Riot Games Hires Former Netflix Exec Brian Wright as Chief Content Officer

investigations by the Security and Exchange Commission and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for the past four months. CEO Bobby Kotick (pictured above) in his statement said they are cooperating with all investigations and “there is no place anywhere” in the company for discrimination, harassment, or unequal treatment of any kind.Earlier this week the SEC launched in investigation into the company that included allegations of sexual misconduct and workplace discrimination.

Netflix has just dropped a new trailer for “Passing”, an upcoming film that made a huge impression on attendees at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.

EXCLUSIVE: Johnny Gould, who was previously chief creative officer at Craig Piligian’s Pilgrim Media Group, has set up his own unscripted production company, backed by 3BMG.

Former Imagine Entertainment executive Samie Kim Falvey will become the new president of Picturestart, the company announced on Tuesday.

Disney Branded Television President and Chief Creative Officer Gary Marsh is stepping down after 33 years with the company.

The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 quest director Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz has joined Riot Games to work on its upcoming League Of Legends MMO.Tomaszkiewicz announced the news on Twitter, saying he was “excited and looking forward to this new challenge”.

Splitgate developer, 1047 Games, has announced that he wants the company to be “the next Riot Games“.In an interview with TechCrunch, CEO Ian Proulx talked about the runaway success of the game so far, crediting a dedicated community and “taking a Silicon Valley approach to running a game business”.The interview explains that 1047 Games took a tentative approach initially appreciating that it couldn’t spend its entire budget on something that could go wrong.

NME, the team at Riot Games Music has shared more on how the return of League Of Legends heavy metal band Pentakill came about, as well as what fans can expect next from Riot.As Pentakill’s latest album, Lost Chapter, released earlier in the month, NME spoke to the head of Riot Games Music, Toa Dunn and Beckett Snedeker-Short, who works as producer and associate creative lead at Riot Games – Riot Music Group.Talking about the return of Pentakill, which blossomed from League Of Legends skins to

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMRC has promoted Emily Spence to the role of chief communications officer, with Kristin Robinson also joining the company as senior vice president of communications.In her new role, Robinson will oversee external communications across MRC’s portfolio of television, film, non-fiction and live/alternative programming.

Amazon Games announced that it has hired former Ubisoft executive Alexandre Parizeau, handing him a “competitive multiplayer” title as his first project.As spotted by Hollywood Reporter, Amazon Games has acquired former Ubisoft executive Alexandre Parizeau, who previously worked as Managing Director at Ubisoft Toronto.Parizeau has also worked extensively on a series of Tom Clancy-branded shooters, working as Senior Producer on both Rainbow Six Vegas and the Splinter Cell franchise.

announced editor in chief Swati Sharma on Monday. McCarthy is the former editor in chief of Vice News.

Claire Hungate, who was previously CEO of Warner Bros. TV Production UK, has joined eSports group Team Liquid as President and COO.

Lisa Hamilton Daly, who developed series such as Virgin River and Sweet Magnolias during her time as Director, Original Series at Netflix, has joined Crown Media Family Networks.

Angelique Jackson Former Netflix executive Brian Wright has joined Riot Games Entertainment as the new Chief Content Officer, developing the company’s global film, TV and animation strategies.The news comes as Riot Games, the developer and publisher known for global hit PC games including “League of Legends” and “VALORANT,” plus the upcoming animated series “Arcane,” continues to build its new entertainment studio.

EXCLUSIVE: League of Legends and Valorant publisher Riot Games continues to bolster its entertainment division as former Netflix executive Brian Wright joins the studio as Chief Content Officer.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefFrank Zhu, former head of Chinese animation studio Pearl Studio, has joined Tencent-owned Riot Games as MD for Riot Games’ China Entertainment.

Pearl Studio alum Frank Zhu has joined Riot Games as the League of Legends and Valorant publisher’s  Managing Director of China Entertainment.

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