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Before Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom opens to a deafening roar at the box office with a $135M-$150M start, Universal has announced some promotions and appointments in the studio’s marketing ranks. Eighteen-year marketing guru Michael Moses is being promoted to President of Worldwide Marketing, reporting to Langley…

Last night, at the Walter Maciel Gallery downtown, industry insiders gathered for the second annual Silver Pixel Awards, celebrating excellent and innovation in digital marketing. In two years, the awards show—staged by non-profit Hollywood in Pixels—has grown from a smaller teahouse affair to a full-out gallery…

This isn’t a surprise, but Sony Pictures marketing chief Josh Greenstein just announced internally that Motion Picture Group domestic marketing president Dwight Caines, who has been at SPE for 19 years and in the role for the past three years, is exiting this summer after he completes work on the studio’s summer…

UPDATE, 4:29 PM: Elias Plishner is now officially Sony Pictures’ EVP Worldwide Digital Marketing. We hear talks moved a lot faster than anticipated and were wrapped yesterday. PREVIOUSLY, Oct 11 PM: EXCLUSIVE: Elias Plishner is in negotiations to take on the title of EVP Worldwide Digital Marketing at Sony Pictures…

Related: Marc Weinstock Is Out In Sony Marketing Shake-Up Deadline revealed yesterday that Sony had offered the top domestic marketing job to Dwight Caines and the studio just made it official. Caines might well be the very first marketing head at a major studio to come from the digital marketing division. Here’s the…

EXCLUSIVE: One day after the surprise exit of Marc Weinstock as head of marketing at Sony Pictures, the studio has offered Dwight Caines the job of head of domestic marketing. He’s expected to take the post before the week is out. Weinstock headed both domestic and foreign, and I am hearing that Amy Pascal and Michael…

BREAKING: Marc Weinstock is out as president of worldwide marketing at Sony Pictures, and I’m hearing that Dwight Caines is the odds-on favorite to replace him. Caines has strategized Sony’s online marketing activities on its films and has been considered an heir apparent. I’m told that Weinstock could stay in the…