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Amy Powell Opens Up About Her Paramount TV Ouster, Acknowledges Mistakes & Talks About Lessons Learned

Nine months after Amy Powell’s surprise exit as President of Paramount Television, she has spoken for the first time about the circumstances surrounding her firing. Powell was let go last July over what was reported at the time as “racially insensitive” comments allegedly made by her during a conference call…

Amy Powell Reaches Settlement Over Her Firing As Paramount Television President

A month and a half after Amy Powell’s surprising firing from her post as president of Paramount Television, she has reached a financial settlement with her former employer, Paramount Pictures. While details of the settlement are confidential, Powell's payout from Paramount is said to be in the $4 million range. No…

Search For New Head Of Paramount TV Focuses On Accomplished Female Execs

It’s been a month since Paramount Television president Amy Powell’s surprise dismissal over alleged racially insensitive comments. Since then, there have been a number of names of potential successors that have been rumored about. What they have in common is that all are women with experience as senior-level…

Dave Bautista Stands For Felled ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’s James Gunn As Free Speech Chill Sets Into Hollywood

Continuing to reverberate: the stunning take-down of director James Gunn by conservative journalists who bared years-old disgusting tweets that got Gunn ostracized from Disney’s Marvel Comics Universe. His banishment from returning for a third Guardians of the Galaxy film prompted this response from Dave Bautista, the…

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Fired Paramount TV President Amy Powell Denies Making Insensitive Comments, Explores Legal Action – Update

UPDATED with Powell’s statement: Five years after she was hired to head Paramount TV, Amy Powell has been fired. Paramount CEO Jim Gianopulos announced the move to staff in an internal memo Thursday afternoon. In the memo, Gianopulos noted “multiple individuals” who raised “concerns around comments” made by Powell in…

Paramount Ups Megan Wahtera To Interactive Marketing Boss

Paramount Pictures has found its new leader for the studio’s Interactive Marketing department. Former SVP of the division Megan Wahtera has been tapped to take over the duties of Amy Powell, the former head of the unit who recently was appointed president of the newly relaunched Paramount TV. Wahtera will oversee the…

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Amy Powell Named President Of Paramount Television

After meeting with various TV producers and development executives, Paramount chairman and CEO Brad Grey looked internally for an exec to lead the film studio’s recently re-launched TV division. Amy Powell will add the position of President of Paramount Television to her current responsibilities as head of Digital…