NBCUniversal’s long-awaited move to spin off most of its cable assets and reorganize the studio’s top leadership inspired plenty of questions about the media conglomerate’s future – and, for many in the industry, a case of Donna Langley déjà vu. The veteran film executive who had been chief content officer across all of NBCUniversal has yet again expanded her role at the company, this time to Chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment and Studios. The promotion gives her sole greenlight power over...
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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.
