QCode Hires Longtime Apple Podcasts Exec Steve Wilson As Chief Strategy Officer

Rebecca Davis editorUniversal Music Japan has appointed Rui Suzuki as its Tokyo-based chief financial officer starting on Jan.

Disney Studios has promoted Alan Bergman to Chairman, Disney Studios Content, the company announced on Monday. Alan Horn will pivot to chief creative officer.The duo previously served as Co-Chairmen since May 2019.More to come…

Disney this morning has named Alan Bergman as Chairman, Disney Studios Content, with Alan Horn continuing to serve as the division’s Chief Creative Officer.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAlan Bergman has been named chairman of Disney Studios Content, where he will help guide the company’s push into the world of streaming and reemergence from a global health crisis that has upended traditional ways of doing business. Alan Horn, who served as co-chairman of the studios group with Bergman, isn’t stepping down despite rumors that he was eyeing retirement.

new strain, which is causing concern due to its infectiousness, is much more widespread currently in London and the south east of England.However, it is also present in Scotland and Nicola Sturgeon has announced sweeping preventative measures to stop it spreading further.Dr Smith told the daily media briefing he had been in contact with Public Health Scotland, adding: “They were able to tell me that the current figure for Scotland is 18 cases who meet this case definition.

A+E Networks has promoted Susan Tanamli to chief technology officer.

Condé Nast on Tuesday rolled out what it is calling a "global content strategy," unifying its media brands around the world in one corporate structure. As part of the changes, the publisher has named Anna Wintour its worldwide chief content officer.

Condé Nast has set a new global content strategy, leadership teams and structure as the storied media company continues an extensive revamp under CEO Roger Lynch.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAs part of a broader strategy revamp, Condé Nast announced that Anna Wintour — who has served as the top editor of Vogue’s U.S. edition for 32 years — will assume the role of chief content officer.Wintour will also now serve as global editorial director of Vogue while continuing her oversight of Vogue U.S.

coronavirus case will be slashed from 14 days to 10 days, the UK’s chief medical officers have announced today.

Christine McCarthy, the Senior EVP and Chief Financial Officer at Disney, has extended her contract with the company until the end of 2022, Disney said in a regulatory filing Monday. It comes as she has been a key communicator with Wall Street about Disney’s streaming pivot and efforts to manage through the Covid-19 crisis.

direct to your inboxA police chief has defended the number of officers on duty at the Victoria station complex on the night of the Ariana Grande concert bomb attack at Manchester Arena.Michelle Wedderburn, a British Transport Police Inspector, gave evidence on day 43 of the public inquiry into the atrocity, which claimed 22 lives and left hundreds more injured on May 22, 2017.A tactical policing deployment plan, believed to have been written in 2014 but in force in 2017, was shown.It recommended

Podcast studio QCODE has tapped Apple veteran Steve Wilson as chief strategy officer. In his new role, Wilson will oversee partnerships, marketing and distribution for the company behind fiction podcasts Blackout, Carrier and Dirty Diana.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorQCode, a scripted podcast media startup, hired former Apple Podcasts marketing executive Steve Wilson as chief strategy officer.At QCode, Wilson will oversee partnerships, marketing, distribution and collaborate on content strategy.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterJennifer Biry has officially been named chief financial officer at WarnerMedia.As Variety reported in November, she will be replacing Pascal Desroches, who is moving into the role of chief financial officer for WarnerMedia’s parent company AT&T. Desroches is filling the shoes of former AT&T CFO John Stephens, who announced he will retire in March of 2021 after nearly three decades with the company.

Mike Berkley, a seasoned tech exec and entrepreneur who has held executive posts at Spotify, Comcast and Viacom, is joining streaming service FuboTV as chief product officer.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorFuboTV, the over-the-top live TV streaming provider, has tapped technology veteran Mike Berkley as chief product officer.Berkley joins the company effective immediately, reporting to FuboTV CEO David Gandler.

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Jay-Z has continued his foray into the marijuana industry, becoming the Chief Visionary Officer of a new cannabis company.Last month, the rapper revealed his new new cannabis brand called Monogram, and was named Chief Brand Strategist for California-based cannabis company Caliva last year.The deal comes as the SPAC have acquired Caliva and another company called Left Coast Ventures, a cannabis and hemp producer.