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Showbiz shares sparkled Monday, starting off March with a major market rally around reopening, another vaccine rollout, a stimulus bill and a combo of upbeat earnings and streaming forecasts. Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine, the nation's third, will ship this week and the possibility of $1.9 trillion flowing into the U.S…

AMC Networks chief operating officer Ed Carroll said Friday popular series Better Call Saul will likely return in the first quarter of 2022 after Covid-19 delays. Production on the final season starts in New Mexico in March. On a conference call to discuss AMC’s financial results for the last three month of 2020…

AMC Networks ended 2020 with more than 6 million subscribers for its AMC Networks streaming services across recently launched AMC+, Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now and ALLBLK– up 157% year-on-year. The company Friday reported fourth quarter earnings that beat Wall Street forecasts. Revenue slipped 0.6% to $780.3…

AMC Networks has struck a strategic partnership with Murdoch Mysteries and Slasher producer Shaftesbury. The cable company has invested in the Canadian producer, giving it access to Shaftesbury's slate and allowing it to expand its content and development capabilities north of the border. Shaftesbury produces Murdoch M…

Former CBS Corp. and Showtime CFO Christina Spade has been appointed to the same role at AMC Networks. Effective today, she replaces Sean Sullivan, who stepped down last October. She will report to CEO Josh Sapan At AMC Networks, which owns a portfolio of cable networks and streaming services, Spade will oversee…

Josh Sapan, who has guided AMC Networks since it was a Cablevision subsidiary known as Rainbow Media a quarter-century ago, has signed a contract renewal to remain its president and CEO for two more years. The new deal lasts through January 1, 2023, and was disclosed in an SEC filing late Friday afternoon. Sapan will…

UMC, the AMC Networks-owned streaming service focused on Black TV and film, will rebrand as ALLBLK in January. The new name and look comes on the heels of a corporate realignment of the service. Last week, AMC Networks shifted it under the aegis of GM Brett Dismuke along with linear network WE tv. Robert L. Johnson…

AMC Networks has realigned its UMC streaming service and WE tv network under a shared leadership team headed by Brett Dismuke. The executive, who became head of content for UMC in 2019, will now be general manager of the service as well as WE tv, reporting to Miguel Penella, president of SVOD for AMC Networks…

AMC Networks investor relations head Seth Zaslow is stepping down at year end, the company said Wednesday, expanding the role of Nicholas Seibert to VP, Corporate Development and Investor Relations. Seibert will continue to report to John Hsu, AMC Networks Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and…

AMC Networks has appointed Aisha Thomas-Petit as the company’s first Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer. The official announcement said she will “build on the company's current DEI foundation, partnering with senior leaders to advance the company's DEI goals.” Thomas-Petit joins AMC Networks from HR and…

Subscription streaming outlet AMC+ has launched on Roku, expanding its distribution reach to the No. 1 U.S. streaming platform. AMC+ is a $9-a-month bundled offering showcasing programming from across AMC Networks’ streaming and linear portfolios, from Shudder, Sundance Now and IFC Films Unlimited to AMC, BBC America…

EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks is letting go 10% of its U.S. workforce, eliminating nearly 100 positions in a reorganization designed to streamline the company’s linear and streaming operations. CEO Josh Sapan announced the cuts during a virtual town hall meeting earlier today, company insiders tell Deadline. He said a…