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Debra Lee, who last year stepped down as chairman and CEO of BET Networks after a three-decade career at the Viacom brand, has been added to the board of directors at AT&T. She becomes the first media-tied name to join the board as the company continues to evolve after its $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner and…

As John Singleton is treated for a stroke in an intensive care unit, his friends and fans are sending prayers and positive thoughts the director’s way. Singleton has been hospitalized for three days and is receiving “great medical care,” his family said in a statement Saturday. “On Wednesday, April 17th our beloved…

Another veteran top executive at a Viacom cable network is leaving the company. After a career at BET spanning three decades, Debra Lee is stepping down from her position as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BET Networks, effective Monday, May 28, 2018. Lee, who began her career with the company as its first VP…

BET Networks has named Viacom executive and former BET boss Scott M. Mills as president, a role in which he will oversee overall strategy and day-to-day operations of BET Networks including oversight of the brand's programming, ad sales and digital teams. Debra Lee will continue in her chairman and CEO role but is…

Michael D. Armstrong has been named General Manager at BET Networks, the latest move at Viacom’s revamping core cable network units. The news comes the same day Viacom sibling CMT said longtime CMT president Brian Philips has stepped down and TV Land GM Frank Tanki would take over as GM. BET Networks chairman and CEO D…

The news yesterday that BET Head of Original Programming Zola Mashariki are departing the Viacom network is being disputed by Mashariki, who says she is on medical leave and her job is protected. In a note to BET staff obtained by Deadline on Thursday evening, Mashariki wrote she was “concerned” to read she was part…