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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg envisions 50% of the tech giant’s employees working from home in the next five to 10 years, in a shift dramatically accelerated by COVID-19. “We’re going to be the most forward-leaning company on remote work at our scale,” Zuckerberg told employees in his weekly staff Q&A…

ViacomCBS has promoted veteran executives Trevor Rose and Justin Rosenblatt to senior roles in the Entertainment & Youth Group division. Rose is being elevated to EVP, Talent & Content Development and Head of Talent, Entertainment & Youth. Rosenblatt is being upped to SVP, Alternative & Comedy Content for ViacomCBS'…

The exit of Kevin Mayer as Disney’s streaming chief and arrival as COO of Chinese tech giant ByteDance has more than a few media and tech minds trying to envision the road ahead for its best known platform, TikTok. Launched in 2016, TikTok has enjoyed meteoric growth in the U.S. and elsewhere, especially among…

Kevin Mayer, the head of direct-to-consumer and international for Walt Disney, is leaving the company to become CEO of giant TikTok. He had been considered a leading contender to succeed Bob Iger as chief executive of Disney but was passed over in favor of Bob Chapek, the former head of parks and resorts. Mayer will…

Shares of ViacomCBS are surging 10% Monday, way outpacing an already buoyant market, as chair Shari Redstone told the company's annual meeting that she's committed to boosting shareholder value and a stock that's been under immense pressure for months. The shares are changing hands at about $19, well off a 52-week low…

The 2020 TV upfront season was already going to be a different one for ViacomCBS given the company has recently merged. Then came COVID-19. “The one and only time we were together was last December when we rang the bell” at the stock exchange, ad sales chief Jo Ann Ross tells Deadline. As soon as the pandemic started…

The would-be candidates for 17 open slots on the 54-member Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be off and running, come 9:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Monday. On Friday, the Academy notified members that so-called "opt-in" voting for the board seats will be active through…

EXCLUSIVE: Susie Fitzgerald is leaving her position as EVP, scripted programming, AMC and SundanceTV after more than a decade at AMC Networks. Well liked in the creative community, Fitzgerald joined AMC in late 2009 as SVP scripted development and current programming. As SVP and later EVP, she has been the senior…

EXCLUSIVE: NBCUniversal International Studios’ Marc Helwig has joined Miramax as head of worldwide television. Helwig, who has a background as an executive, producer and talent agent, will oversee development and production for the company's slate of scripted programming, reporting to Miramax CEO Bill…

Concordia Studio has named industry veteran Alexa Platt as Chief Operating Officer. Platt officially joined the Davis Guggenheim and Jonathan King-founded company in April and oversees all operational, financial and legal aspects of the company's business, as well as being a key liaison with Emerson Collective. She…

EXCLUSIVE: Quibi CEO Meg Whitman concedes that the early run of the mobile-first streaming service has come in “slightly below expectations,” due in large part to the paralyzing effects of COVID-19. In an interview with Deadline, though, Whitman described the streaming service’s initial performance as “solid,” adding…

Discovery CEO David Zaslav says the challenges posed by COVID-19 have brought about an epiphany in terms of production logistics and costs, with viewers embracing lower-priced versions of staple shows. Many of the company’s shows, especially on networks like Food Network and Cooking Channel, have taken on a decidedly…