Bonnie Hammer
Bonnie Hammer Is Calling Bullsh**
Bonnie Hammer is, by her own estimation, agenda-free in a way that she never could be before. There’s no longer a boss to win over, no purview to extend. “In many ways, I actually work for nobody now,” she says as our late May dinner veers into hour three. Having spent a healthy portion of […]
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NBCU Shake-Up: Pearlena Igbokwe Lands Studios Control, Bonnie Hammer Gets Adviser Role
NBCU Shake-Up: Pearlena Igbokwe Lands Studios Control, Bonnie Hammer Gets Adviser Role
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Bonnie Hammer: COVID-19 Is A Global Story. How Will We Tell It? (Guest Column)
A new era of stories—and storytellers—will likely emerge from the tragedy and crisis of COVID-19, Bonnie Hammer, the chairman of Universal Studio Group writes.
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NBCUniversal’s Bonnie Hammer Gets Candid on Her Whirlwind Year: “I Ain’t Going Out to Pasture”
Long the most powerful woman in cable television, The Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment Executive Icon, opens up for the first time about her crash course in streaming, her plans for the studio and her legacy.
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NBCU Merges International, Domestic Teams as Kevin MacLellan Exits
NBCUniversal is merging its international and domestic operations. Kevin MacLellan, chairman of NBCU's global distribution and international operations, is exiting and will work on the transition with film and entertainment chair Jeff Shell and Cesar Conde, chairman of NBCU's international group and Telemundo.
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Bonnie Hammer Trades Peacock for Studios Oversight
There's a massive game of executive musical chairs at NBCUniversal. Bonnie Hammer, who previously served as chairman of the streamer Peacock, is moving to oversee the company's newly combined studio efforts — Universal TV and Universal Content Productions — as those operations are centralized. Hammer will no longer have oversight of the direct-to-consumer streaming platform. Instead, Comcast's Matt Strauss will take on oversight of the forthcoming ad-supported platform. Hammer's new title will be chairman of NBCUniversal Content Studios, while Strauss will now serve as Peacock chairman.
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NBCUniversal’s Streaming Strategy, Name, Programming Lineup Revealed
NBCUniversal on Tuesday unveiled the name, initial programming lineup and strategy behind its forthcoming streaming service.
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NBCUniversal Preps Streaming Service, Reorganizes Executive Team
NBCUniversal long-gestating plans to launch a streaming service are starting to take shape.
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Alliance for Children’s Rights Honoree Bonnie Hammer Praises Youth Activism
The NBCU Cable Entertainment chairman was honored at the Alliance for Children’s Rights' annual dinner Thursday night and noted the "failure as a country" to "protect our children" in her speech.
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Dawn Olmstead, George Cheeks Promoted to Run UCP, Wilshire Studios
Additionally, Bill McGoldrick has been upped to president of scripted for NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment as Bonnie Hammer solidifies her team after Jeff Wachtel's move to run international.
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NBCU Cable Chairman Bonnie Hammer Relaunches ‘Erase the Hate’ Campaign
The pro-social push includes grants and grassroots action as well as an extensive video series featuring NBCU cable stars and Hammer's advisory council of anti-hate thought leaders.
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TV Titans Roundtable: 5 Chiefs Spar Over the Future (and Netflix’s Role as Arch-Frenemy)
"More is not better. Only better is better," says HBO's Richard Plepler as he joins Netflix's Ted Sarandos, A+E's Nancy Dubuc, AMC's Josh Sapan and NBCUniversal's Bonnie Hammer for a discussion to debate the industry's 'Game of Thrones'-style fight for viewers, dwindling ratings, monetization, innovation — and the bragging rights of being the first to figure it all out.
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