I don’t think that it’s on its deathbed,” said Salke, speaking today at the Gould School of Law’s Institute on Entertainment Law and Business, a media summit at USC. “I think it is evolving quickly. But I still believe, knowing the amount of people we were reaching at NBC, that there’s a huge audience that still comes.”
Driving that traffic is the quality of some broadcast offerings, Salke said. “It’s incredibly difficult, but there are really smart writers and producers working under contract with all these networks, and they shouldn’t be underestimated.”
Salke keynoted the event in a luncheon conversation with Bruce M. Ramer of the law firm Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman. During the conversation, she talked about her career...
“I don’t think that it’s on its deathbed,” said Salke, speaking today at the Gould School of Law’s Institute on Entertainment Law and Business, a media summit at USC. “I think it is evolving quickly. But I still believe, knowing the amount of people we were reaching at NBC, that there’s a huge audience that still comes.”
Driving that traffic is the quality of some broadcast offerings, Salke said. “It’s incredibly difficult, but there are really smart writers and producers working under contract with all these networks, and they shouldn’t be underestimated.”
Salke keynoted the event in a luncheon conversation with Bruce M. Ramer of the law firm Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman. During the conversation, she talked about her career...
- 10/21/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Despite her recent career choices, Jennifer Salke is still a believer in broadcast.
“I don’t think that it’s on its deathbed,” Salke, head of Amazon Studios, said at a USC summit. “I think it is evolving quickly. But I still believe, knowing the amount of people we were reaching at NBC, that there’s a huge audience that still comes” to broadcast.
Salke noted the competition that broadcast now faces from streaming services and the bevy of other entertainment options targeting the traditional broadcast viewer. “It’s incredibly difficult, but there are really smart writers and producers working under contract with all these networks, and they shouldn’t be underestimated,” she said.
The Amazon exec was the keynote Saturday at the Gould School of Law’s annual Institute on Entertainment Law and Business, where she was interviewed by Bruce M. Ramer of Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman. Ramer...
“I don’t think that it’s on its deathbed,” Salke, head of Amazon Studios, said at a USC summit. “I think it is evolving quickly. But I still believe, knowing the amount of people we were reaching at NBC, that there’s a huge audience that still comes” to broadcast.
Salke noted the competition that broadcast now faces from streaming services and the bevy of other entertainment options targeting the traditional broadcast viewer. “It’s incredibly difficult, but there are really smart writers and producers working under contract with all these networks, and they shouldn’t be underestimated,” she said.
The Amazon exec was the keynote Saturday at the Gould School of Law’s annual Institute on Entertainment Law and Business, where she was interviewed by Bruce M. Ramer of Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman. Ramer...
- 10/20/2018
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety Film + TV
While verifiable Netflix viewer data persists as the mythical holy grail of entertainment industry metrics, Disney’s top TV executive Ben Sherwood says, “Every month 200,000 people watch Episode 1 of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ on Netflix.” Sherwood, who is the co-chairman of Disney Media Networks and President of Disney/ABC Television Group made the remarks — a rare toehold in to any numerical data from the opaque company — during a keynote interview with entertainment attorney Bruce Ramer at USC’s Institute of Entertainment Law and Business on Saturday. “2.4 million people a year discover ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ on Netflix,” Sherwood continued. “That has propelled ‘Grey’s.
- 10/22/2017
- by Mikey Glazer
- The Wrap
Major industry news broke during the morning session of USC's annual institute on entertainment law and business: At&T was in the process of sealing the deal on its $80 billion purchase of Time Warner. But during the lunch keynote Q&A, Netflix Cco Ted Sarandos wasn't interested in speculating on what the deal means for his business. "It’s a tough hypothetical," Sarandos says. "I’m sure it’s going to have a lot of Doj scrutiny. How it impacts anybody will depend on how it emerges, if it emerges." Noted entertainment attorney Bruce Ramer then shifted to a topic Sarandos is
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- 10/22/2016
- by Ashley Cullins
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Academy Museum announced today that it has accepted into its collection a major gift of the sole surviving full-scale model of the 1975 Jaws shark, donated by Nathan Adlen. The monumental Fiberglas model is the fourth and final version made from the original mold. Created for display at the Universal Studios Hollywood at the time of the film’s release, the prop remained a popular backdrop for photos until 1990, when it was moved to the yard of Aadlen Brothers Auto Wrecking, a firm in Sun Valley, California, that regularly bought or hauled used vehicles from Universal Studios. With the business slated to close in January 2016, owner Nathan Adlen has made a generous gift of the historic prop to the Academy Museum.
The shark model will join the Museum’s unmatched holdings—including an underwater apparatus and fin used in Jaws and Jaws II—as the largest object to enter the Academy’s collection to date.
