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Film at Lincoln Center has named Sarah Eaton, a film industry veteran and former media relations chief at the Sundance Institute, as VP of marketing and communications. She will lead the development and execution of strategies to promote the mission, programs, and initiatives of FLC, reporting directly to Lesli…

Richard Siklos, a former exec at Netflix and Time Warner, has joined UTA as chief communications officer. Beginning on Monday, Siklos will report to CEO Jeremy Zimmer. Siklos departed Netflix last fall. During his four-year run at the company, its global subscriber base more than doubled and its market value soared…

Dallas Lawrence, a veteran of tech and politics who most recently had a senior-level stint at Roku, has joined Samba TV as SVP and head of communications and brand. Samba is an advertising and analytics firm known for its insights into smart-TV viewing. The company is among several emerging players looking to champion…

NBCUniversal has hired Jen Friedman, who has held senior posts at Blackstone and General Electric as well as in the political realm, as its new head of global communications. Beginning January 10, Friedman will be EVP of Communications, taking on many of the duties previously handled by Hilary Smith. In October, Adam…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix VP of communications Richard Siklos, a key public-facing figure for the streaming giant since 2017, has just announced his departure, Deadline has learned. It isn’t clear what Siklos’s next step will be, but after serving in a senior role at Netflix, on top of a seven-year stint as a communications…

EXCLUSIVE: Shane/Nahley Communications, which was formed by Hollywood and tech vets David Shane and Sue Fleishman earlier this year, has added a new partner as well as a coordinator. Alafair Hall, the new partner, has spent 12 years at agencies like Edelman and Outcast in LA and San Francisco. Her clients have…

Chris Legentil, a veteran of streaming service DAZN as well as Showtime and the NBA, has been named SVP and head of global communications for WWE Corp. In steering communications strategy, he will report directly to Nick Khan, the former co-head of television at CAA who is now president and chief revenue officer at…

WarnerMedia has named former 21st Century Fox executive Miranda Higham as SVP and head of communications for the company’s operations outside the U.S. She will report to Christy Haubegger, EVP, Communications and Chief Inclusion Officer. While WarnerMedia and its corporate predecessor, Time Warner, have long operated…

Catherine Frymark is capping a 20-year executive run at Discovery, shifting to Mattel as head global communications. In her new role as EVP of communications, Frymark will oversee external and internal corporate communications globally as well as the company's philanthropic efforts. She will join Mattel in December…

Three veteran HBO executives, Karen Jones, Ronni Cobern-Basis and Laura Young, are being promoted to expanded roles at WarnerMedia’s entertainment and direct-to-consumer divisions. The trio will report to Global Communications EVP Kevin Brockman, the former Disney exec who joined WarnerMedia earlier this year. The…

Viacom and CBS have jointly promoted Julia Phelps, a 14-year Viacom veteran, to EVP and Chief Communications and Corporate Marketing Officer of ViacomCBS. She will continue to report to Bob Bakish, who will head the combined company when its $30 billion, all-stock merger is completed, likely by the end of the…