AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan's 2020 Pay Falls to $11.8 Million

EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks is bringing together its international programming group across its linear cable networks and streaming services in a bid to find its next global hit.

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There’s no more social distance between Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb.

“We believe in the power of live sports,” Disney CEO Bob Chapek said Thursday in announcing an expansion of the brand’s footprint on various fields. Disney said it has renewed its current deal with Major League Baseball and bulked up even more with a new agreement with Spain’s LaLiga soccer league, the exec said on the company’s Q2 earnings call.

AMC Networks reported a 6% downturn in revenue during the first quarter due to a slump in advertising and content licensing, but earnings per share beat Wall Street forecasts.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAMC Networks said first quarter profit rose even as it navigated declines in revenue and operating income in the midst of a challenging environment.The New York owner of the AMC, IFC and Sundance cable networks said net income came to $87 million, or $2.02 per share, compared with $68.7 million, or $1.22 per share in the year-earlier period.

AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron was nearly giddy Thursday, quoting Winston Churchill, trying to top him, talking up a box office recovery, the chain’s expanded market share, cash position and hiring plans and millions of new retail investors who have replaced China’s Wanda Group as its core shareholder base.

Jacqueline Jossa and Dan Osborne have their work cut out for them at their new house after revealing the current chaos it is in following their arrival back in March.The EastEnders actress took to Instagram to share with fans the rooms that are currently full to the brim with cardboard boxes and piles of clothes.The 28-year-old shared with fans that they are currently in the process of transforming the six-bedroom property into their ‘dream home’.

Mike Fries, CEO of Liberty Global, John Malone's international cable giant, saw his overall pay package for 2020 shrink to $44.9 million, compared to a pay packet of $123.2 million in 2019 that was part of a front end-loaded, multi-year compensation package. The $123.2 million overall compensation package for 2019, part of a new five-year contract renewal, included a multi-year remuneration target, certain levels of stock appreciation and amounts aggregated into a single year lump amount.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaDiscovery Chief Executive Officer David Zaslav’s total compensation fell more than 17 percent in 2020, topping out at $37.7 million.That was down from the $45.8 million that Zaslav pulled in the previous year and significantly down from the massive $129.4 million in compensation that the Discovery chief earned in 2018, which included the value of stock options that amounted to more than $100 million as part of a new employment contract.This time, the

Josh Sapan, CEO of AMC Networks, saw his total compensation last year dip to $11.8 million from $20.2 million the year before.

"Silicon Valley" star Thomas Middleditch will be paying his ex-wife Mollie Gates a seven-figure divorce settlement. The 39-year-old actor, and Gates, 33, a costume designer, reached a settlement in their divorce on April 8, Us Weekly reported.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentProduction on AMC-Movistar Plus high-end original “La Fortuna,” starring “Supernova’s” Stanley Tucci, wrapped Tuesday in Spain, ending principal photography on one of the Spanish-speaking world’s most ambitious upcoming drama series.Scheduled to bow this fall, “La Fortuna” also marks the first TV show from Oscar winner Amenábar, who directed “The Others” and “The Sea Inside.”Both that ambition and authorship shone through on Monday’s last full day

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentBritish actor Emilia Fox (“Silent Witness”) is set to star as a disillusioned U.K.

A family affair! Savannah Chrisley and brother Chase Chrisley revealed why they share so many throwback photos from their childhood while breaking down their iconic Instagram photos to Us Weekly.

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Michael Stipe has criticised the CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, over his failure to not suspend the account of former US President Donald Trump sooner.Speaking to The Guardian, the former R.E.M.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIt was a good year to run a streaming service.Netflix co-CEOs Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos earned $43.2 million and $39.3 million, respectively, in 2020, representing sizable pay increases for the two men.Hastings, who also serves as the company’s chairman, earned $38.6 million in 2019 and $36 million in 2018.