The shark model will join the Museum’s unmatched holdings—including an underwater apparatus and fin used in Jaws and Jaws II—as the largest object to enter the Academy’s collection to date.
- 1/7/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Funding for ‘Sesame Street,’ the PBS NewsHour and other public-television programming will remain relatively intact following an intense debate in Congress. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides grants to public television and radio stations across the country, expects to receive a reduction of just under $1 million this fiscal year, Bruce Ramer, Cpb board chairman said late Tuesday. “Everybody gets a .2 percent cut,” said Ramer, calling the reduction of about $860,000 a “haircut” at the Cpb meeting of directors. In statement on Friday, Cpb president and chief executive Pat Harrison reminded...
- 4/13/2011
- The Wrap
An NPR reporter, Cory Turner, recently went on a journey to track down the mechanical shark used in Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" movie. Apparently three copies were created from the same mold and where named Bruce after Spielberg's lawyer Bruce Ramer. Spielberg's spokesman explained that all three sharks were destroyed immediately after filming, but Turner learned on Facebook that a fourth was created (from the same mold) for display at Universal Studios Theme Park. In 1990, the shark was taken down and shipped out to a junkyard in Southern California. The reporter tracked the junkyard down and brought Joe Alves and Roy Arbogast, who built the original shark, to verify its authenticity. "It's the real one. Definitely. It's from the same mold," said Arbogast after examining the creature. "It's just kinda' nice to see it again after 25 or 30 years. It's amazing that it's still here." The original shark was 25-feet long and weighed hundreds of pounds.
- 6/7/2010
- WorstPreviews.com
The mechanical shark which terrorised Richard Dreyfuss and the stars of Steven Spielberg's 1975 blockbuster Jaws has been found, ending a decades-long search for the beast.
The three shark models initially built for the film - all dubbed "Bruce" after Speilberg's lawyer, Bruce Ramer - were said to have been destroyed after filming.
However, NPR reporter Cory Turner recently learned of the existence of a scaled-down fourth shark also made for the film. The smaller model was featured at Universal Studios Theme Park for 15 years, but was dumped in an unknown location after it was taken down from display in 1990.
It has finally been found by Turner at a junkyard in Los Angeles' Sun Valley area.
Roy Arbogast, a member of the special effects crew on Jaws, says, "It's the real one. It's just kinda nice to see it again after 25 or 30 years. It's amazing that it's still here."...
The three shark models initially built for the film - all dubbed "Bruce" after Speilberg's lawyer, Bruce Ramer - were said to have been destroyed after filming.
However, NPR reporter Cory Turner recently learned of the existence of a scaled-down fourth shark also made for the film. The smaller model was featured at Universal Studios Theme Park for 15 years, but was dumped in an unknown location after it was taken down from display in 1990.
It has finally been found by Turner at a junkyard in Los Angeles' Sun Valley area.
Roy Arbogast, a member of the special effects crew on Jaws, says, "It's the real one. It's just kinda nice to see it again after 25 or 30 years. It's amazing that it's still here."...
- 6/7/2010
- WENN
Beverly Hills -- The Anti-Defamation League bestowed its highest honor on Steven Spielberg during a dinner at the Beverly Hilton that mixed stirring music, appreciative laughter and warm moments with calls to remember the past, confront bigotry and embrace humanity.
In presenting the America's Democratic Legacy Award on Wednesday, Adl national director Abraham Foxman praised Spielberg's ability as a storyteller, his philanthropy and his creation of the USC Shoah Foundation, which has recorded the testimonies of more than 52,000 Holocaust survivors and created a curriculum that has reached 1.5 million students.
"Steven, we honor you for your exceptional contributions to the well-being and security of the Jewish people," he said. "Your masterpiece, 'Schindler's List,' literally changed the way we teach about Jewish history and the Holocaust, and it arrived at exactly the time when we started to see a startling rise in Holocaust denial."
During a thoughtful acceptance, Spielberg spoke...
In presenting the America's Democratic Legacy Award on Wednesday, Adl national director Abraham Foxman praised Spielberg's ability as a storyteller, his philanthropy and his creation of the USC Shoah Foundation, which has recorded the testimonies of more than 52,000 Holocaust survivors and created a curriculum that has reached 1.5 million students.
"Steven, we honor you for your exceptional contributions to the well-being and security of the Jewish people," he said. "Your masterpiece, 'Schindler's List,' literally changed the way we teach about Jewish history and the Holocaust, and it arrived at exactly the time when we started to see a startling rise in Holocaust denial."
During a thoughtful acceptance, Spielberg spoke...
- 12/10/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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