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In a year marked by some high-profile instances of shareholder activism, Netflix stockholders have voted director Jay Hoag, a venture capital investor, off the board. The vote follows a recommendation by leading proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services. ISS, which issues deep-dive…

Jason Wright, former president of the Washington Commanders, says his experience in NFL circles suggests the league is close to opening itself up to foreign investment. “I think you will see the smaller, scrappier leagues start to bring in sovereign investment more directly first, because the…

Despite the best legal efforts of the Walt Disney Company, looks like Justin Connolly is going to be working at YouTube. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge this morning pulled the plug on the Bob Iger-run Mouse House's efforts to hit the pause button on the so-called poaching of the recently…

EXCLUSIVE: Soul singer October London has teamed with Dennis Ashley Jr. and Dennis "Dash" Ashley III to form New London Films. He’s launched the L.A.-based TV and film production business in partnership with Dash Media Partners to develop “cinematic experiences that merge timeless storytelling…

UPDATED with YouTube response: YouTube today blasted a lawsuit by Disney over the tech giant's alleged poaching of 20-year Mouse veteran Justin Connolly. The suit filed in LA Superior Court seeks a preliminary injunction to block the recently departed president of Disney Platform Distribution…

EXCLUSIVE: Rising executive Maureen Shepard has moved from the seller’s side of the business to the buyer’s, joining Netflix as a Director on the Studio Scripted Series team. Shepard began work at the company this week, reporting to Nne Ebong, Vice President, Netflix Studio Scripted Series. She…

Bleecker Street said Tuesday that it has promoted president Kent Sanderson to CEO, taking on the role previously held by company founder Andrew Karpen, who died in April after a battle with brain cancer. Tyler DiNapoli has been named President and Chief Marketing Officer. Both Sanderson…

Nicole Clemens is heading to Amazon to lead international originals. Clemens, the former Paramount TV Studios boss, will take up the Vice President and Head of International Originals role at Prime Video and MGM Studios, which comes after her new boss Kelly Day had her role expanded amid a time…

Ollie Madden, Director of Film4 and Channel 4 Drama, is leaving the broadcaster after an eight-year stint to join Netflix as Director Of UK Film. The news was relayed to Channel 4 staff this morning via a memo, which you can read below. Madden is leaving in October. Related…

Steven Flynn, a longtime for Focus Features, Gramercy Pictures, Orion Pictures and other companies, has died. He was 70. His longtime partner Timothy Kraus confirmed to Deadline that Flynn died May 23 at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica after a four-year battle with renal…

Names of Disney TV executives impacted by today’s sweeping layoffs are starting to emerge. As Deadline reported exclusively today, several hundred employees are being laid off globally, with Disney Entertainment’s film and television marketing as well as television publicity, casting and development…

EXCLUSIVE: Mattel, the global toy and family entertainment company behind Barbie, today announced the formation of Mattel Studios, which will bring the company’s film and television units together under the leadership of Robbie Brenner. After nearly seven years as President of Mattel Films…