STX Entertainment president Sophie Watts is set to step down from the company “to focus on new business opportunities”, according to the company. All divisions previously reporting to Watts will now report directly to CEO Bob Simonds or COO Thomas B. McGrath. Watts directly oversaw STX’s digital, VR and unscripted TV studios and was instrumental […]
Reed Midem has confirmed execs from Disney, Participant Media and STX Entertainment as keynote speakers at this year’s MIPCOM. Disney’s Ben Sherwood (above left), co-chair, Disney Media Networks, and president, Disney-ABC Television Group, will represent the Mouse House. Sherwood replaced Anne Sweeney, when the long-serving exec left Disney in 2014. From US producer and cable channel […]
US producer STX Entertainment has formed an unscripted television arm and appointed Punk’d creator Jason Goldberg to run it. Robert Simonds launched STX in 2014 as a film and scripted TV studio, but is now pushing into reality and unscripted shows as part of a “broader mission to create an integrated, diversified global entertainment company”. […]
