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comingsoon.net - 10/6/2009
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Universal Pictures unexpectedly announced today that Adam Fogelson is the new Chairman and Donna Langley has been named Co-Chairman, replacing Marc Shmuger and David Linde immediately. Here is the announcement:
Adam Fogelson has been named Chairman, Universal Pictures.
In addition, Donna ...
thewrap.com - 10/1/2009
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Updated on Thursday at 11 a.m.: Jeff Zucker,
CEO of NBC Universal, told employees in an email
Thursday morning that "a number of possible things could happen" if part owner Vivendi sells its 20 percent stake in the company. He did not comment on ...
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Report: Comcast Would Own 51% of NBC Universal
variety.com - 10/5/2009
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New heads to focus on 'responsible risks' After
watching a succession of films stumble at the box
office this year, Universal Pictures chief Ron Meyer was under pressure to pick a new team that decides which movies the studio makes. In tapping Adam ...
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Fogelson, Langley to top Universal
http - 10/8/2009
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So the economy is slowly getting better and
the tides are shifting, right? Mmm, maybe not so
much yet. As you likely heard late last week, Disney lowered the boom on their indie specialty-film wing Miramax.
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Universal Fires People For Making Misguided Movies
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Here’s one for all you studio-gossip hounds: Universal Pictures (the filmmaking arm of General Electric, which also owns NBC) announced rather suddenly and somewhat unexpectedly today that Chairman Mac Shmuger and Co-Chairman David Linde are to be replaced with new Chair Adam Fogelson and Co-Chair Donna Langley. But why?
My money’s on their lack of it. It’s no surprise that Universal has slumped through lately, and NBC’s not doing much better — they’ve also had a personnel shift lately, after failing to move from 4th place. And Universal’s bombs, like Land of the ...
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