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His credentials seemed impeccable. He was 60, a Yale graduate, a former studio chief, a gifted dealmaker and now a newly named company president. But there were a few clouds: He was also a convicted embezzler, a compulsive gambler and his Yale degree was bogus. This was 1981 and David Begelman, the new boss of MGM…

EXCLUSIVE: More than three months after Hollywood came to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, NBCUniversal has begun a cautious return to work. Drawing from a comprehensive plan initiated mere days after its 400-acre Los Angeles facility shut down March 13 as well as the latest government guidelines, the <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/comcast/" id="auto-tag_comcast"…

A group of top NBC Universal executives will take a 20% cut in salary as part of a broad set of cost saving initiatives to offset the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Other employees who make over $100,000 will take a 3% cut that’s a rollback of sorts following a raise in March, the CEO of the Comcast-owned…

NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell is putting his imprimatur on the company’s executive structure following the exit of former chief executive Steve Burke last year as the Comcast divison announced a major restructing that creates a new division, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming – including Peacock – that’s headed by Mar…

Days after Jeff Shell’s statements in the Wall Street Journal spurred AMC boss Adam Aron to embargo the studio’s films, the NBCUniversal CEO acknowledged the company’s commitment to theatrical, but that Premium VOD will still be part of the equation. "The question is when we come out of this (pandemic), what is going…

Universal has responded to AMC boss Adam Aron’s note tonight to Universal Studios Chairman Donna Langley in which he told the studio that the chain won’t be playing their titles at their global venues. Essentially Uni says they “absolutely believe in the theatrical experience and made no statement to the…

AMC boss Adam Aron has just fired off a letter to Universal Studios Chairman Donna Langley in response to NBC Universal CEO Jeff Shell’s statements in the Wall Street Journal this morning about the $95M PVOD success of Trolls World Tour.  As Aron explains to Langley in the letter (read it below), he initially got it…

NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell and Peacock chief Matt Strauss signaled the “milestone” launch of the new streaming service, while also acknowledging obstacles, in a memo to employees Tuesday. Strauss and Comcast’s Dana Strong took part in a press briefing Tuesday about Peacock, which is launching free for Comcast…

Jeff Shell, the CEO of NBCUniversal, said on Thursday that he has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. As infections touch celebrities to playwrights to sports legends and politicians, Shell is the first CEO of a major media and entertainment group to be diagnosed after Universal Music…

EXCLUSIVE: The edict by major film and television companies to work from home is beginning to look like when we were kids and you listened to the radio to see if your school was among those canceling classes in a snowstorm. We assume by tomorrow, most companies will have incorporated the work from home edict that is…

(UPDATED WITH SETH BYERS DETAILS) Nearly two years after he was shown the door at Universal following undisclosed "inappropriate conduct" allegations, the studio's former president of marketing Josh Goldstine has emerged with his name cleared and his bank account apparently quite healthy. While nowhere up in the eight…

NBCUniversal made it official Monday morning, confirming that Jeff Shell will succeed Steve Burke as CEO of the Comcast-owned entertainment operation. Shell will take the reins on January 1, 2020, according to a press release, reporting to Burke. After Burke steps down on August 14, 2020, Shell will report directly to…