Berlinale co-head Carlo Chatrian has decided to step down as artistic director after the 2024 edition of the festival.
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Neeraj Khemlani is stepping down as the president and co-head of CBS News and Stations.
In a memo to staffers, Khemlani said that he had signed a first look deal with the network to develop documentaries, scripted series and books for Simon & Schuster.
“It’s an opportunity that will allow me to write, report and develop stories that I’ve long wanted to pursue,” he wrote.
George Cheeks, the president and CEO of CBS Entertainment Group, said that he will update staffers soon with information about new leadership and structure for the news division.
Khemlani and Wendy McMahon were named co-heads of CBS News and Stations in 2021, in a restructuring that combined two divisions of the company.
Since then, the news division has expanded and revamped its streaming channels, rebranded CBS’s morning news shows and re-signed Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell to new contracts. They’ve also hired such figures as Robert Costa and Cecilia Vega. The morning show and evening newscast have remained in third place compared to their broadcast rivals, while CBS parent Paramount Global has been under pressure to cut costs as the industry grapples with the migration of viewers from linear platforms.
Cheeks wrote that Khemlani “will leave CBS News with our broadcasts stronger and our streaming footprint bigger and better,” citing his talent hires as well as business plans he put in place to “drive more revenue, which is essential in a challenging environment for all media companies.”
Khemlani was named to the post after the resignation of Susan Zirinsky, who herself had just a two-year tenure and reportedly expressed a desire to return to producing. She now leads a network production entity, See It Now Studios.
In his memo, Khemlani said
Berlinale co-head Carlo Chatrian has decided to step down as artistic director after the 2024 edition of the festival.
Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Carlo Chatrian is to step down as Berlin Film Festival artistic director after the next edition of the event. In a personal statement posted on the festival website Saturday, he wrote: “For the past four years at the Berlinale, I have been fortunate enough to work along with extraordinary people, as in love with movies as I am, who are totally dedicated to revitalizing one of the world’s great film festivals.
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The UK’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has opened applications to hire a new chair for the British Film Institute (BFI) as Tim Richards’s tenure in the role is set to end next year.
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Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews will take direct oversight of CBS News, the latest move in a broader restructure of operations at Paramount Global’s CBS business. Matthews, a CBS News veteran who once supervised the Washington bureau and had been put in charge of overall newsgathering, will now have top editorial oversight for CBS News across all platforms. She will oversee all CBS News programs, bureaus, global newsgathering, streaming and digital editorial, as well as standards and practices, special events, politics, elections and surveys, social, the race and culture unit and CBS News Radio.
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