Exclusive: Banijay Rights has hired Passion Distribution’s Claire Douglas as part of a rejig of its marketing and comms team that sees Andrew Dickens taking over the division.
Douglas, who had led UK distributor Passion’s PR and marketing efforts for nearly nearly a decade, joins Banijay Entertainment’s sales division as Communications Manager. She exited Passion earlier this month and previously worked at A+E Networks UK, Warner Bros and Disney.
She’ll work closely with Dickens, who has been promoted from VP to SVP of Communications and Marketing to lead the marcomms unit. Dickens has been with Banijay’s sales division for three years, having previously been a TV industry trade journalist and communications officer for government.
His promotion comes after Banijay Rights’ long-serving marketing boss Steve Quirke exited at the end of March. However, we understand Dickens’ promotion isn’t a like-for-like replacement.
Elsewhere, Emily Hopkins...
Douglas, who had led UK distributor Passion’s PR and marketing efforts for nearly nearly a decade, joins Banijay Entertainment’s sales division as Communications Manager. She exited Passion earlier this month and previously worked at A+E Networks UK, Warner Bros and Disney.
She’ll work closely with Dickens, who has been promoted from VP to SVP of Communications and Marketing to lead the marcomms unit. Dickens has been with Banijay’s sales division for three years, having previously been a TV industry trade journalist and communications officer for government.
His promotion comes after Banijay Rights’ long-serving marketing boss Steve Quirke exited at the end of March. However, we understand Dickens’ promotion isn’t a like-for-like replacement.
Elsewhere, Emily Hopkins...
- 5/23/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Michael Douglas might be a straight, married man in Hollywood, but he got a glimpse at life as a famous, closeted gay star while playing Liberace in the HBO biopic, "Behind the Candelabra."
Although times have changed since Liberace's day, Douglas knows some celebrities continue to stay closeted in order to "protect" their careers.
"It’s a much smaller minority of people who think they still have to stay in the closet," Douglas told the United Kingdom's ShortList magazine about gay celebrities today. "It’s quite interesting to see how fast it’s all changed."
"Without naming names, I certainly think there are a couple of people out there who have not come out in the spirit of protecting their careers and livelihoods," he added. "It’s probably a little bit more difficult going that way. I think that’s true."
Douglas certainly knows a bit about the business side of things,...
Although times have changed since Liberace's day, Douglas knows some celebrities continue to stay closeted in order to "protect" their careers.
"It’s a much smaller minority of people who think they still have to stay in the closet," Douglas told the United Kingdom's ShortList magazine about gay celebrities today. "It’s quite interesting to see how fast it’s all changed."
"Without naming names, I certainly think there are a couple of people out there who have not come out in the spirit of protecting their careers and livelihoods," he added. "It’s probably a little bit more difficult going that way. I think that’s true."
Douglas certainly knows a bit about the business side of things,...
- 5/30/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
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