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Mark those online calendars: PaleyFest is set for its in-person return to Los Angeles in the spring. The Paley Center for Media said today that, after two virtual events during the Covid pandemic, the 39th annual PaleyFest LA will run April 2-10 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The first announced program panels are…

David Zaslav, Hollywood’s man of the hour due to Discovery’s pending merger with WarnerMedia, declared he will mostly live in LA by 2022 and be “very hands-on” in running the combined entity. Speaking with veteran media writer Ken Auletta at the Paley Center for Media’s online International Council Summit, Zaslav…

The Paley Center for Media has hired Elizabeth Rojas Levi as SVP Communications and promoted Rene Reyes to VP Public Programming and Festivals. Rojas Levi comes from Nokia, where she most recently led global communications for Nokia Enterprise and was Senior Director of Global Public Affairs. In her new role based in…

The Paley Center for Media on Wednesday is launching the first program in a quarterly series focused on the media's role in combating anti-Semitism. The conversations, which come amid the recent heightened tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East, are designed to increase the public's…

EXCLUSIVE: The Paley Center for Media has added more heavy-hitter media and entertainment names to its ranks, appointing execs including Univision CEO Wade Davis and Spotify’s Dawn Ostroff to its Board of Trustees, and the likes of Warner Bros Television Group chairman Channing Dungey, WME president Ari Greenburg and P…

The Paley Center for Media will assemble a number of notable Asian American personalities in various industries from entertainment to sports to discuss how media can help stop the spread of anti-Asian and anti-Asian American hate. The panel, titled “Media’s Role In Combating Hate and Violence Towards Asians and…

EXCLUSIVE: The Paley Center for Media has announced that Jamitha Fields will step into the newly-created position of VP, Diversity, Inclusion & Engagement. This continues the Paley Center’s continued commitment in spotlighting underrepresented voices in media. Fields will report directly to Paley Center's President…

The Paley Center for Media has announced the lineup of CEOs, media heads and tech bosses set to join its 25th annual International Council Summit. Among the bosses set to join are Mike Bloomberg, Ted Sarandos and Vice Media CEO Nancy Dubuc. The summit, titled “Globally Connected: Media in the 21st Century,” seeks to…

EXCLUSIVE: The Paley Center for Media and Verizon have set a partnership that will see the organization’s events, including PaleyFest, streamed on Verizon-owned platforms like Yahoo. The exclusive streaming arrangement covers the 2020-21 lineup. Programs include PaleyFest events in New York and LA, Paley Front Row…

The Paley Center for Media said that PaleyFest LA will go virtual for the first time because of the coronavirus pandemic, setting its 2020 edition for August with a guest lineup for 10 series that includes Cate Blanchett, Justin Bieber and Dolly Parton and moderators including Stacey Abrams and Martha Raddatz. The…

HGTV’s popular Property Brothers, aka twins Drew and Jonathan Scott, will kick off a new series on the center’s Facebook page. The series, HGTV's Property Brothers: A Conversation with Drew and Jonathan Scott, will begin airing on Friday, July 10 at noon ET/9 AM PT. "Drew and Jonathan Scott have changed the lives of…

Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and NBC’s recently renewed Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist have joined the roster for Paley Front Row, the virtual panel series from the Paley Center for Media that has been subbing for the organization’s PaleyLive programs. The ongoing series continues July 3 with “Netflix's…