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The recently launched international distributor Rainmaker Content has appointed Karen Wise as its head of sales.

Writer and creator Bobby Smith Jr. and his Ashore Entertainment have partnered with the New York Times best-selling author Brenda Jackson to launch a film and television company that will focus on Black romance titles.

Juan “JC” Acosta, president of ViacomCBS Networks Americas, has been tapped as a keynote speaker for MIP Cancun Online+.

A+E Networks has named Matthew Glotzer as executive VP of strategy and business development, a newly created position.

Reed MIDEM has unveiled the winners of the fourth annual MIPCOM Diversify TV Excellence Awards.

FilmRise has promoted Max Einhorn to senior VP of acquisitions and co-productions.

AfterShock Media, the newly formed company comprised of AfterShock Comics and Rive Gauche, has revealed new appointments and promotions within Rive Gauche’s film and TV division.

The Walt Disney Company has set a new organizational structure for its media and entertainment businesses in order to accelerate its direct-to-consumer streaming strategy.

ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) is introducing a company-wide “No Diversity, No Commission” policy across more than 180 countries, after the mandate was first introduced in its U.K. operations in July.

Playwright, writer, actor, producer, director and philanthropist Tyler Perry, the honoree of this year’s World Screen Trendsetter Award, weighed in on the importance of content ownership, the power of television to change attitudes and his model for COVID-19-safe production in his MIPCOM Online+ keynote conversation with Anna Carugati today.