UPDATED: NBCUniversal content chief Donna Langley has vowed that the top executives involved in contract negotiations with SAG-AFTRA will devote the time it takes to reach a new deal. But two hours after Langley spoke, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said it would "suspend" talks with SAG-AFTRA, saying that the sides are too far apart on contract terms and that "conversations are no longer moving us in a productive direction." Langley, who is chairman of NBCUniversal Studio...
NBCUniversal
Donna
Langley
Chairman, Studio Group / Chief Content Officer
Longtime Universal film chief Langley was given the top content job at NBCUniversal this year, becoming head of a new unified strategy across brands that combined the company’s film and TV studios under one leader. Along with her existing oversight of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (Universal Pictures, Focus Features, DreamWorks Animation), she added the TV-focused Universal Studio Group (Universal Television, Universal Content Productions, Universal Television Alternative Studios, Universal International Studios). Her purview had been expanded in a larger reshuffle at NBCUniversal under new Comcast president Mike Cavanagh, who consolidated power to four key execs: Langley (TV, film and streaming content), Mark Lazarus (TV and streaming business ops, advertising and distribution), Cesar Conde (news) and Mark Woodbury (theme parks). Langley’s first big task was shaping a companywide content release plan amid Hollywood’s writers and actors strikes.
