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“It was like a palace of pitching. There's never been any place like it." An agent friend was describing the sprawling and frenetic Netflix reception lobby, which was an almost weekly destination for him and clients. It was so packed with dealmakers that projects were often re-shaped and re-packaged even before the…

In her first public comments since she was elevated to Chairman of Disney General Entertainment, Dana Walden sent a memo to staff Monday morning. In it, she expressed her “immense appreciation to Bob Chapek for giving me this opportunity of a lifetime,” noting that “is enormously proud of what we do.” She also praised…

In 2004, Disney’s cable networks executive Anne Sweeney was named co-chair, Disney Media Networks, and president, Disney/ABC Television Group. The promotion, announced by then-Disney CEO Bob Iger, to whom Sweeney reported, set off a decade-long reign of Sweeney as one of the most powerful women in entertainment, with…

During his three-year tenure at Disney, most recently as chairman of Disney General Entertainment Content, Peter Rice had a tradition of sending off his staff for the weekend with “weekend read” memos highlighting show premieres and major milestones for the divisions under his purview and congratulating people on…

Disney CEO Bob Chapek and his leadership team have the “support and confidence” of the company’s board of directors, according to a statement by Chairman Susan Arnold. The affirmation comes on a stunning day for the company, as Chapek dismissed top TV exec Peter Rice less than a year after he signed a contract…

UPDATED with more details: Disney has confirmed the exit of Peter Rice and the ascension of Dana Walden. Release — which barely mentions Rice or any reason he got sacked — is below the story we revealed at 8:18 AM PT. Disney has fired Peter Rice from his post as chairman of Disney General Entertainment Content. The…

FX boss John Landgraf deftly tried to thread the corporate needle today in his executive session today at the virtual Winter TCA. FX Day @ TCA: Deadline’s Complete Coverage  Pivoting from heralding the opportunities of FX on Hulu, the cabler being part of the Disney empire the past two years, and conceding to…

Sonia Coleman is expanding her role within Disney's content group, adding HR oversight of ESPN to her current role as senior VP, Human Resources, Disney General Entertainment Content, effective immediately.  Coleman, who has served in a variety of HR roles at the media giant, has led DGE human resources since 2017…

A month ago, Disney announced a major streamlining of its media and entertainment businesses, separating content creation from distribution. Distribution and commercialization was centralized into a single global unit, Media and Entertainment Distribution, led by Kareem Daniel, while content creation was divided into…

Following the Walt Disney earnings call earlier this week, the company’s television portfolio held a town hall meeting Friday morning, sources said. The first of its kind since the assets were joined together following the Disney-Fox merger, the meeting was run by Peter Rice, Chairman of Walt Disney Television and…

A week into the new era at Disney following the completion of the Fox asset acquisition, the company’s new top TV executive, Walt Disney Television chairman Peter Rice, addressed the combined company’s TV troops in a town hall meeting on the Disney lot, which was live streamed to all employees from Los Angeles, New…

A stunning and already contested $179 million arbitration award in the Bones profit participation lawsuit may ripped into Fox's Peter Rice and Dana Walden today. Yet, the CEO who is about to formally become their new boss just did the Hollywood equivalent of Jay Z's "Dirt off Your Shoulder." "Peter Rice and Dana…